SAN BENITO COUNTY

PLANNING COMMISSION


Mark Tognazzini

District No. 1

Chair

Valerie Egland

District No. 2

Pat Loe

District No. 3

 

Ray Pierce

District No. 4

 

Robert Rodriguez

District No. 5

Vice-Chair


County Administration Building - Board of Supervisors Chambers, 481 Fourth Street, Hollister, California

 

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

January 16, 2019

6:00 PM

6:00 PM ~ CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
1.

Welcome New Planning Commissioners!

  • Robert P. Gibson
  • Robert Eggers
  • Eduardo Navarro
2.

The Planning Commission is suggested to meet every third Wednesday of the month: January 16, 2019; February 20, 2019; March 20, 2019; April 17, 2019; May 15, 2019; June 19, 2019; July 17, 2019; August 21, 2019; September 18, 2019; October 16, 2019; November 20, 2019; and December 18, 2019.

PUBLIC COMMENT

The San Benito County Planning Commission welcomes you to this meeting and encourages your participation. 

  • If you wish to speak on a matter which does NOT appear on the agenda, you may do so during the Public Comment period at the beginning of the meeting.  Please complete a Speaker Card and provide to the Clerk prior to the meeting.  Except as otherwise provided by law; no action shall be taken on any item NOT appearing on the Agenda or items that have been continued to a future public hearing date.  When addressing the Commission, please state your name for the record.  Please address the Commission as a whole through the Chair.  This open forum period is provided to allow members of the public an opportunity to address the Planning Commission on general issues of land use planning and community development.  It is not intended for comments on items on the current agenda, any pending items. 
  • If you wish to speak on an item contained in the Agenda, please complete a Speaker Card identifying the Item(s) and provide it to the Clerk prior to consideration of the item.
  • Each individual speaker will be limited to a three (3) minute presentation.
CONSENT AGENDA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
  • These items will be considered as a whole without discussion unless a particular item is requested by a member of the Commission, Staff or the public to be removed from the Consent Agenda.  Approval of a consent item means approval of the recommended action as specified in the Staff Report. 
  • If any member of the public wishes to comment on a Consent Agenda Item please fill out a speaker card present it to the Clerk prior to consideration of the Consent Agenda and request the item be removed and considered separately.
ADOPTION OF ACTION MINUTES
3.Minutes from September 19, 2018
4.Minutes From October 17, 2018 Special 5:30 Meeting
5.Minutes from October 17, 2018
6.Minutes from November 14, 2018
7.Minutes from December 5, 2018
PUBLIC HEARING
8.

Minor Subdivision 1243-17:  OWNER/APPLICANT:  Darin Del Curto.  APN:  025-090-061.  LOCATION:  2200 Santa Ana Valley Road.  REQUEST:  To subdivide a 59-acre property into four parcels of 5 to 14 acres plus one 26½-acre remainder lot, with Parcel 4 already developed with a residence, in addition to building access drives and infrastructure to serve the lots.  GENERAL PLAN:  Agriculture (A).  ZONING:  Agricultural Productive (AP).  ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION:  Addendum to GPA 08-38 and ZC 08-166 Mitigated Negative Declaration to find no significant impacts to result from the project.  PLANNER: Taven M. Kinison Brown (Tkinisonbrown@cosb.us) / Michael Kelly (mkelly@cosb.us).

9.

Minor Subdivision PLN180028: OWNER/APPLICANT:  Christina Bourdet / John Bourdet.   APN: 016-050-048-0.  LOCATION: 1271 Los Viboras, Hollister.  REQUEST: The applicant proposes to subdivide one (1) forty-one (41.0) acre parcel into two (2) parcels of twenty-eight (28.0) and thirteen (13.0) acres.  ZONING: Agricultural Productive (AP).  ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION: Categorically Exempt, per CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). PLANNER: Richard Felsing (rfelsing@cosb.us)


10.

Use Permit PLN180013: OWNER/APPLICANT:  Tanimura & Antle / Avila Construction.   APN:  016-090-018.  LOCATION: 1298 Orchard Road.  REQUEST:  To construct a mechanized vegetable transplant nursery on 96.47 acres, in six separate phases over six years, consisting of greenhouses and related facilities with about 100,000sf of office, storage & maintenance areas, 700,000sf of greenhouses, and 500,000sf of outdoor growing and work areas.  GENERAL PLAN: Agriculture.  ZONING: Agricultural Productive (AP).  ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION: Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration.  PLANNER: Richard Felsing (rfelsing@cosb.us)


DISCUSSION
11.

2035 General Plan Implementation – Project update on the preparation of the new C-3 Regional Commercial Zoning District and its application to four (4) sites located along U.S. Highway 101, generally located at Betabel Road, U.S. 101/Hwy 129/Searle Road, Livestock 101/Cole Road and Rocks Ranch/Red Barn.

ADJOURN

NOTE:  A copy of this Agenda is published on the County's Web site by the Friday preceding each Commission meeting and may be viewed at www.cosb.us.  All proposed agenda items with supportive documents are available for viewing at the San Benito County Administration Building, 481 Fourth Street, Hollister, CA between the hours of 8:00 a.m. & 5:00  p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays.)  This is the same packet that the Planning Commission reviews and discusses at the Commission meeting.  The project planner's name and email address has been added at the end of each project description.  As required by Government Code Section 54957.5 any public record distributed to the Planning Commission less than 72 hours prior to this meeting in connection with any agenda item shall be made available for public inspection at the Planning Department, 2301 Technology Parkway, Hollister, CA  95023.  Public records distributed during the meeting will be available for public inspection at the meeting if prepared by the County.  If the public record is prepared by some other person and distributed at the meeting it will be made available for public inspection following the meeting at the Planning Department. 

APPEAL NOTICE:  Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Planning Commission may appeal the decision within ten (10) calendar days to the Board of Supervisors.  The notice of appeal must be in writing and shall set forth specifically wherein the Planning Commission's decision was inappropriate or unjustified.  Appeal forms are available from the Clerk of the Board at the San Benito County Administration Office, 481 Fourth Street, Hollister and the San Benito County Planning Department, 2301 Technology Parkway, Hollister. 

NOTE:  In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) the Board of Supervisors meeting facility is accessible to persons with disabilities.  If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board's office at (831) 636-4000 at least 48 hours before the meeting to enable the County to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility.