From: Jon-Paul Harries
To:
Cc: Noah Housh
Subject: RE: Zoning Changes
Date: Friday, July 26, 2024 9:04:00 AM
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Dear ,
Thank you for the email. We will relay this information to the City Council.
The question about your property arose when we were updating our zoning maps to be consistent with the General Plan. We are required by state law to ensure all of the City’s zoning is consistent with the City’s General Plan.
When reviewing the proposed changes to the zoning map to match the General Plan, the City Council raised questions about your property and six others that were upzoned in 2015. Unfortunately, no current Department staff were here when the General Plan was adopted and the record does not identify why certain properties like yours were upzoned, or if you had participated in the decision. This is, in part, why we are reaching out to you.
I also want to clarify that the 2015 upzoning of your property does not affect the small-scale agriculture/livestock production that currently exists on your property. You can continue this use without any obligation to change any activity on your property.
For more information, please review the July 9 City Council meeting where this was discussed, available here: https://cotaticity.primegov.com/public/portal .
To further clarify, city staff are not assuming you are on onboard with the changes that occurred in 2015, and wanted to offer to include your parcel in an upcoming planning effort which could allow your parcel to revert back to its pre-2015 zoning. The will be a City effort with no cost to you. We expect this process to start in spring of 2025 and to take about a year. If this is something you are interested in, please let me know and we will relay this to the City Council and include your parcel in the future General Plan amendment discussions and considerations.
Currently, we are intending to discuss the zoning map changes with the City Council again in late September/early October. We will send you notification of this meeting and you are invited to submit written comments or attend in person or over Zoom.
Lastly, if you would like to speak with the Director of the department Noah Housh about any of these changes or options, please feel free to give him a call at 707-665-3635.
Thank you again for your time.
JP Harries
Senior Planner, City of Cotati
Phone 707-665-3634
Web www.cotaticity.org
201 W. Sierra Ave, Cotati, CA 94931
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Subject: Zoning Changes
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Dear Sir/Madam:
This is in response to a letter dated July 12. 2024 from the Cotati Community Development Department regarding my property at 8622/8624 Cypress Ave. I was unaware that the land use designation was changed in 2015 so thanks for the update; 9 years after the fact.
This parcel has been in continuous use for small scale agriculture/livestock production at this point in time for well over a hundred years. I am well aware that higher density usage is probably in its future as municipalities are addicted to the increased revenue stream that such development provides.
I am however mystified why you would assume that I on board with your clandestine zoning changes. Since apparently you are wont to jump to conclusions let me state for the record that I am not "comfortable" with the proposed changes.
Regards,
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