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Humboldt supervisors continue appeal of Jacoby Creek parcel map after hours of testimony
Summary
The Board of Supervisors continued an appeal over a proposed subdivision of a 4.6-acre parcel near Jacoby Creek Road, directing planning staff to scope a broader review of community-plan policies and available technical data. The planning commission had denied the parcel map 6–1; the board voted 5–0 to continue the hearing to a date uncertain.
Humboldt County supervisors on Tuesday continued an appeal of a Planning Commission denial of a parcel map that would split a 4.6-acre property near Golf Course Road into a 1.4-acre lot and a 3.2-acre lot, saying staff should first scope whether community-plan and technical studies support changing long-standing limits on new parcels in the Jacoby Creek area.
The Planning and Building Department had recommended denial, and the Planning Commission voted 6–1 to deny the applicant’s parcel map request and associated variance to minimum-lot-size rules. Planning staff told the board the proposed subdivision could not meet variance findings because it would be inconsistent with the Jacoby Creek community plan and the Humboldt County General Plan’s density and service policies.
"Planning staff does not believe that the variance findings can be made," Cliff Johnson of the Planning and Building Department told the…
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