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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Malkin General Plan Amendment, Rezone, and Lot Line Adjustment, Case Nos. 25GPA-00006, 25RZN-00006, and 25LLA-00002; First District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 40 MIN.)
a) Approve the Malkin General Plan Amendment, Rezone, and Lot Line Adjustment project by taking the following actions:
i) Make the required findings for approval of the Project, consisting of a General Plan Amendment (Case No. 25GPA-00006), Zoning Map Amendment (Case No. 25RZN-00006), and Lot Line Adjustment (Case No. 25LLA-00002), including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
ii) Determine that the Project, Case Nos. 25GPA-00006, 25RZN-00006, and 25LLA-00002, is exempt from CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 [Existing Facilities] and 15305 [Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations], as set forth in the Notice of Exemption;
iii) Approve the General Plan Amendment by conceptually approving a Resolution for General Plan Amendment (Case No. 25GPA-00006), amending the Land Use Designation Map in the Montecito Community Plan to redesignate a 0.27-acre portion of Assessor’s Parcel No. 009-021-029 from Semi-Rural Residential, 5-acre minimum parcel size (SRR-0.5) to Semi-Rural Residential, 2-acre minimum parcel size (SRR-0.2), and continuing this item for final adoption to the Land Use Element “window date” on November 17, 2026;
iv) Approve a Rezone and adopt an Ordinance to (Case No. 25RZN-00006) amending the Santa Barbara County Zoning Map of the Montecito Land Use and Development Code for a 0.27-acre portion of Assessor’s Parcel No. 009-021-029 to change the zoning from Single-Family Residential, 5-acre minimum lot size (5-E-1) to Single-Family Residential, 2-acre minimum lot size (2-E-1); and
v) Approve Case No. 25LLA-00002 subject to the conditions of approval.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY