General Plan Amendment Application No. 2011-01 - Revised Agricultural Buffers

General Plan Amendment Application No. 2011-01 - Revised Agricultural Buffers

Request to amend Appendix "A": Stanislaus County Buffer and Setback Guidelines of the Stanislaus County General Plan Agricultural Element. The proposed amendment eliminates the need for vegetative screening, solid fencing, and support from the Agricultural Advisory Board for Planning Commission approval of a buffer and setback design alternative. The amendment also: exempts low people intensive Tier 1 and 2 uses (within the A-2 zoning district) from having to provide buffers; allows adjacent non-agricultural uses zoned A-2 to be considered as part of a buffer; requires fencing only when new uses establish a potential for increased trespassing onto adjacent agricultural lands; and allows expansion of a project site where existing development does not allow a buffer, as required by the guidelines, provided the expansion does not intensify on-site activities or an alternative standard is approved.

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California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency

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