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Public hearing to consider Use Permit Application No. U-17-03 of Bubbling Well Pet Memorial Park, Inc. to permit an animal crematorium located within unincorporated Solano County, adjacent to the City of Fairfield within the Exclusive Agriculture "A-80" Zoning District, APN: 0166-050-100. The Planning Commission will also be considering adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact as recommended by the Solano County Department of Resource Management. (Project Planner: Eric Wilberg) Staff Recommendation: Approval
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Published Notice Required? Yes _X__ No __ _
Public Hearing Required? Yes _X__ No ___
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Conduct a noticed public hearing to consider Use Permit application No. U-17-03 of Bubbling Well Pet Memorial Park, Inc. to permit an animal crematorium located along North Gate Road; and
2. Adopt a resolution to Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Approve Use Permit U-17-03 subject to the mandatory and suggested findings and recommended conditions of approval (Attachment A, Resolution).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The permittee, Bubbling Well Pet Memorial Park, Inc., is requesting use permit approval to establish and operate an animal crematorium along North Gate Road. At its regular meeting on January 10, 2017 the Board of Supervisors made the finding that a pet crematorium is a land use that is substantially similar to waste incineration which is a permissible land use within the Excusive Agriculture "A-80" Zoning District. The property is currently zoned "A-80" however the property owner is concurrently pursuing a policy plan overlay application on an 83 acre portion of the subject site. The Bubbling Well facility would be situated on 4.2 acres within the policy plan overlay and the proposed use would be a permissible land use within the policy plan overlay district.
Reference Attachment B, Board Resolution No. 2017-9
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
The Department of Resource Management has p...
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