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Humboldt County board ties development moratorium to completion of comprehensive plan
Summary
The Humboldt County board voted to amend Resolution 2024-0107 by removing a one-year sunset and instead make the moratorium expire only when the county completes its comprehensive plan and associated zoning ordinance, a change supporters said reflects project timing.
Speaker 2, a board member, proposed amending Resolution 2024-0107 — the moratorium the board adopted in January — by striking the one-year sunset language so the moratorium would lapse only upon completion of the comprehensive plan and the zoning ordinance. "This is the resolution that was passed in January to place a moratorium on Humboldt County or any future development while we were working on our comprehensive plan," Speaker 2 said, and described the change as removing the automatic one-year sunset and leaving the moratorium to end when the comprehensive plan is complete.
The amendment would not change the rest of the resolution language, Speaker 2 said. Speaker 6 told the board John had reviewed the change and recommended the amendment. "We have John looking at it and saying that looks good, we just need to amend this," Speaker 6 said.
Speaker 6 formally moved to amend Resolution 2024-0107 and Speaker 1 seconded. With no further discussion, the board recorded affirmative votes and carried the amendment. No separate additional conditions or alternate sunset date were added during the discussion.
Why it matters: by linking the moratorium’s end to the comprehensive plan’s completion, the board removed a time-based trigger that would have lifted the restriction after a year. Board members said they expect a first draft of the comprehensive plan soon; Speaker 2 said they anticipated having a draft "by the beginning of next month." The change keeps the temporary development restriction in place until the planning work finishes and the related ordinance is adopted.
What’s next: the board carried the motion to amend the resolution during the meeting and recorded 'Aye' votes; staff did not state a specific later meeting date for final ordinance adoption in the transcript excerpts reviewed. The matter remains subject to the county’s planning process and any future public hearings tied to the comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance.
