2019-04-04 Hearing Transcript - Admin Matters Item 1

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residential lots. So, there's this conflict. The problem that has, that occurs to try to do a large Change of Zone as well as a State Land Use Boundary Amendment falls with the notification and authorization requirement. Every landowner has to be notified and approve the request. So, they actually have to sign and say that they are giving authorization to do that. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen because people for whatever reason they just will say no I don't want to do it. So, there has been times where the State Land Use has done that, but you'll see that there is certain properties that weren't approved, and it was because they didn't sign. CLARKSON: Well, getting to the rezone thing, they're literally thousands of parcels that are zoned one thing or another, and there is no time limit whatsoever. It could stay there in Commercial or Industrial for decades, and it just stays zoned that way from when was this? When zoning first came in, in the sixties or something? DARROW: Correct, yeah. CLARKSON: All right. DARROW: So, they kind of again, there's no magical rhyme or reason to some of these, some of them there were. This was, the actual use is going on in that particular area, so they try to line it up as best they could. CLARKSON: Right. DARROW: But, yeah, you got some that you just say why did they do that, you know? Now, what—before you can do an overall sweep or even allow for changes to happen, the General Plan has to change sometimes. So, in 2005, when they did the General Plan update, there were certain subdivisions that were obviously not agriculture although they were zoned Agriculture. So, what they did was they changed the General Plan in those areas `cause they could do that without the need for authorization from every owner. They changed it from Extensive Ag or Orchard to Rural, so it allows the potential for Applicants to be able to come in and change their land use from Agricultural to Rural. Paradise Park is a good example, Oceanview, I believe Orchidland. A lot of these more rural -natured type subdivisions have that ability at this time. But, yeah, that's been something that's been very frustrating in the land use process to be able you would like to be able to have the ability for either the State or the County to come in and just be able to zone an area because it's appropriate and at this point, we've been informed that without ownership or authorization from landowners, we're held back, and I think that's only going to be a legislative process that can change that. So, getting back to this, this is again the criteria for approving an administrative time extension. The Planning Department, when an applicant comes in later after this, for a time extension before the Commission, and that's all they're asking. We normally will use the same criteria, because this criteria here basically covers everything that was looked at previously. We're looking at the General Plan; we're looking at the Zoning Code; we're looking at any changes in the CDP's. We're looking at the original reasons for granting the Use Permit which was the criteria that approved it. And, so, that's where people are thinking, well you guys are just EXHIBIT E 7