CITY HALL – The Planning Commission’s April 10 approval of Cypress Grove Chevre’s cheese factory expansion (see story, below) has been appealed. The appeal was filed with the City of Arcata yesterday, April 24, by Foster Avenue residents Sean Armstrong and Shail Pec-Crouse. The filing fee was $1,859.
Three central reasons are listed for the appeal: significant unmitigated impacts to productive agricultural soils, significant unmitigated traffic impacts to public safety and a lack of a wetland delineation and survey for biological resources.
In answer to the question, “How were you ‘aggrieved’ by the decision being appealed?” the applicants state: “As a neighbor, farmer and land use planner, we are aggrieved by the unmitigated and unknown environmental impacts of the project.”
The appeal lists proposed mitigations for the project’s alleged shortcomings, with accompanying photographs. It even includes an aternate site layout proposal created by architectural designer Joyce Plath.
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