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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the County Planning Commission (CPC) recommended ordinance amendments to the County Land Use and Development Code (LUDC) and Article II, Coastal Zoning Ordinance (CZO) to clarify existing cannabis odor control regulations by revising development standards and Odor Abatement Plan (OAP) procedures, implementing a 12-month compliance period, and establishing an odor threshold in the Coastal Zone to more efficiently identify, evaluate, and enforce cannabis-related nuisance odors, as follows:
(EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Make the required findings for approval of the zoning code amendments, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
b) Determine that adoption of the CZO (24ORD-00012) amendments are exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15265;
c) After considering the Final Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) adopted for the Cannabis Land Use Ordinance and Licensing Program (Cannabis Program) (17EIR-00000-00003), determine that, as reflected in the CEQA findings, no subsequent environmental document shall be prepared for this project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162; and adoption of the LUDC Amendment (Case No. 24ORD-00011) is within the scope of the program approved earlier, and the Final Program EIR adopted for the Cannabis Program (17EIR-00000-00003) adequately describes the activity for the purposes of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c)(2);
d) Adopt the Ordinances to amend to the CZO (Case No. 24ORD-00012) and LUDC (Case No. 24ORD-00011);
e) Adopt a Resolution authorizing Planning and Development to submit the amendment (Case No. 24ORD-00011) revisions to existing cannabis ordinance to the Santa Barbara County Local Coastal Program (LCP) to the California Coastal Commission (CCC) for review and certification; and
f) Direct the Planning and Development Department to transmit the adopted resolution to the Executive Director of the CCC.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY