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Planning director: Staniger zone-change application must return to planning commission after new 20-day noticing rule
Summary
Plumas County planning director told supervisors that a proposed nine-acre zone change (Staniger) must be re-noticed and reheard by the Planning Commission because new state law requires at least 20 days' notice for hearings affecting permitted uses of real property.
The Plumas County planning director informed the Board of Supervisors May 6 that the Staniger property zone-change application must return to the Planning Commission for a properly noticed hearing after discovery of a new state notice requirement.
Tracy Ferguson said the Staniger application had a Planning Commission hearing on March 20, 2025, but new legislation (Government Code section 65854, effective Jan. 1, 2025, via Assembly Bill 2904) requires at least 20 days' notice before a planning commission public hearing on any ordinance affecting permitted uses of real property. The March 20 hearing had been noticed on March 10, providing only 10 days' notice.
Ferguson said she and the applicant, Nicole Staniger, walked the nine-acre parcel to review a proposed 50-foot buffer and confirmed the applicant wants to proceed with the 9-acre proposal that would allow up to 18 hooved animals under the farm-animal combining zone. But because the commission hearing did not meet the new 20-day notice rule, the application must be re-noticed and reheard; the earliest regular Planning Commission meeting with a 20-day notice window is June 5.
Supervisor and public comments focused on neighborhood impacts, animal grazing, well locations, and whether the county's standard 300-foot notice radius is sufficient in this setting. Several neighbors urged expanded mailing beyond 300 feet; the planning director said the department would consider a 1,000-foot notice radius in addition to required mailings and published notice.
No decision was made by the Board of Supervisors on the merits; the item was informational and will return to the Planning Commission for a properly noticed rehearing.
