Board orders rehearing on disputed Butte Valley cell-tower permit, citing aesthetics

Sep 22, 2026

After hours of testimony from residents and the applicant, the Butte County Board of Supervisors voted 3–2 to support appellants and direct staff to return with specific findings on aesthetics before reconsidering a Verizon/Everest conditional-use permit for a telecommunications monopole in Butte Valley.

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The Butte County Board of Supervisors voted 3–2 on Sept. 22 to support appellants and ask staff to return with findings on aesthetics before rehearing a conditional-use permit for a proposed Verizon/Everest telecommunications monopole in Butte Valley.

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