В Чико утвердили план застройки Barber Yard с 1250 квартирами при условии постоянного мониторинга почвы

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CHICO — A match has been made for the future use of Barber Yard. The Chico’s Barber Yard Specific Plan, a mixed-use development planned in south Chico, is one step closer to reality with an environmental impact report published Aug. 25 showing how 1,250 housing units could be safe with continuous monitoring of known toxic substances at the site. Formerly home to the Diamond Match Factory, the report acknowledges public concerns about soil contamination, and that developers must prepare a soil and debris management plan before any construction begins. The three-acre asphalt cap that currently covers contaminated soil will be there for the future, and can only be used as a surface parking lot, according to the report. The asphalt cap contains remediated materials including arsenic, and will continue to be monitored by the state Department of Toxic Substances Control. The report said some comments were concerned about a 16-acre off-site drainage area impacting Comanche Creek Greenway, and that the stormwater basin on the county side may break the Greenline. In response, the report said the drainage project is allowed under county zoning, “would not result in the conversion of farmland to non-agriculture uses,” and is considered “consistent with the agricultural uses the Greenline is intended to protect.” The Barber Yard Specific Plan Area includes plans for up to 1,250 housing units from single family homes, duplexes and townhouses with about 210,000 square feet of commercial space. About The plan envisions 60,000 square feet of commercial space below residential buildings, and the three current buildings on site — the warehouse, engineering building and shop — may be reused as commercial spaces.