Williamson Act Cancellation, Parcel Map, and Exception Application No. PLN2023-0119 – Tucker

Williamson Act Cancellation, Parcel Map, and Exception Application No. PLN2023-0119 – Tucker

This is a request to create two parcels, 10± and a 20± acres in size, from a 30± acre parcel that lies in both Stanislaus and Merced County, with 15-acres located in each jurisdiction. The 15.31± acre portion within Stanislaus County is designated General Agriculture (A-2-10) and enrolled in Williamson Act Contract No. 2020-0006. The project site is currently improved with a single-family dwelling, a private well, a private septic system, and four agricultural and residential accessory structures with the balance of the project site planted in alfalfa. If approved, the ten-acre proposed Parcel 1 will contain all existing structures, well, and septic system, and be located entirely within Stanislaus County; The 15-acre proposed Parcel 2 will be improved with alfalfa, and be split across the County border, with 5± acres within Stanislaus County, and 10± acres within Merced County. Due to requirements within the County’s Williamson Act Uniform Rules, a Williamson Act Contract must conform to the boundaries of a parcel when subject to a parcel map and be not less than ten-acres in size. A cancellation of the five-acre portion of Proposed Parcel 2 is required. The portion of the parcel located within Merced County is not enrolled within a Williamson Act Contract. The project site irrigates with water from Turlock Irrigation District. Proposed Parcel 1 will not have direct frontage onto a County-maintained roadway if approved; instead, the parcel proposes to take access to County-maintained Golf Road via an existing 20-foot-wide road easement (referenced in County Record No. Doc-2018-0071313), located at the northeast edge of the project site. Consequently, an Exception to Stanislaus County Subdivision Ordinance Section 20.52.170 – Lots – Access is required due to Proposed Parcel 1 being under 20 acres in size and not fronting on a County-maintained roadway. The portion of Proposed Parcel 2 within Merced County will have frontage off County-maintained Clausen Road. A non-renewal has been filed for the entire 15.31± acre portion of the Williamson Act Contract.

Turlock

Stanislaus

Citywide, Countywide

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Other ( No development proposed; Parcel Map )

Land Division (Subdivision, etc.)

N/A