City of Willits Land Use Element & Sphere of Influence Updates
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023030321
Lead Agency
City of Willits
Document Title
City of Willits Land Use Element & Sphere of Influence Updates
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
11/5/2024
Document Description
The proposed Project is an amendment to the City of Willits Land Use Element, Land Use Diagram, Zoning Map and Regulations, and an application to amend the City’s SOI. The Project includes:
(1) the identification of a Planning Area that includes the City as well as surrounding land that bears relation to City planning;
(2) changes to existing and new Land Use Element policy intended to expand the land supply for housing of all types, provide for focused planning for Willits’ commercial centers, provide for land use flexibility and compatibility, ensure community health and vitality and environmental health and sustainability, and to expand and improve land use designations and general plan maintenance;
(3) changes to Land Use Designations within the City to support residential and commercial development, as well as for open space purposes, and changes to apply Land Use Designations that best reflect the use and character of existing development within the City where the current Land Use Designation is not appropriate;
(4) proposed expansions to the City’s SOI, with the application of appropriate City Land Use Designations, to support a potential SOI Amendment application to the Mendocino Local Agency Formation Commission;
(5) amendments to the Zoning Map and Zoning Regulations to ensure consistency with the Land Use Element and Land Use Map, which may occur simultaneously with or closely following Land Element adoption, and that may include the application of consistent Zoning Classifications and edits to the Zoning Regulations to ensure consistency.
Adoption of the Plan requires certification of the EIR, a General Plan Amendment, Zoning Map and Text Amendments by the Willits City Council and an application to the Mendocino Local Agency Formation Commission to amend the City SOI.
Contact Information
Name
Dusty Duley
Agency Name
City of Willits, Community Development Department
Job Title
Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Willits
Counties
Mendocino
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Highway 101 State Route 20
Zip
95490
Parcel #
various
State Highways
California
Railways
Skunk Train / Mendocino Railway
Airports
Willits Municipal Airport (Ells
Schools
Willits Unified School District
Waterways
Baechtel Creek, Outlet Creek
Township
Willit
Range
13W
Section
18
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
City of Willits City Council
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Mendocino
Final Environmental Document Available at
111 E. Commercial Street Willits
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
Yes
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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