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a. Approve and accept a Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed protecting a 0.38 acre area of APN 129-091-071-000 as condition of approval for PLN170705 and
b. Authorize the Chair to sign the Acceptance and Consent to Recordation.
c. Direct the Clerk of the Board to submit the Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed to the County Recorder for filing with all recording fees to be paid by the applicant.
Project Location: 473 Paradise Road, Salinas
Proposed CEQA Action: N/A - not a project
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and accept a Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed protecting a 0.38 acre area of central maritime chaparral on APN 129-091-071-000 as condition of approval for PLN170705
b. Authorize the Chair to sign the Acceptance and Consent to Recordation.
c. Direct the Clerk of the Board to submit the Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed to the County Recorder for filing with all recording fees to be paid by the applicant.
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Planning File Number: PLN170705
Owner: David and Antonia Martinez
APN: 129-091-071-000
Agent: N/A
Plan Area: North County Coastal Land Use Plan
Flagged and Staked: No
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
A Combined Development Permit (Martinez/PLN170705) was approved by the Planning Commission on November 14, 2018. Part of the approval process for the Martinez project involved a condition (Condition No. 16) requiring the applicant to convey a conservation easement over the portions of the property where environmentally sensitive habitat (ESHA) exists, pursuant to Section 20.144.040.B.6 in the North County Coastal Implementation Plan. The ESHA on site is comprised mainly of central maritime chaparral and includes the sensitive species pajaro manzanita.
Recordation of this easement will prevent any future permitted development from encroaching into the sensitive area and impacting sensitive habitat. Conditions of Approval run with the land, and the owners are now satisfy...
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