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Board clears path to review zoning and code changes to allow Trinidad’s Yeehaw community to seek permits
Summary
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to accept a modified general-plan amendment and start processing a zoning change and conditional-use review that would allow the Yeehaw intentional community near Trinidad to pursue emergency housing permits under revised rules.
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to accept a modified petition and begin processing a general-plan amendment and zoning changes that would allow the Yeehaw intentional community near Trinidad to pursue permits under the county’s emergency housing rules.
Planning staff recommended changing the parcel’s land-use designation to match surrounding residential-estate (RE) designations and amending the recently adopted emergency-housing / temporary-village rules so that emergency housing villages can be conditionally permitted on some agricultural-general parcels inside community planning areas. Planning Director John Ford said the approach keeps the county’s policy goals intact while creating a pathway for the property owner and community to try to resolve long-running health and code violations.
The board’s action directs the applicant to submit a complete application for the general-plan and zoning amendments by March 7, 2025, and a complete conditional-use permit application by May 7, 2025. Staff recommended returning the proposed code changes and environmental review…
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