Samoa Town Master Plan GPA-14-001/ZR-14-001

Samoa Town Master Plan GPA-14-001/ZR-14-001

An applicant-initiated General Plan and Zone Text Amendment. The application seeks to amend the Humboldt Bay Area Plan (HBAP) provisions for the Samoa Town Master Plan (STMP) as they relate to development timing. This amendment would involve changing the phasing provisions of the Samoa Town Master Plan (STMP) adopted into the HBAP in to meet grant funding time requirements for the proposed upgrades to the wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) which will low-income multi-family housing. For grant funding, a separate parcel must be created for the low-income multi-family housing March, 2015 and construction of the WWTF must commence by 2016. Under current requirements of the STMP, all underlying parcels are required to be merged into a single Master Parcel prior to any new development or action on a tentative map approval. Recordation of a final map phase requires the completion of development of a number of other improvements, trails, visitor serving facilities, etc. The establishment of a separate parcel for this housing and the WWTF can only be accomplished within the grant time frame by amending the LCP parcel merger and the phasing of development conditions. The project does not seek to change any aspects of the Samoa Town Master Plan other than the timing of creation of two master parcels. The environmental effects analyzed in the Master EIR certified for the project remain applicable and an Addendum to the MEIR is proposed for these text changes.

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