Title 18 — ENVIRONMENT[[1]]Chapter 18.06 — PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION

§ 18.08

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18.08.010 - Review for environmental impact.

A.

If the planning officer determines the project is discretionary and not exempt, he shall require the applicant to complete an environmental questionnaire, and shall seek comments from responsible and trustee agencies. Upon receipt of the questionnaire and comments, the planning officer shall conduct an initial study. The city has thirty days to determine completeness of the environmental questionnaire.

B.

After conducting an initial study, the planning officer shall submit that study, the environmental questionnaire, and comments from responsible and trustee agencies to the Environmental Review Commission for review and evaluation. The commission shall determine whether an EIR will be prepared or whether a negative declaration is to be filed. The commission shall require the preparation of an EIR for all projects which it determines will, in fact, have a significant effect on the environment.

(Ord. 436 §3, 1985: Ord. 285 §2, 1973).

18.08.020 - Procedure.

A.

When an Environmental Impact Report is submitted to the city council by the Environmental Review Commission, the council shall review the report and determine if an additional public hearing is required to adequately inform the council of the facts regarding the project.

B.

If deemed necessary, the city council shall set the time and place for a public hearing on the report, and give notice thereof in the manner and for the time required by this title. At the time set for hearing, the city council shall proceed to hear viewpoints and recommendations from interested agencies, department heads, members of the Environmental Review Commission, and from private organizations and persons affected. Such hearings may be continued from time to time.

C.

At the conclusion of the hearing before the council, the hearing shall be declared closed and the council shall, within thirty days thereafter, make its determination, findings, and determining:

1.

Whether or not the proposed project will have any significant effect on the environment;

2.

Approving, conditionally approving, or denying approval of the proposed project.

D.

Should the city council determine, from the Environ-mental Impact Report, that sufficient public hearing has been conducted by the commission during preparation of the report, and that unnecessary delay would result from an additional public hearing, the determinations listed in subsection C of this section above shall be made without public hearing by the city council.

E.

In making its determination, the council shall be guided by the provisions of Chapter 1 of the Environmental Quality Act of 1970; provided, however, that determination by the council that the proposed project would have a significant adverse effect upon the environment shall not preclude the council from approving or conditionally approving the project.

(Ord. 295 §4, 1973).

18.08.030 - Action or proceeding on decision by council.

Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul any decision upon matters covered by this title or concerning any of the proceedings, acts, or determinations taken or done prior to such decision, or to determine the reasonableness, legality, or validity of any condition attached thereto, shall not be maintained by any person unless such action or proceeding is commenced within thirty days after final decision by the city council. Thereafter, all persons are barred from any such action or proceeding or any defense of invalidity or unreasonableness of such decision or of such proceedings, acts, or determinations. (Ord. 285 §5, 1973).

TABLE II - ANNEXATIONS

Ord. No. Property Annexed

99 Beginning at a point in the centerline of Marguerite Avenue where it intersects the
centerline of Blackburn Avenue, said point being the southeast corner of Lot 8, Block 8,
as shown on the map of Maywood Colony fled in Tehama, California, May 23, 1891, in
Book A of Maps at page 33; thence leaving said point of beginning North 89°13' West
658.56 feet along the centerline of Blackburn Avenue; thence North 0°0'30" east to the
south line of Lot 1 Block 3 of Maywood Colony as set forth on said map; thence south
89°40' east 657.97 feet to the centerline of Marguerite Avenue; thence south following
along the centerline of Marguerite Avenue to the point of beginning; All as appears on
the map of "Woodson Airport Subdivision" fled April 12, 1946 in Book G-2 of Maps at
page 39, ofce of the county recorder of Tehama County, California.
160 Beginning at the point where the southwest corner of Lot 6 in Block 16 of Maywood
Colony intersects with the easterly city limits of the city of Corning, thence easterly
along the southerly line of Lots 6 and 7 in said Block 16, thence northerly along the
easterly boundary lines of Lots 7 and 2 in said Block 16, thence westerly along the
northerly line of Lots 2 and 3 in said Block 16, to the point of intersection of said
northerly line with the city limits of the city of Corning, thence southerly along said city
limits line to the point of beginning. All of said lots and block are as the same appear
upon the ofcial map thereof enTitled: "Map of Maywood Colony" fled in the ofce of
the county recorder of Tehama County, California, May 23, 1891, in Book A of Maps at
page 33.
163 Beginning at the northwest corner of Lot 3, Block 22, of Maywood Colony No. 1,
thence easterly along the northerly boundary of said Lot 3 to the north-east corner of
said Lot 3 and Lot 6 in said Block 22, to the southerly corner of Lot 6, thence westerly
along the southerly line of said Lot 6 to the southwest corner of said Lot 6, being a
point on the easterly city limits of the city of Corning, thence westerly to the point of
beginning, Ord. No. Property Annexed being along the easterly city limits of the city of
Corning, and also along the westerly line of Lots 6 and 3 in said Block 22. Said
Maywood Colony No. 1 appears upon the ofcial map thereof fled in the ofce of the
county recorder of the county of Tehama on May 23, 1891, in Book A of Maps at page
33.
191 The northwest quarter of Lot 2 in Block 22 of Maywood Colony, as the same is shown
on the map entitled: "Map of Maywood Colony Subdivided into 10 acre tracts," fled in
the ofce of the county recorder of the county of Tehama, state of California, May 23,
1891 in Book A of Maps at page 33.
216 Portions of Lots 1, 2 and 3 of the Crooks Villa Addition, as the same is shown on a
certain map fled in the ofce of the county recorder of the county of Tehama,
California, in Book F of Maps at page 61, and a portion of the West one-half of lot 1 in
Block 118 of Maywood Colony Number 16 in Section 21, Township 24 North, Range 3
West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, as shown on that certain map fled in the ofce
of the county recorder of the county of Tehama, state of California, in Book B of Maps
at page 38.
Beginning at a point in the east boundary of said Crooks Villa Addition from which the
northeast corner of Section 21, Township 24 North, Range 3 West, Mount Diablo Base
and Meridian bears North 0°00'37" East (record North 0°06'30" East) a distance of
79.26 feet; thence, along said East line, South 0°00'37" West, a distance of 175.00 feet;
thence North 88°55'07" West, a distance of 416.31 feet; thence following the proposed
interstate freeway right-of-way line the following 5 courses: North 44°l6'00" East, a
distance of 205.67 feet; thence North 53°07'00" East, a distance of 58.98 feet; thence
North 83°l9'00" East, a distance of 163.36 feet; thence South 43°56'00" East, a
distance of 47.97 feet; thence South 89°59'23" East, a distance of 30.00 feet to the
point of beginning.
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221 All that real property situated in Lots 31 and 32, Maywood Colony Villa, Subdivision
Number One, as shown on the map recorded in the ofce of the county recorder,
Tehama County, California, November 27, 1899 in Book B of Maps at page 22,
described as follows:
99 Beginning at a point in the centerline of Marguerite Avenue where it intersects the
centerline of Blackburn Avenue, said point being the southeast corner of Lot 8, Block 8,
as shown on the map of Maywood Colony fled in Tehama, California, May 23, 1891, in
Book A of Maps at page 33; thence leaving said point of beginning North 89°13' West
658.56 feet along the centerline of Blackburn Avenue; thence North 0°0'30" east to the
south line of Lot 1 Block 3 of Maywood Colony as set forth on said map; thence south
89°40' east 657.97 feet to the centerline of Marguerite Avenue; thence south following
along the centerline of Marguerite Avenue to the point of beginning; All as appears on
the map of "Woodson Airport Subdivision" fled April 12, 1946 in Book G-2 of Maps at
page 39, ofce of the county recorder of Tehama County, California.
Beginning at the southeast corner of Lot 32, which is also the corner common to
Sections 15, 16, 21 and 22, Township 24 North, Range 3 West, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, said corner being refer-enced with a harrow tooth with punch mark set by "LS
2846"; thence, on the southerly line of said Lots 21 and 32, (which is also the line
common to said Sections 16 and 21), North 88° 56' 00" West as shown on "Survey of
Control Line for State Highway Purposes" recorded in Map Book N at page 38 in the
ofce of the county recorder, Tehama County, California, a distance of 180.03 feet to a
point referenced with a 3/8-inch-x-7-inch pin and shiner marked "LS 3082"; thence,
leaving said southerly line, North 00° 08'45" East, parallel with Edith Avenue, a distance
of 217.11 feet, to a point referenced with a 3/4-inch-x-3/4-inch-x-18-inch Steel Tee Bar
Survey Monument set in a 6-inch diameter concrete cylinder; thence South 89° 51' 15"
East, a distance of 180.00 feet to a certain point on the east line of said Section 16,
which is also the east line of said Lot 32 and the centerline of Edith Avenue from which
a 3/4-inch-x-3/4-inch-x-l8-inch Steel Tee Bar Witness Corner Survey Monument set in
a 6-inch diameter concrete cylinder bears North 89° 51' 15" West, a distance of 30.00
feet; thence South 00° 08' 45" West, on the easterly line of said Lot 32, also being the
east line of said Section 16 and the centerline of Edith Avenue (as shown on said Map
Book N at page 38), a distance of 220.00 feet to the point of beginning of the herein
described parcel.
Together with a 40-foot wide nonexclusive easement contiguous to the northerly line of
the above des-cribed parcel.
And excepting therefrom that portion of the above described parcel granted to the state
of California as recorded in Book 445 at page 635 and in Book 454 at page 676, Ofcial
Records, Tehama County, California, more precisely described as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of Lot 32, which is also the corner common to
Sections 15, 16, 21, and 22, Township 24 North, Range 3 West, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, said corner being refer-enced with a harrow tooth with punch mark set by "LS
2846"; thence, on the southerly line of said Lots 31 and 32, North 88° 56' 00" West,
180.03 feet; thence, along the westerly line of the above described parcel, North 00°
08' 45" East, 77.42 feet to a point referenced with a 3/4-inch-x-3/4-inch-x-l8-inch Steel
Tee Bar Survey Monument; thence, leaving said westerly line the following two courses
and distances to the westerly right-of-way line of Edith Avenue, South 78° 17' 15" East,
121.22 feet to a point referenced with a 3/4-inch-x-3/4-inch-x-l8-inch Steel Tee Bar
Survey Monument, North 77° 40' 24" East, 42.23 feet to a point referenced with a 3/4-
inch-x-3/4-inch-x-l8-inch Steel Tee Bar Survey Monument, thence South 00° 08' 45"
West, along said westerly right-of-way line of Edith Avenue, 65.13 feet to a point on the
southerly line of said Lot 32.
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237 Lot 4 in Block 1 in Richfeld Lands, as the same is shown on the map fled in the
Tehama County Recorder's Ofce, December 11, 1911, in Book E of Maps, at page 10.
251 PARCEL ONE-Owner: G. Everett Dutton
All that portion of Lots 4 and 5 of Crooks Villa Addition, as the same are shown on the
map fled in the Tehama County Recorder's Ofce May 21, 1924, in Book F of maps at
page 61, and all that portion of the west half of Lot 1 in Block 118 of Maywood Colony
No. 16, as the same is shown on the map fled in the Tehama County Recorder's Ofce
March 20, 1899, in Book B of Maps at page 38, lying easterly of a line described as
follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 21, Township 24 North, Range 3
West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, thence South 0° 00' 37" West 79.26 feet;
thence North 89° 59' 23" West, 30.00 feet; thence North 43° 56' 00" West 47.97 feet;
thence South 83° 19' 00" West, 163.36 feet; thence South 53° 07' 00" West 58.98 feet;
thence South 44° 16' 00" West, 352.00 feet; thence South 34° 18' 00" West, 117.68
feet; thence South 14° 21' 30" West, 117.73 feet; thence South 4° 23' 30" West, 269.37
feet to a point from which Engineer's Station 466 plus 36.02 P.O.T. of the Department of
Public Works' 1958 Survey Be-tween Glenn County line and Bowman Road, Road II-
Teh-7-A, bears West, 120.00 feet.
99 Beginning at a point in the centerline of Marguerite Avenue where it intersects the
centerline of Blackburn Avenue, said point being the southeast corner of Lot 8, Block 8,
as shown on the map of Maywood Colony fled in Tehama, California, May 23, 1891, in
Book A of Maps at page 33; thence leaving said point of beginning North 89°13' West
658.56 feet along the centerline of Blackburn Avenue; thence North 0°0'30" east to the
south line of Lot 1 Block 3 of Maywood Colony as set forth on said map; thence south
89°40' east 657.97 feet to the centerline of Marguerite Avenue; thence south following
along the centerline of Marguerite Avenue to the point of beginning; All as appears on
the map of "Woodson Airport Subdivision" fled April 12, 1946 in Book G-2 of Maps at
page 39, ofce of the county recorder of Tehama County, California.
Excepting therefrom any portion thereof lying with-in the following described parcel of
land: All of Lot 3 and a portion of Lots 1, 2 and 4 of the Crooks Villa Addition, as the
same is shown on the map fled in Book F of Maps, at page 51, and a portion of the
west one-half of Lot 1 in Block 118 of Maywood Colony Number 16, in Section 21,
Township 24 North, Range 3 West, Mount Diablo Meridian, as shown on map fled in
Book B of Maps at page 38, all Tehama County Records described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the east line of said Crooks Villa Addition from which the
northeast corner of said Section 21 bears North 0° 00' 37" East (Recorded North 0° 06'
30" East) 79.26 feet; thence, following the proposed Interstate Freeway right-of-way
line as described in deed from the herein grantor to state of California, the following 5
courses:
(1) Thence, North 89° 59' 23" West, 30.00 feet;
(2) Thence, North 43° 56' 00" West, 47.97 feet;
(3) Thence, South 83° 19' 00" West, 163.36 feet;
(4) Thence, South 53° 07' 00" West, 58.98 feet;
(5) Thence, South 44° 16' 00" West, 335.94 feet;

Thence, Parallel with the north line of said Lot 4, South 88° 55' 07" East 507.24 feet, to a point in said east line; Thence, along last said east line, North 0° 00' 37" East (Record-North 0° 06' 30" East) 270.00 feet, to the point of beginning. PARCEL TWO: Lot 6 of Crooks Villa Addition as the same is shown on the map filed in the Tehama County Recorder's Office, May 21, 1924, in Book F of Maps at Page 61. PARCEL THREE: The northerly 100 feet of Lot 8 in Block 118 of Maywood Colony No. 16, as the same is shown on the map filed in the Tehama County Recorder's Office, March 20, 1899, in Book B of Maps at Page 38. Excepting therefrom that portion of said lot lying to the left of the line described as follows: Commencing at that certain monument identified as "A" 466+17.858 P.O.T. as shown on the map entitled: "Survey of a Control Line for State Highway Purposes" recorded January 25, 1962, in Book N of Maps at page 38, Tehama County Records; thence, along said Control Line North 0° 00' 00" East 18.16 feet; thence leaving said Control Line North 90° 00' 00" East 120.00 feet to the true point of beginning of this line; thence North 04° 23' 31" East 92 feet to the south line of said Northerly 100 feet of Lot 8; thence continuing North 04° 23' 31" East 101 feet to the point of termination of this line on the north line of said Lot 8. Following described property owned by C.M. McDowell: The southerly 95 feet of the following described property: Beginning at a point in the east line of said Crooks Villa Addition from which the northeast corner of said Section 21 bears North 0° 00' 37" East (Record North 0° 06' 30" East), 79.26 feet; thence, following the proposed Interstate Freeway right-of-way line as described in deed from Orvil Wilson Crooks, also known as Orvie Wilson Crooks, also known as Orvie W. Crooks, and Helen Margrette Crooks, also known as Helen Margaret Crooks, also known as Helen B.Crooks, also known as Margaretta Crooks, husband and wife, to state of California, dated March 17, 1959 and Recorded March 20, 1959 in Book 345 of Official Records at page 533, Records of Tehama County, the following five courses: (1) Thence, North 89° 59' 23" West, 30.00 feet; (2) Thence, North 43° 56' 00" West, 47.97 feet; (3) Thence, South 83° 19' 00" West, 163.36 feet; (4) Thence, South 53° 07' 00" West, 58.98 feet; (5) Thence, South 44° 16' 00" West, 335.94 feet; Thence, parallel with the north line of said Lot 4, South 88° 55' 07" East 507.24 feet, to a point in said east line; Thence, along last said east line, North 0° 00' 37" East (Record - North 0° 06' 30" East), 270.00 feet, to the point of beginning, and being a portion of Lots 3 and 4 of the Crooks

et; (4) Thence, South 53° 07' 00" West, 58.98 feet; (5) Thence, South 44° 16' 00" West, 335.94 feet; Thence, parallel with the north line of said Lot 4, South 88° 55' 07" East 507.24 feet, to a point in said east line; Thence, along last said east line, North 0° 00' 37" East (Record - North 0° 06' 30" East), 270.00 feet, to the point of beginning, and being a portion of Lots 3 and 4 of the Crooks

Villa Addition filed in the office of the county recorder of the county of Tehama, State of California, in Book F of Maps at page 61, and a portion of the west one-half of Lot 1 in Block 118 of Maywood Colony Number 16 in Section 21, Township 24 North, Range 3 West, M.D.B. & M. as the same is shown on the filed map in Book B of Maps at page 38. Following property owned by Barney Traichel: 69-210-15 Maywood Colony No. 16, beginning at a point on the east line of Lot 8, Block 118, from which point the northeast corner of said lot bears North 0° 06' East 100 feet; thence North 88° 46' 30" West 267.8 feet; thence South 0° 06' 30" West 200 feet; thence south 88° 46' 30" East 267.8 feet; thence North 9° 06' 30" East 200 feet to the point of beginning. 69-210-46 Beginning at the northwest corner of the above parcel of land from said point of beginning North 88° 46' 30" West 392.2 feet M/L, to the west line of said Lot 8, Block 118, Maywood Colony No. 16; thence south 0° 06' 30" West, along said west line, a distance of 200 feet; thence south 88° 46' 30" east a distance of 392.2 feet M/L, to the southwest corner of the above parcel; thence north 0° 06' 30" East, along the west line of the above parcel, a distance of 200 feet to the point of beginning. With the exception of the following described property: That portion of Lot 8 in Block 118 of Maywood Colony No. 16, as the same is shown on the map entitled "Maywood Colony No. 16 Tehama County California T. 24 N., R. 3 W.," filed in the office of the county recorder of the county of Tehama, state of California, March 20, 1899 in Book B of Maps at page 38, Tehama County Records, lying westerly of a line described as follows: Commencing at that certain monument identified as "A" 466+17.858 P.O.T., as shown on the map entitled "Survey of a Control Line for State Highway Purposes," recorded January 25, 1962 in Book N of Maps at page 38, Tehama County Records; Thence, along said Control Line, south, 617.86 feet; Thence leaving said Control Line, north 90° 00' 00" East, 100.00 feet to the true point of beginning of this line; Thence, parallel with said Control Line, north, 190 feet to the south line of said Lot 8; Thence, continuing north, 210 feet, more or less, to a point, for a total distance of 400.00 feet from the true point of beginning; Thence, north 04° 51' 01" East, 236.88 feet; Thence, north 04° 23' 31" East, 190 feet to the north line of said Lot 8; Thence, continuing North 04° 23' 31" East, 70.00 feet to the point of termination of this line. The parcel herein described contains 0.31 acre, more or less, including 100 square feet, more or less, lying within the existing public way.

0.00 feet from the true point of beginning; Thence, north 04° 51' 01" East, 236.88 feet; Thence, north 04° 23' 31" East, 190 feet to the north line of said Lot 8; Thence, continuing North 04° 23' 31" East, 70.00 feet to the point of termination of this line. The parcel herein described contains 0.31 acre, more or less, including 100 square feet, more or less, lying within the existing public way.

Excepting therefrom all oil, oil rights, minerals, mineral rights, natural gas, natural gas
rights, and other hydrocarbons by whatsoever name known that may be within or under
the parcel of land hereinabove described, together with the perpetual right of drilling,
mining, exploring and operating therefor and removing the same from said land or any
other land, including the right to whipstock or directionally drill and mine from lands
other than those herein-above described, oil or gas wells, tunnels and shafts into,
through or across the subsurface of the land hereinabove described, and to bottom
such whipstocked or directionally drilled wells, tunnels and shafts under and beneath or
beyond the exterior limits thereof, and to redrill, retunnel, equip, maintain, repair,
deepen and operate any such wells or mines, without however, the right to drill, mine,
explore and operate through the surface or the upper 100 feet of the subsurface of the
land hereinabove described or otherwise in such manner as to endanger the safety of
any highway that may be constructed on said lands.
This conveyance is made for the purpose of a freeway and the grantor hereby releases
and relinquishes to the grantee any and all abutter's riqhts, including access rights,
appurtenant to grantor's remaining property, in and to said freeway.
The bearings and distances used in the above description are on the California Co-
ordinance System, Zone 1. Divide distances shown by 1.00000780 to obtain ground
level distances.
295 Property described as Lot 5 in Block 31 of Maywood Colony, as the same appears on
the ofcial map thereof in the ofce of the county recorder of the county of Tehama,
including all of Marguerite Avenue bounding the property on the west, but not including
any portion of Moon Road, bordering the property on the south.
300 Parcel 2, as the same is shown on Parcel Map 212, Lot 6, Block 25, of Maywood
Colony, fled in the ofce of the Tehama County Recorder of the state of California,
October 11, 1972 in Book 1 of Parcel Maps, page 47.
301 Being a portion of Lot 6, Block 15, Maywood Colony Subdivision No. 1, in Section 14,
T.24N., R.3W., M.D.B. & M., more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the westerly line of said Lot 6, and the centerline of
McLane Avenue, said point being on the present city limits boundary line; thence south
89°13'40" East along the centerline of McLane Avenue and the present city limits line, a
distance of 1318.72 feet to the easterly city limits line; thence North 00°07'30" westerly
along the northern projection of the easterly city limits line a distance of 20 feet to the
northerly line of McLane Avenue, said point also being the southeast corner of Lot 7 of
said Block 15; thence north 89°13'40" West along the north line of McLane Avenue, a
distance of 659.36 feet to the southeast corner of said Lot 6; Thence North 00°06'00"
West along the east line of said Lot 6, a distance of 332.10 feet; Thence North 89°l5'42"
West, a distance of 659.06 feet to the west line of said Lot 6; Thence South 0°04'30"
East, along the west line of said Lot 6, a distance of 331.70 feet to the point of
beginning, containing 5.50 acres, more or less.