Swainson's Hawk Ordinance
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The Sacramento County Swainson’s Hawk Mitigation
Program is one option applicants may use to mitigate for impacts to
Swainson’s Hawk foraging habitat. During the environmental review
process, the Department of Environmental Review and Assessment (DERA)
determines if the project impacts Swainson’s Hawk foraging habitat.
If impact is determined, they will recommend several options for mitigation
in the final document. The Swainson’s Hawk Mitigation program,
administered by the Sacramento County Department of Planning and Community
Development, is one of those options.
The Swainson’s Hawk Mitigation
Program was recently amended by the Board of Supervisors in April of
2006. This amendment had an effective date of May 12, 2006 and provides
the following voluntary means for mitigation of impacts to Swainson’s
Hawk foraging habitat:
- Projects less than 40 acres may pay an
impact fee or provide title or easement to suitable Swainson’s
Hawk mitigation lands on a per-acre basis.
- Projects 40 acres
and greater must provide title or easement to suitable Swainson’s
Hawk mitigation lands on a per-acre basis.
- All projects
pay a $500 one-time administrative fee.
- All projects pay
a fee to cover the operations, monitoring and/or management of the
Swainson’s Hawk mitigation sites. This fee is $2375 per acre
impacted for projects using the fee option and no greater than $3500
per acre impacted for projects delivering title or easement (actual
fee calculated based on parcel specific data).
- Projects
using the fee option pay $16,000 per acre of impact for land acquisition.
If
you have any questions or would like to utilize the Swainson’s
Hawk Program to satisfy mitigation requirements, please contact the
County Open Space Team at (916) 874-6141 or e-mail kingv@saccounty.net.
Appointments are recommended prior to paying fees. To request approval
of lands for Swainson’s Hawk mitigation please review the Swainson’s
Hawk mitigation map and submit the application form, both of which
are provided as links on this page.
How might your project be affected by Swainson’s hawk? See the link below for information on how the Department of Environmental Review and Assessment determines Swainson’s hawk impacts.
Swainson’s Hawk: Environmental Impacts and Issues
Staff Reports – These staff reports
may contain versions of the Swainson’s Hawk ordinance which
were modified as part of the public hearing process, please use the
link to the approved ordinance below for the official copy
Approved
Ordinance (1.8
MB)
Approved Fee Resolution
Request Approval Of Land To Be Used As Swainson’s Hawk Mitigation
Suggested Mitigation Areas
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