General Plan Amendment No. GPA 09-003/Zone Change No. PZ 09-004 and Use Permit No. PSP 10-062 for Pena's Material Recovery Facility & Transfer Station

General Plan Amendment No. GPA 09-003/Zone Change No. PZ 09-004 and Use Permit No. PSP 10-062 for Pena's Material Recovery Facility & Transfer Station

The proposed Project includes a General Plan Amendment (No. GPA 09-003) and Change of Zone (No. PZ 09-004). GPA 09-003 will amend the Cutler-Orosi Area Land Use Plan, a component of the Tulare County Land Use Element of the General Plan, to change the land use designation of a 6.77-acre portion of an 18 acre site from "Residential Reserve" to "Industrial" and of 11.3 acres of the same site from "Industrial Reserve" to "Industrial." PZ 09-004 is a request to change from the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural-20 acre minimum) to the M-1 (Light Industrial) Zone on the same 18 acres. The proposed zone change would allow, as noted in the zoning code, "transfer facilities limited to assemblage and temporary storage of glass, metal and plastic beverage containers collected at recycling collection centers for transport to other sites for recycling, processing, manufacture or treatment." Expansion of the solid waste facility would require a special use permit, as would any use that could potentially be obnoxious or offensive by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise, or similar causes.

Tulare

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Resources, Recycling and Recovery

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Resources, Recycling and Recovery

Industrial (Acres 18.61, Employees 55 new), Other (Recycling Facility/Waste Transfer Station)

Rezone, Use Permit, Amendment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire