The purpose of the Watsonville Utility Prohibition or W Combining District is to prevent the provision of urban services to undeveloped/rural areas west of the City of Watsonville, so as to discourage urban development in the farmlands, wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas in the Coastal Zone west of Watsonville. The Watsonville Utility Prohibition or W Combining District establishes a one-foot-wide wastewater and potable water utility prohibition strip upon parcels and public road rights-of-way to the west of, and abutting, the western edge of the Highway 1 right-of-way, and the Watsonville city limits where the city extends west of Highway 1. The utility prohibition strip shall extend north to Buena Vista Drive and south to the Monterey County line, directly adjacent to the western edge of Highway 1 right-of-way. The utility prohibition strip shall be located along the parcel boundary closest to the Watsonville city limits or the Highway 1 right-of-way, as applicable. Wastewater and/or potable water utility pipelines or pipeline extensions will not be permitted through or across the one-foot-wide utility prohibition strip, with certain exceptions as set forth in SCCC § 13.10.493. Any amendments to this and the following sections, including revocation, require a super-majority vote of the Board of Supervisors.
(Ord. 4193 § 1, 1992; Ord. 4609 § 1, 2001; Ord. 4609A § 1, 2001; Ord. 4656C § 1, 2002; Ord. 4750 § 1, 2003)
The utility prohibition strip shall extend north to Buena Vista Drive and south to the Monterey County line, directly adjacent to the western edge of Highway 1 right-of-way. The utility prohibition strip shall be located along the parcel boundary closest to the Watsonville city limits or the Highway 1 right-of-way, as applicable. The Watsonville Utility Prohibition W Combining District designation, establishing the one-foot-wide utility prohibition strip, shall be applied to:
(A) 
Where the city limits of Watsonville lie west of State Highway 1, those properties and public road rights-of-way directly bordering the city limits of Watsonville (and also to parcels abutting any County right-of-way that is contiguous with the Watsonville city limits west of Highway 1);
(B) 
Where the city limit of Watsonville is coterminous with the western edge of the Highway 1 right-of-way, or where the city limit of Watsonville is east of Highway 1, those properties and public road rights-of-way bordering the western edge of the Highway 1 right-of-way, along the stretch of Highway 1 between Buena Vista Drive to the north and the Monterey County line to the south;
(C) 
Where the city limit of Watsonville is modified subsequent to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section through annexation to include either County lands located west of Highway 1, or County lands located east of Highway 1 and abutting the Highway 1 right-of-way, those properties and/or public road rights-of-way on the County side of the so annexed area. In the event of such an annexation, the annexation shall be conditioned for the affected County properties on the County side of the so annexed area to be rezoned with the W Combining Zone District.
(Ord. 4193 § 1, 1992; Ord. 4609 § 1, 2001; Ord. 4609A § 1, 2001; Ord. 4656C § 1, 2002; Ord. 4750 § 1, 2003)
(A) 
In addition to the regulations for development and use imposed by the basic zone district, all properties with a W Combining Zone designation, as set forth in SCCC § 13.10.492, shall contain a one-foot-wide wastewater and potable water utility prohibition strip. The utility prohibition strip shall be located contiguous to the parcel boundary for all portions of the parcel abutting any part of the Watsonville city limits west of Highway 1. For parcels abutting the Highway 1 right-of-way, the utility prohibition strip shall be located contiguous to the parcel boundary for all portions of the parcel abutting any part of the Highway 1 right-of-way. The utility prohibition strip shall extend north of Watsonville to Buena Vista Drive and south to the Monterey County line, to the points where Buena Vista Drive and the County line each intersect the western edge of the Highway 1 right-of-way. For the applicable County road right-of-way areas, the one-foot-wide utility prohibition strip shall run parallel to the city limits and/or along the edge of the right-of-way closest to the city limits. Placement of wastewater or potable water utility pipelines will not be permitted through, over, or under the utility prohibition strip, except for one wastewater and one water line to serve permitted high school development on City of Watsonville Coastal Zone Area C.
(B) 
Any such wastewater or potable water supply pipeline(s) allowed by exception in the W Combining Zone District shall be limited in size to the minimum capacity necessary to serve the so excepted use. The limitations in the W Combining Zone District shall not restrict the repair, replacement, maintenance, refurbishment, or functional improvements of existing water and sewer pipelines insofar as necessary to maintain existing capacity without physical expansion of such existing pipelines.
(C) 
Any additional exceptions to the W Combining District wastewater and potable water utility pipeline prohibition shall be prohibited without an LCP amendment, subject to all LCP amendment and CEQA analysis and approval standards. If such an amendment adds any exception(s) to the W Combining District prohibitions, development shall not commence pursuant to the certified exception(s) unless and until all applicable regulatory views have been completed, and all required approvals, including but not limited to an appealable coastal development permit, have been granted. Without prejudice as to their appropriateness, further exceptions that may be pursued through normal and required LCP amendment and CEQA processes in the future include:
(1) 
Potable water and wastewater service to the Gilbertson parcel (APN 052-011-46), and the agricultural uses principally and conditionally permitted under the present County Commercial Agricultural Zoning District, including agricultural worker housing;
(2) 
Leachate lines to and from the city and County landfill and the city wastewater treatment plant; and
(3) 
Pipelines to distribute water for environmental restoration, maintenance or enhancement.
(Ord. 4193 § 1, 1992; Ord. 4609 § 1, 2001; Ord. 4609A § 1, 2001; Ord. 4656C § 1, 2002; Ord. 4750 § 1, 2003)