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Public Hearing to consider and make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on a proposed Ordinance, Zone Text Amendment No. ZT 17-03, to amend Chapter 28 of the Solano County Code relating to legal, nonconforming churches within the Suisun Valley Agriculture "A-SV-20" and Agricultural Tourist Center "ATC" zoning districts to allow for the expansion of such uses subject to discretionary approval via the use permit amendment process. (Project Planner: Eric Wilberg) Staff Recommendation: recommend the Board of Supervisors approve the zone text amendment
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Planning Commission consider and make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on a proposed Ordinance, Zoning Text Amendment No. ZT 17-03, to amend Chapter 28 of the Solano County Code relating to legal, nonconforming churches within the Suisun Valley Agriculture "A-SV-20" and Agricultural Tourist Center "ATC" zoning districts to allow for the expansion of such uses subject to discretionary approval via the use permit amendment process. (Attachment A: Nonconforming Churches Ordinance)
SUMMARY:
Solano County Zoning Regulations currently prohibit new religious facilities from locating within Agricultural zoning districts. In addition, existing legal nonconforming churches within these districts are limited to the terms and conditions of an approved use permit pursuant to the Nonconforming Uses section of the Zoning Regulations (County Code Section 28.114). In general, nonconforming uses of land and buildings are limited to the size, scope, and intensity of that which was lawfully established and existing prior to the adoption of any provision of the Zoning Regulations that renders such uses nonconforming.
The Guru Nanak Sikh Temple located at 2948 Rockville Road has filed a Zone Text Amendment to amend the Nonconforming Uses section of the County Zoning Regulations to set forth a discretionary permitting...
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