Interesting stuff on Masonite site
A reader passed along some interesting historical information about the Masonite site and its zoning.
According to the 1974 documents - which I have - surrounding Masonite’s original rezoning request to change the land from agricultural to industrial, the county agreed to the change as a “contract rezoning,” which meant that if the land were ever to stop being used as a Masonite plant site, it would revert to agricultural zoning.
The documents show that there was discussion both at the planning commission and the board of supervisors affirming this interpretation and that while Masonite was hesitant about it, it finally agreed when the county assured it that as long Masonite was the owner of the land and using it for a factory, the zoning was secure.
The question is, was there any zoning change since then? Or did the county at some point give permanent status to this land by some method? Perhaps in the 1980 General Plan rewrite?
If the land is still under this “contract rezoning,” then it is not industrial land now at all but agricultural.
Any ideas out there?