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Planning commission backs Walford rezone, urges abatement be completed first
Summary
Commissioners recommended approval of a Walford zone reclassification and general plan text amendment that would remove a qualifying medical‑only restriction and potentially allow multifamily housing, while urging the Board of Supervisors not to act until an abatement order addressing on‑site storage and blight is satisfied.
The Humboldt County Planning Commission voted 3–1 on Oct. 2 to recommend approval of a Walford zone reclassification and a text amendment to the Eureka community plan that would remove a qualifying zone restricting the property to medical uses and thereby allow a broader set of R‑4 uses by right.
Staff explained the site is roughly 11 acres but much of it is an undevelopable gulch; the analysis…
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