Saticoy & Wells Community Plan & Development ... - City Of Ventura

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.2 Agricultural ResourcesDescription), which borders agriculture lands to the east, is another potential conflict area.Community Plan Action 11.3.25 requires the City to collaborate with the AgricultureCommissioner’s Office to determine the necessity for agricultural buffers in new development.If required, agricultural buffers between agricultural activity and new structures and othersensitive uses on non-agricultural properties are to be no less than 300 feet, but may be reducedto 150 feet on the recommendation or guideline of the agricultural commissioner.Implementation of this action would address potential impacts associated with development onthe Citrus Place site.Adherence to existing regulations and 2005 General Plan policies in association with theimplementation of the Project’s policies and actions would also reduce impacts associated withagricultural/urban conflicts.The 2005 General Plan contains several goals and policies that address agriculture resources.Applicable goals and policies include:Policy 3D:Action 3.21:Continue to preserve agricultural and other open space lands within theCity’s Planning Area.Adopt performance standards for non-farm activities in agriculturalareas that protect and support farm operations, including requiring nonfarmuses to provide all appropriate buffers as determined by theAgriculture Commissioner’s Office.The Community Plan and Code also encourages development projects within the Project Areato provide adequate buffers between proposed development, and adjacent agricultural uses. Inthis way, the proposed Project is consistent with the policies and actions within the GeneralPlan. The following Community Plan policy and actions, which include Action 11.3.25discussed above, support the creation of buffers in areas where there is an agriculture-urbaninterface:Policy 11I:Continue to preserve agricultural uses in the City’s Sphere of Influenceand as identified in the greenbelt agreement between the City of Venturaand Santa Paula, and require new development to provide all necessarybuffers.Action 11.3.25: Collaborate with the Agriculture Commissioner’s Office to determine thenecessity for agricultural buffers in new development. If required,agricultural buffers shall be no less than 300 feet to new structures andsensitive uses on non-agricultural property, but may be reduced to noless than 150 feet on recommendation or guideline of the agriculturalcommissioner for vegetative screens or other buffering mechanisms toprotect neighborhoods from agricultural activities and to allowagricultural uses to continue operating.4.2-9City of Ventura