Title
PLN170832 - CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY (LHOIST)
Public hearing to consider a height exception for a new structure approximately 57 feet high as part of an existing quarry in the Heavy Industrial Zoning District.
Project Location: 11771 Old Stage Road, Salinas, Greater Salinas Area Plan
CEQA Action: Categorically Exempt per Section 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction) of the CEQA Guidelines.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission:
a. Finding that the project is a technological improvement replacement of existing dewatering process for a mining operation which qualifies as a Class 2 Categorical Exemption per Section 15302 of the CEQA Guidelines; and does not meet any exceptions under Section 15300.2; and
b. Approving:
1. Design Approval for
a. a new structure containing equipment called a "filter press" to replace the existing dewatering system, and
b. an exception from the 35-foot height limit for a filter press structure with a proposed height of approximately 57 feet, in the Heavy Industrial Zoning District pursuant to Monterey County Code Section 21.62.030.C (height exception).
Staff recommends approval subject to the attached Design Approval (Exhibit A) containing two recommended conditions of approval (maintenance of perimeter landscaping and exterior lighting plan when construction permit is applied for).
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Agent: Jocelyn Jackson, Lhoist North America
Property Owner: Chemical Lime Company
APN: 211-023-001-000
Parcel Size: 234.65 acres
Zoning: Heavy Industrial
Plan Area: Greater Salinas Area Plan
Flagged and Staked: No
SUMMARY:
Lhoist, commonly referred to as the Natividad Quarry, is an existing quarry located at 11771 Old Stage Road, north east of the City of Salinas. The quarry operation is comprised of several parcels, one of which is this 234.65 acre parcel (APN 211-023-001-000). Mining operations began at this location circa 1900. In 1983, Monterey County approved a Use Permit/Rec...
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