CITY OF FORT BRAGG
Incorporated August 5, 1889
416 N. Franklin Street, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Phone: (707) 961-2827 Fax: (707) 961-2802
www.FortBragg.com
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fort Bragg City Council will conduct a public hearing on Local Coastal Plan Amendment 1-24 (LCP 1-24 at a regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard at Town Hall, at the corner of Main and Laurel Streets (363 North Main Street), Fort Bragg, California. The public hearing will concern the following item:
APPLICATION: Local Coastal Plan Amendment 1-24 (LCP 1-24) FILING DATE: February 29, 2024
APPLICANT: Noyo Center for Marine Science/Sheila Siemens PROJECT: Adopt an Ordinance of the Fort Bragg City Council Adopting an Ordinance (Coastal Plan Amendment LCP 1-24), Certified by the California Coastal Commission, to:
Amend Map LU-4 of the Coastal General Plan to Add a Third Plan Area; and Amend Table 2-10 of the CLUDC to Allow a Science Center with a Use Permit in the Public Facilities Zoning District; and Add a Definition of Science Center to the CLUDC; and
Amend the General Plan Land Use Map and the Zoning Map to: I) Rezone the Noyo Center Parcel to Public Facilities Zoning District, and II) Rezone the Coastal Trail Parcels to Parks & Recreation Zoning District and III) Rezone the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Parcels as Medium Density Residential Zoning.
LOCATION: Various addresses on Jere Melo St and Noyo Point Road APNS: Noyo Center - 018-430-15: Coastal Trail - 018-430-01, 018-430-18, 018-430-15, 018-430-04, 008-020-14, 008-020-10, 008-020-11, 008-010-35, 008-010-38, 018-430-10; Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo 018-430-07, 018-430-07-71, 018-430-07-72, 018-430-07-73, 018-120-44 LOT SIZE: Noyo Center - 11.6 acres, Coastal Trail – 104 acres, Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo – 5.3 acres ZONING: Timber Resources Industrial, Highway Visitor Commercial, Coastal Zone ENVIRONMENTAL: Categorically Exempt from CEQA under Section CEQA Guidelines§ 15265 (c).
Public Comment regarding this Public Hearing may be made in any of the following ways: (1) Emailed to [email protected] (2) Written comments delivered to City Hall, 416 N. Franklin Street before 2:00 PM on the day of the meeting; or (3) Verbal comments made during the meeting, either in person at Town Hall or virtually using Zoom if a Zoom link is provided at the time of agenda publication. Comments received via email will be provided to the City Council and reflected in the packet. Comments will not be read verbally at the meeting. All comments received after 2:00 PM on the day of the meeting will become a permanent part of the agenda packet on the day after the meeting or as soon thereafter as possible, exempt comments are those in an unrecognized file type or too large to upload to City Agenda software.
Staff reports and other documents that will be considered by City Council will be made available for review on the City’s website: https://cityfortbragg.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx, at least 72 hours prior to the City Council meeting, and are also available for review and/or copying during normal office hours at Fort Bragg City Hall, 416 N. Franklin Street. To obtain application materials or for more information, please contact the City Clerk, via email at [email protected]. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the City Council will consider a decision on the above matter.
Appeal process and fee schedule: Decisions of the City Council shall be final unless appealed to the Coastal Commission in writing within ten (10) days thereafter. If you challenge the above case in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the Community Development Department at, or prior to, the public hearing. _____________________________
Diana Paoli
City Clerk
POSTING/MAILING ON OR BEFORE: June 12, 2025
PUBLICATION DATE: June 12, 2025
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Diana Paoli
City Clerk
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