PLN210016 (Vijay Vaidyanathan Minor Subdivision)

APPLICANT: Wald, Ruhnke & Dost Architects, LLP.  OWNER:  700 Duncan Holdings, LLC.  LOCATION: 700 Duncan Avenue, San Juan Bautista; nearest cross-street is Bixby Road.  APN: 018-080-020.  REQUEST: To subdivide (split) a 23.7-acre parcel into a 10.1-acre parcel and a 13.6-acre parcel.  GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION: Agriculture (A).  ZONING DISTRICT: Agricultural Productive (AP).  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:  State CEQA Guidelines §15061(b)(3) (common sense exemption with certainty of no significant environmental effect).  PLANNER:  Taven M. Kinison Brown (tkinisonbrown@cosb.us)

According to the Applicant, the lot split is being proposed to allow a lowed point of affordability for ownership (in smaller parcels) for persons who have worked farmlands yet have not been able to purchase farmlands previously; on behalf of ALBA, the Agricultural and Land Based Training Association. According to the ALBA website, “ALBA creates opportunities for low-income field laborers through land-based training in organic farm management, helping them advance their careers or pursue the dream of farm ownership.”   See https://albafarmers.org/.

Staff recommends that the Planning Commission review the staff report and review the attached draft resolution in Attachment B, which includes findings and recommended conditions of approval. Staff further recommends that the Planning Commission make the findings included in the resolution and adopt the resolution to approve the lot split request for 700 Duncan Holdings, LLC (PLN210016, Minor Subdivision), subject to the conditions of approval found in the resolution.