(This petition's for folks living outside of San Benito Co. Thanks for support!)
San Benito County may rezone 16 agricultural and rural sites ("nodes") to allow commercial development. The first 4 "nodes" are on Hwy. 101 (near Aromas and San Juan Bautista) and could be rezoned to allow hotels, gas stations, etc. The Planning Commission is expected to vote to rezone Hwy. 101 "nodes" on April 17.
The 16 commercial "nodes" are identified as colored dots (red, pink or candy striped) in the General Plan map, below. Besides Hwy. 101, the other nodes are located on Hwy. 156 and Hwy. 25 (near Ridgemark, Tres Pinos and Paicines). The acreage of each node is undefined. Some nodes on Hwy. 101 are over 250 acres.
We demand that the San Benito County Supervisors conduct the following studies, and carefully weigh the impacts, before deciding whether to rezone:
- Study the impact of these commercial "nodes" on our water, sewage, roads, traffic and environment.
- Study the economic impact of these commercial "nodes" on existing local businesses and adjacent "nodes".
The County is endangering our quality of life by ignoring good land use planning practices. They are rushing to rezone valuable agricultural and rural land to commercial zones before completing adequate impact analyses.
Update #14 years ago
Dear Petition Signers,
The San Benito County Planning Commission meets tomorrow (Wed. May 15) to vote on the 4 Highway commercial development proposals (Betabel, 129, Livestock 101, Rocks Ranch). The meeting starts at 6pm, but the item will be much later in the agenda (7pm or later). The location of the meeting is 481 4th St in Hollister (Administration Building).
Please attend to make public comments and see how the Commission will vote.
Thanks,
Preserve Our Rural Communities (PORC)
