Firefox Sandstone Cutting & Quartering Project
Summary
SCH Number
2008091091
Lead Agency
Santa Barbara County
Document Title
Firefox Sandstone Cutting & Quartering Project
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Zoned AG-10, Agriculture (10 acre minimum parcel size)
GP Des: A-I-10, Agriculture (minimum parcel size of 10 acres)
Document Description
Mr. Edward Langhorne, of Firefox, Inc., requests the approval of a Land Use Permit (07LUP-00000-00301) to construct three new buildings in order to conduct sandstone cutting and quartering operations. Firefox, Inc. currently operates a wholesale nursery business at the subject property. Specifically, Firefox, Inc., maintains the trees onsite by replanting them in mounds of soil. Rocks of various sizes are used to stabilize the mounds. When a tree is sold, the mounds and rocks are transported with the trees to maintain stability and ensure survival. Firefox Inc. proposes to enhance the nursery business by splitting and quartering stone onsite to create rocks of various sizes needed to construct the tree mounds and by producing and selling rough-cut and rough-finished sandstone benches, steps, and other rough-cut garden accessories in addition to the trees.
Contact Information
Name
Errin Briggs
Agency Name
Santa Barbara County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Santa Barbara
Counties
Santa Barbara
Cross Streets
Patterson Avenue and Ekwill Road
Zip
93101
Total Acres
9.64
Parcel #
071-140-071
State Highways
U.S Hwy 101 & 217
Airports
Santa Barbara Airport
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Other (Agricultural Bldg. ~5,500 sq. ft.)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildfire, Wildlife
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