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HEARING - Consider adoption of a resolution initiating amendments to the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code to update oil and gas consolidation policies and regulations, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Amend the Coastal Plan by repealing policies 6-13A through 6-13D that address siting criteria for new oil tank farms in the Coastal Zone, and adding new policies 6-13A through 6-13C, along with a brief preamble, addressing consolidation of pipeline terminals;
b) Amend Policy 6-6D of the Coastal Plan and South Coast Policy 5 of the Land Use Element, replacing the designation of the consolidated oil and gas processing site at Gaviota (APNs 81-130-07, 052, and 053) with new designation as a consolidated pipeline terminal;
c) Amend the Gaviota Coast Rural Region Land Use Map of the Local Coastal Program, revising the land-use designation of the former Gaviota Interim Marine Terminal (APNs 081-130-060 and 081-130-019) from Coastal-Dependent Industry (I-CD) to Park and Recreation (REC)
d) Amend the Gaviota Coast Rural Region Zoning Map of the Local Coastal Program, revising the zone district of the former Gaviota Interim Marine Terminal (APNs 081-130-060 and 081-130-019) from Coastal-Dependent Industry (M-CD) to Recreation (REC);
e) Amend the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Article II, Chapter 35, Santa Barbara County Code) as follows:
i. Revise Division 2 by repealing the definition of "Gaviota and Las Flores Canyon Consolidated Planning Areas";
ii. Revise Sec. 35-69, "AG II Agriculture II," to add consolidated pipeline terminals as a permitted use;
iii. Revise Sec. 35-150, the "Purpose and Intent" section for Division 9, "Oil and Gas Facilities," to reflect a change in the designation of the former Gaviota oil and gas processing site (APNs 81-130-07, 52, and 53) from a consolidated oil and gas processing site to a consolidated pipeline terminal;
iv. Revise Sec. 35-154, "Oil Processing Facilities Necessary or Related to Offshore Oil and Gas Development," to eliminate reference to the former Gaviota processing site (APNs 81-130-07, 52, and 53) as a consolidate oil and gas processing site in subsection 35-154.4B.d.
v. Revise Sec. 35-157, "Oil and Gas Pipelines," to clarify the applicability of this section to pump stations;
vi. Revise Sec. 35-158, "Onshore Exploration and/or Production of Offshore Oil and Gas Reservoirs," to eliminate applicability of this section to the Gaviota Planning Area;
vii. Add a new section 35-159 that prescribes the permitting process and requirements for consolidated pipeline terminals;
f) Amend the Inland Zoning Ordinance (Article III, Chapter 35, Santa Barbara County Code), revising Sec. 35-296, "Treatment and Processing Facilities," to delete reference to Gaviota as a consolidated oil and gas processing site;
g) Direct staff to work with the State of California to realize conversion of the GTC site into public recreational use following reclamation of the site as a former oil terminal.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY
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