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Planning commission recommends board adopt updated Safety Element with new mining‑hazards section
Summary
The commission voted 5–0 to recommend that the Board of Supervisors adopt amendments to General Plan Chapter 10 (Safety Element), which add a separate mining hazards section, new wildfire and extreme‑heat policies, and updates required by SB 99 and AB 747, and to forward the negative declaration for that text amendment.
The Nevada County Planning Commission unanimously recommended the Board of Supervisors adopt proposed amendments to the county’s General Plan Safety Element and the associated negative declaration.
Associate planner Zachary Bridal and senior planner Steve Geiger presented the 2026 Safety Element update, which staff said incorporates the 2025 local hazard mitigation plan, the county’s evacuation study, and state requirements under SB 99 and AB 747 to identify residential areas lacking two emergency evacuation routes and to evaluate evacuation route capacity and…
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