MOU and Proposed OCP Amendments
Memo for March 7, 2001 hearing
Santa Barbara County proposes to revise the July 1997 Orcutt Community Plan through the public Comprehensive Plan amendment process. The proposed community-wide amendments are intended to:
Clarify and strengthen selected policies, development standards, and actions of the OCP to ensure that needed public infrastructure, parks and open space resources are available when needed to serve new development,
Defer development on Key Site 22 in West Orcutt,
Rezone two areas in Orcutt. The rezones are to:
Promote the revitalization of Old Town Orcutt, and
Support continued agriculture in West Orcutt.
Finally, new development standards are proposed for an affordable housing site (Key Site 24) near Waller Park.
You are invited to comment on the Addendum to the Orcutt Plan EIR and to attend and participate in a public hearings proposed amendments to the 1997 Orcutt Community Plan (OCP). Draft amendments have been initiated by Santa Barbara County pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to resolve pending litigation brought against the County by the Orcutt Area Advisory Group. P&D prepared the Draft Addendum No 2 pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act.
On October 11 and November 8, 2000, the Planning Commission considered proposed amendments to the OCP. On November 8 the Commission conceptually approved recommendations that the Board of Supervisors adopt the amendments to selected OCP policies, development standards, and actions as presented, with the exception of Wastewater and Water issue. The Commission also recommended that the Board approve the revised Draft Addendum, Findings, MMRP, and Implementation Summary and changes in land use and zoning designations (rezones) for selected Old Town and agricultural parcels.
On January 24, 2001, the Commission considered new information concerning proposed revisions to the OCP Wastewater and Water policies. The Commission requested clarification on specifics pertaining to the proposed water policies and continued the hearing to March 7, 2001, with direction to staff to return with additional information concerning the proposed delivery of supplemental water to serve future Orcutt development projects.
The Orcutt Plan MOU, draft OCP amendments, CEQA EIR Addendum and a table explaining the effects within the Orcutt Community Plan are available on the County's website: www.co.santa-barbara.ca.us, or by calling the P&D office (805) 934-6250 (Santa Maria) or (805) 568-2000 (Santa Barbara). If you have further questions about this process, please contact or John Cuykendall, 805.568.3560, Mike Prater 805.934.6254 or Dev Vrat, AICP, Planning & Development.