Ratna Ling Retreat Center (PLP08-0021)

Ratna Ling Retreat Center (PLP08-0021)

1) Construct a new six bedroom residential facility with a maximum occupancy of 12 persons at 36000 Hauser Bridge Road, APN 109-230-018. 2) Construct four new residential storage buildings to be used to store residential supplies to service the cabins located on the east side of Hauser Bridge Road (total square footage for all four structures is not to exceed 4,080 s.f. in size). 3) Construct a seasonal campground with eight tents with a maximum occupancy of 24 persons to be used from May through October located on the west side of Hauser Bridge Road south of the accessory printing press facility. The seasonal tents would be constructed on wooden platforms and have electrical hook-ups. Retreat guests and printing press volunteers would occupy the seasonal campground. 4) Allow permanent storage of the sacred text in the existing four structures (total s.f. for all four structures is not to exceed 39,270 s.f. in size). 5) Produce non-textual scared objects to be used as part of the sacred Buddhist tradition for devotional and practice purposes. The non-textual sacred objects will be stored in the sacred text storage buildings. 6) Limit book production traffic to one truck (24 feet in length) round trip per day (two trips) average on an annual basis rather than the number of books printed. The two truck trips per day includes delivery of supplies and trips to transport the finished books abroad. 7) Increase the maximum occupancy of the existing accessory non-profit Tibetan Buddhist printing press facility from 27 persons to 94 persons. 8) Increase the maximum occupancy on the project site (35755 & 36000 Hauser Bridge Road) at any one given time from 67 persons to 122 persons. 9) Terminate the printing press facility if the Use Permit is conveyed to a property owner not affiliated with traditions and practices of Tibetan Buddhism.

Sonoma

Cal Fire, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency

Other (Buddhist Monastery & Religious Retreat Center)

Master Plan, Use Permit

Biological Resources, Transportation, GHGE