File #: PC 18-010    Name: PLN160374 - ARMSTRONG SANDHILL RANCH
Type: Planning Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/5/2018 In control: Monterey County Planning Commission
On agenda: 2/14/2018 Final action:
Title: PLN160374 - ARMSTRONG SANDHILL RANCH Public hearing to consider a merger and re-subdivision (minor subdivision) to divide two legal lots totaling 1,477 acres into four lots of record and a remainder parcel. Project Location: 14995 Del Monte Boulevard, Marina Proposed CEQA Action: Negative Declaration
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Project Data Sheet, 3. Exhibit B - Resolution, 4. Exhibit C - Vicinity Map, 5. Exhibit D - North County LUAC, 6. Exhibit E - Email(s) from City of Marina - Processing of Permit, 7. Exhibit F - Initial Study, Negative Declaration, 8. Exhibit G - Comment Letter from Ms. Sandra Bennett, 9. Exhibit H - LAFCO Map date December 14, 2012, 10. Exhibit I - Volume 7 of Survey Maps Page 102, 11. RESpc_18-006_PLN160374_021418, 12. REVISED_RESpc_18-006_PLN160374_021418
Title
PLN160374 - ARMSTRONG SANDHILL RANCH
Public hearing to consider a merger and re-subdivision (minor subdivision) to divide two legal lots totaling 1,477 acres into four lots of record and a remainder parcel.
Project Location: 14995 Del Monte Boulevard, Marina
Proposed CEQA Action: Negative Declaration
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended at the Planning Commission adopt a resolution to:
a. Adopt a Negative Declaration; and
b. Approve a merger and re-subdivision (Minor Subdivision) to subdivide two legal lots totaling 1,477.11 acres into four new lots of record consisting of 418.65 acres (Parcel 1), 590.69 acres (Parcel 2), 242.5 acres (Parcel 3), 73.84 acres (Parcel 4), and a remainder parcel of 151.43 acres.
A draft resolution with findings and evidence is attached for consideration. Staff recommends approval subject to 6 conditions.

PROJECT INFORMATION:
Planning File Number: PLN160374
Owner: Armstrong Sandhill Ranch LLC Et Al
APNs: 175-011-038-000, 175-011-044-000, 175-011-045-000, 175-011-046-000,
175-011-050-000, 203-011-021-000, 203-011-023-000, and 203-011-024-00
Agent: Michael Harrington (Finnegan & Harrington)
Zoning: Permanent Grazing (PG) & Light Industrial (LI)
Acreage: 1,477.11 total acres
Plan Area: North County Area Plan
Flagged and Staked: No

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The project consists of a merger and re-subdivision of two existing legal lots (8 separate parcel numbers) totaling approximately 1,477.11 combined acres used for agricultural purposes, into four new lots of record of approximately 418.65 acres (Parcel 1), 590.69 acres (Parcel 2), 242.5 acres (Parcel 3), 73.84 acres (Parcel 4) and one remainder parcel (151.43 acres) which will match the existing long-term agricultural leases on the lands. The bulk of the lands are designated as Permanent Grazing (PG), with a minimum density of 40 acres. The remainder parcel would remain under the existing Light Industrial (LI) zoning. None of the parcels are currently under Williamson Act...

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