Title
Receive a status report regarding updates to the zoning maps in the Fort Ord Planning Area; and Provide direction to staff.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Fort Ord Committee:
a. Receive a status report regarding updates to the zoning maps in the Fort Ord Planning Area; and
b. Provide direction to staff.
SUMMARY:
The 2010 General Plan includes land use maps that establish land use designations for properties within the unincorporated, non-coastal, areas. Zoning is required to be consistent with the General Plan land Use maps. Staff has considered several components and options as part of updating zoning maps for the inland unincorporated areas of Monterey County. Staff is seeking comments and direction from the Fort Ord Committee on three options within the Fort Ord Planning Area:
1. Community Plan (CP) zoning district. Zone all of Fort Ord as a Community Plan area ("CP");
2. Specific zoning districts. Apply designations from the Base Reuse Plan Land Use Designations and the Habitat Management Plan restrictions; or
3. Defer Zoning of the Fort Ord Area. Omit Fort Ord from the current zoning update efforts and address Fort Ord zoning in the future. The entire Fort Ord area would remain in the Public/Quasi Public (PQP) zoning district.
At this time, staff recommends Option 1 consistent with the Community Plan designation, objectives and policies provided within the 2010 General Plan, similar to the Castroville Community Plan. The Planning Commission raised a concern about using land use designations from the 2010 Fort Ord Master Plan, and recognized that additional outreach and deliberation was needed for the Fort Ord area.
Land use actions within the former Fort Ord require a consistency determination by the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA).
DISCUSSION:
Monterey County's 2010 General Plan (GP) was adopted by the Board of Supervisors in October 2010 (4-1 vote). Resource Management Agency (RMA) - Planning st...
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