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HEARING - Consider Planning Commission Recommendations to Adopt Revisions to Oil & Gas Consolidation Policies and Regulations, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution, amending Chapter 3.6 of the County's Coastal Plan to remove descriptive text that is no longer accurate; to repeal the Consolidated Oil and Gas Processing Site designation of the former Gaviota oil and gas processing site; to delete criteria for siting new oil tank farms in the Coastal Zone; and to define and address the consolidation of pipeline terminals that support offshore oil and gas development;
b) Adopt a Resolution, amending South Coast Policy 5 of the County's Land Use Element to repeal the Consolidated Oil and Gas Processing designation of the former Gaviota oil and gas processing site;
c) Adopt an Ordinance, amending the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Article II) deleting references to the Gaviota consolidated oil and gas processing site in Sections 35-58, 35-69.4, 35-150, 35-154, 35-157, 35-158, and adding a new Section 35-159 to define Consolidated Pipeline Terminal as a permitted use in the Agriculture II (AG-II) and Coastal-Related Industry (MC-R) zone districts;
d) Adopt an Ordinance, amending the Inland Zoning Ordinance (Article III) to delete references to the Gaviota oil and gas consolidated processing site;
e) Adopt the CEQA findings, determining that Negative Declaration 05NGD-00000-00025 constitutes full and adequate disclosure of potential impacts associated with the plan and ordinance revisions and has been completed in compliance with CEQA; and
f) Adopt the legislative findings for approval of these amendments to Articles II and III of Chapter 35 of the Santa Barbara County Code, to the Land Use Element, and to the Coastal Plan.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY
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