Barber Yard Specific Plan
Summary
SCH Number
2023030641
Lead Agency
City of Chico
Document Title
Barber Yard Specific Plan
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Brownfield site - Special Planning Area
Document Description
The Barber Yard Specific Plan (BYSP) area includes the 133-acre former Diamond Match factory site as well as a 13.5-acre off-site storm drainage parcel to the south. The plan calls for a up to 1,250 residential units, adaptive reuse of existing buildings for recreational uses (150,000 square feet), up to 60,000 square feet of new commercial uses, and approximately 10 acres of new parks. The existing asphalt cap would remain unaltered.
Contact Information
Name
Mike Sawley
Agency Name
City of Chico
Job Title
Principal Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Chico
Counties
Butte
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
W 16th Street
Zip
95928
Total Acres
133
Parcel #
039-400-050, -024, -025, -026, -051, -052, -053
State Highways
99, 32
Railways
Union Pacific
Schools
Chico Country Day
Waterways
Comanche Creek
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 21, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), Department of Toxic Substances Control
Development Types
Residential (Units 1250, Acres 120), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 60000, Acres 15, Employees 120), Recreational (15 acres, mix of private and public)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Rezone
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Local Review Period Start
Local Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
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