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Public hearing to consider adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration and approval of Land Use Permit Application No. U-01-06 Amendment No. 1 of HD Dairy Ranch to increase the number of cattle from 6, 000 to 10,291 without exceeding the assumed number of animal units originally approved in 2001, 7, 215.5 animal units. The increase in cattle is due to the replacement of the larger Holstein breed to the smaller breed of Jerseys. Construction of one additional employee housing, exercise and grazing pens and calf hutches are proposed. (Project Planner: Nedzlene Ferrario) Staff Recommendation: Approval
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Published Notice Required? Yes _X__ No __ _
Public Hearing Required? Yes _X__ No ___
RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and the mandatory and additional findings with respect to Land Use Permit Application No. U-01-06 Amendment No. 1 and;
2. Adopt the attached draft resolution and Approve Use Permit U-01-06 Amendment No. 1 subject to the findings and recommended conditions of approval.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The applicant is proposing to increase the number of cattle from 6,000 to 10,291 without exceeding the assumed number of animal units originally approved in 2001, 7215.5 animal units. The increase is due to the replacement of cattle breed from the larger Holstein to smaller frame sized Jerseys. Construction of one additional employee housing unit, exercise and grazing pens and calf hutches are proposed over two phases. Environmental impacts associated with the project is not significant in that, the additional number of smaller breed of cattle would not cause significant environmental impacts assumed in the prior environmental analysis. Zoning Code requires adjacent property owners consent. Planning staff and the applicant reached out to the property owner; however, at the time of writing, comments have not been received. M...
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