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HEARING - Consider the appeal filed by the Gaviota Coast Conservancy (Case No. 06APL-00000-00045) of the Planning Commission's November 8, 2006 approval of the Ballantyne Residence and Accessory Structures (Case No. 06APL-00000-00019) located at 500 Farren Road, Goleta Area (APN 079-090-036), Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 30 MIN.)
a) Option 1 - Grant the Appeal, Deny the Project (P&D's Recommended Action);
Grant appeal Case No. 06APL-00000-00045 marked "Officially Accepted, County of Santa Barbara June 19, 2007 Board of Supervisors Exhibit No. 1," based upon the project's inconsistency with the Comprehensive Plan, Goleta Community Plan and Land Use and Development Code, and based on the inability to make the required findings.
i) Grant the appeal, Case No. 06APL-00000-00045, and overturn the Planning Commission's November 8, 2006 decision to approve the project, Case No. 06APL-00000-00019;
ii) Adopt the required findings for denial of the project, Case No. 05LUP-00000-00611, specified in Attachment A, Denial Findings, of the Planning Commission Staff Report dated September 15, 2006;
iii) Deny the proposed project, Case No. 05LUP-00000-00611; and
iv) Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to the project based on Section 15270 of the State of California's Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act, titled "Projects Which Are Disapproved."
b) Option 2 - Apply the Requirements of CEQA, Continue the Appeal;
Direct the Planning and Development Department staff to apply the requirements of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and continue the appeal, Case No. 06APL-00000-00045.
i) Direct staff to apply the requirements of the CEQA to the project; and
ii) Continue the item until staff has prepared the required environmental documents and otherwise complied with the requirements of CEQA.
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