Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Steve Monowitz, Community Development Director
Subject: Consideration of an Agricultural Preserve and California Land Conservation (Williamson) Act Contract, pursuant to the San Mateo County Land Conservation Act Uniform Rules and Procedures, on a 426.66-acre parcel located at 640 Cabrillo Highway in the unincorporated Pescadero area.
County File Number: PLN2020-00166 (Coastways Ranch)
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation for the Board of Supervisors to:
A) Find the request to establish an Agricultural Preserve to be consistent with the County General Plan, Planned Agricultural District/Coastal Development District, the California Land Conservation Act, and San Mateo County Land Conservation Act Uniform Rules and Procedures.
B) Adopt a resolution to establish the subject property as an agricultural preserve and execute a California Land Conservation Contract for the subject property.
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BACKGROUND:
The applicant, Charles N. Hudson for Coastways Ranch, is requesting to establish an Agricultural Preserve and execute a California Land Conservation (Williamson) Act contract on a 426.66-acre parcel in Pescadero where 82.5 acres of the parcel are currently in irrigated agricultural production and 21 acres are unirrigated pasture. The parcel is developed with various agricultural structures constructed in the early 1900's, such as storage, garages, cabins, and now unusable structures that previously served agricultural purposes. The parcel straddles Cabrillo Highway, approximately 10 miles north of Davenport, with most of the parcel on the east side of the highway.
Planning Commission Hearing: The Planning Commission considered the proposed Williamson Act Contract at its regularly scheduled public meeting on November 10, 2021, and recommended approval of the Agricultural Preserve and contract.
Report Prepared By: Delaney Selvidge, Projec...
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