Wildwood Conservation Foundation Retreat Center; File No. PLP20-0009
Summary
SCH Number
2023060605
Public Agency
Sonoma County
Document Title
Wildwood Conservation Foundation Retreat Center; File No. PLP20-0009
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/22/2023
Document Description
(A.) Rezone to TPZ. Accept the Planning Commission’s recommendation, make necessary findings for, and approve the application for immediate rezone from RRD Resources and Rural Development to TP Timberland Production, adopt an Ordinance to effectuate the rezone to TP, and direct the recordation of Notice of Rezone to Timberland Production;
(B.) Cancel Land Conservation Contract. Make necessary findings for and approve the petition for cancellation of the existing Land Conservation contract, (Recorded February 16, 1971 at Book 2516, Page 582) conditioned on recordation of the Notice of Rezone to Timberland Production, and direct recordation of a Certificate of Cancellation after recordation of the Notice of Rezone to Timberland Production;
(C.) Exercise Original Jurisdiction & Approve Use Permit. Exercise original jurisdiction and make necessary findings for and approve a phased Use Permit, subject to conditions of approval, to allow the legalization and resumption of operation of an existing retreat center located on the +/- 210 acre parcel as a compatible use under Timberland Production zoning, with ongoing timberland production and conservation uses.
Contact Information
Name
Derik Michaelson
Agency Name
Permit Sonoma
Job Title
Planner III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Guerneville
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Old Cazadero Road and River Road
Zip
95446
Total Acres
0.22
Parcel #
106-230-007 & -008
State Highways
Highway 116
Railways
Not Applicable
Airports
Not Applicable
Schools
Guerneville School
Waterways
Austin Creek, Russian River
Township
08N
Range
11W
Section
15
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
Resources and Rural Development (RRD), RRD B6-1 dwelling unit per 160 acres, Riparian Corridor 50-foot setback (RC50/50)
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301; Section 15300.2; Section 15061(b)(3); Section 51119; Section 15264, Timberland Preserves
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the existing facilities exemption, Title 14, California Code of Regulations, CEQA Guideline 15301, as there is no proposed change to existing land use which has existed for over forty years, and is a combination of timberland, conservation, and resort use, where no exceptions listed under Section 15300.2 apply; and under the common sense exemption, Title 14, California Code of Regulations CEQA Guideline § 15061(b)(3), because the project has no potential for causing a significant effect on the environment because it involves converting the restriction on the property from Land Conservation contract to Timberland Production Zone, where such change is statutorily exempt from CEQA, pursuant to California Government Code Section § 51119 and Title 14 California Code of Regulations CEQA Guideline § 15264, and issuing a conditional use permit to legalize long standing existing resort use of the property without any proposed expansion, negligible or otherwise, to that use, and maintaining the existing timberland and conservation uses of the property.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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