Amador County – The Jackson municipal Site Plan Review Committee meets on Thursday to consider an application for a site plan for a Tractor Supply Company, to be located between Raley’s and French Bar Road, with the meetings noticed and open to serve public interest.

City Clerk Gisele Gangelosi announced the agenda and also the new policy in a notice last Thursday, saying that the Site Plan Review Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 in the City Hall conference room at 33 Broadway in Jackson.

On Thursday, the Site Plan Review Committee, made up of City Attonrey Andrew Morris, City Planner Susan Peters and City Engineer Roark Weber, will discuss an application by California Gold Development Corporation for a site plan to place a Tractor Supply Company at 773 South Highway 49, between Raley’s and French Bar Road.

The “committee consists of the City Engineer, City Planner and City Inspector” and the purpose of the committee “is to verify that a requested land use activity and/or structure is an allowed land use within the applicable zoning designation and complies with the development standards and any design guidelines applicable to the land use or the zoning designation of the site,” Cangelosi said. “This review generally occurs when a new structure is proposed to be built on a lot.”

More information regarding the site plan review process can be found in the City’s Development Code under Article 4, Chapter 17.73.

Cangelosi said “in the interest of public information, this committee is now posting agendas to allow public attendance at these meetings.” The meetings will be scheduled for 10 a.m. every Thursday, but an agenda will not be sent out unless there is a site plan submitted for review. The agendas will also be posted on the city website.

The city website says the committee looks at numerous aspects of a plan, including its compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act. It also looks for adequate safety provisions such as emergency and public access, drainage, water and public utilities. The committee must approve a site plan if it finds it meets zoning, development code and standard specifications, along with the general plan and any specific plan or master plan.

The code said “in approving a site plan, the Site Plan Review Committee shall have authority to impose such conditions as it deems necessary to protect the best interests of the surrounding neighborhood and the public health, safety and welfare in line with the standards” in the development code, and city general plan.

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