Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Vital Mission Plan

The proposal is for a revision to the current Conditional Use Permit (72-CP-116) and approval of a Development Plan to incorporate a recently acquired 13.15-acre parcel into the active CUP and expand development at the Garden by approximately 37,798 square feet of building area. This proposal also includes a rezone and general plan amendment of two parcels from 1-E-1 and AG-I-10 to Recreation zone district and residential and agriculture to recreation/open space land use designation, respectively.





Project Status

Public Release of Draft EIR (Notice)

NOTE: Public comment period on the DEIR has been extended to 5 P.M. on September 7, 2007. Please send any comments you have on the DEIR to Alex Tuttle at atuttle@co.santa-barbara.ca.us or 123 E. Anapamu St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101. A hearing to provide comments on the DEIR will be held on July 26, 2007 at 6 P.M. in the Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara.




Story Pole Tours (Notice)

PURPOSE: To provide field tours to decision makers and the public to assist in a visual understanding of future buildout of the Botanic Garden’s proposed Vital Mission Plan. See notice for story pole tour details.





Hearing Dates

Environmental Hearing (Notice)
July 26, 2007
Planning Commission Hearing Room
123 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara

Scoping Hearing (Notice)
April 3, 2006
Planning Commission Hearing Room
123 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara




July 2007 - Draft EIR

Volume I
Cover and Table of Contents
1.0 Executive Summary
2.0 Project Description
3.0 Related Projects
4.0 Environmental Setting, Impact Analysis, and Mitigation Measures [PDF 46mb]
5.0 Policy Consistency
6.0 Alternatives
7.0 Significant Irreversible Environmental Changes
8.0 Preparers Of The EIR and References

Volume II
Technical Appendices Cover and Table of Contents
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C - 1
Appendix C - 2
Appendix C - 3
Appendix D - 1
Appendix D - 2
Appendix E
Appendix F - 1
Appendix F - 2
Appendix F - 3
Appendix G

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March 2006

EIR Scoping Document (Revised March 30, 2006)




Contacts

Anne Almy, Supervising Planner
anne@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
(805) 568-2053

Alex Tuttle, Planner
atuttle@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
(805) 884-6844

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