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Trinity County reviews Douglas City and Hayfork community plans; staff recommends targeted edits, more outreach
Summary
Trinity County planners presented revised Douglas City and Hayfork community-plan chapters and recommended targeted text edits, modest new town-level policies and moving technical rules into the countywide zoning code.
Planners and consultants presented updated community-plan chapters for Douglas City and Hayfork as part of the Trinity 2050 general-plan review on Wednesday, recommending a set of modest text edits, a handful of new, high-level policies, and further targeted outreach to local residents.
The revisions condense earlier long community-plan documents and remove items now covered at the countywide level. For Douglas City staff proposed:
- Encouraging alternatives where full septic systems are infeasible, while noting state on-site wastewater (OWTS) rules and local health requirements limit long-term reliance on temporary measures.
- Keeping housing policy work in the countywide, HCD-approved housing element rather than adding new, site-specific housing mandates in the community plan; staff emphasized infrastructure shortfalls in Douglas City that constrain near-term housing growth.
- Considering new or clarified language about community services (for example, preferring mobile senior services or…
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