Title
BIG SUR COAST LAND USE PLAN UPDATE
Conduct a public workshop to review and provide direction on the draft Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan update prior to environmental review.
Project Location: Big Sur Coastal Planning Area
Proposed CEQA action: A planning workshop is exempt per CEQA Guidelines Section 15262.
Report
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Planning Commission:
1. Find that the planning workshop is a planning study for possible future action which the Commission has not approved and qualifies as a Statutory Exemption per Section 15262
of the CEQA Guidelines;
2. Receive a presentation and take public testimony on the draft Big Sur Land Use Plan
Update, and
3. Provide direction to staff on the draft Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan Update.
PROJECT INFORMATION
Planning File Number: REF210024
APN: Multiple
Project Location: Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan Planning Area
Plan Area: Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan, Coastal Zone
OVERVIEW/BACKGROUND
The Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan (LUP) was adopted by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on November 5, 1985 and certified by the California Coastal Commission on April 10, 1986. Since adoption of the LUP, many conditions along the Big Sur Coast have changed, new land use issues have arisen, and old concerns remain unresolved, as current policies are insufficient to address them, including: the lack of capacity on Highway 1, uncontrolled spread of invasive species, protection from wildfires, fire fuel management, private property impacts, and overcrowding of public coastal attractions and sites.
To address these and other issues, the North and South Coast Big Sur Land Use Advisory Committees (LUACs) began a long series of public meetings and deliberations beginning in January of 2013, extending through the present day. The LUACs reviewed each sentence of the 1986 LUP to update the plan to address problems that were ...
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