Staff members at the county and commission worked all year to reach consensus on a number of major changes to the LCP. Of 20 key subject areas on the table, both sides came to terms on all but seven before the commission meeting Thursday. The commission approved its own modifications in those areas.
A few of the approved changes include:
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-- Prohibiting new private wells until the county develops a comprehensive Midcoast groundwater management plan.
-- Re-zoning the Burnham Strip in El Granada to conditionally allow for community centers such as a library or performance venue, as well as public parking, bathrooms and trails.
By instituting allowances and limitations on infrastructure build-out and residential growth, the program will guide the direction of Midcoast development for decades to come. Both sides say the revisions constitute the most extensive LCP update in the past 20 years.
At the same meeting, the commission approved two additional regulations pertaining to Midcoast development. The first is an ordinance requiring new radio and cell phone towers to be placed on the east side of Highway 1, out of public view and avoiding damaging wildlife habitat. The second requires that drought-tolerant landscaping be applied to Midcoast residential design standards.
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