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Plumas County accepts 2025 Annual Progress Report for the 2035 General Plan; planning director outlines code changes ahead
Summary
The board accepted the 2025 Annual Progress Report on the 2035 General Plan and heard a staff briefing on pending code updates — including the housing element update, wildfire and hazard incorporation, tiny homes on wheels, a noise ordinance, and other zoning amendments — and major projects in permitting.
The Plumas County Board of Supervisors accepted the county’s 2025 Annual Progress Report on the 2035 General Plan on April 7 and heard a detailed briefing from Planning Director Tracy Ferguson on both short‑term planning work and a longer task list of code amendments.
Ferguson summarized permit counts (1,255 permits processed in 2025) and reported 68 housing units completed in 2025, with single‑family detached homes comprising the majority and some manufactured/mobile homes and ADUs accounting for the remainder. She noted the county’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment target of 154 units and reported that the county has issued 86 permits toward that target in the prior two years.
On long‑range work, staff identified the housing element update (multi‑year, due previously), the public health and safety element (to incorporate wildfire hazard legislation and the 2026 multijurisdictional hazard mitigation plan), and conservation/open‑space updates to comply with recent state laws. Ferguson also flagged code work on tiny homes on wheels (planning commission has discussed treating certain tiny homes as dwelling units under a prescriptive ordinance), a noise ordinance prioritized because of new outdoor venues in downtown Quincy, floodplain updates, and telecommunications/telecom ordinance work.
Ferguson said many updates will require consultant support and that the planning department is balancing current application workload with long‑range code work. The board voted to accept the annual report and directed staff to submit required materials to state agencies as required by government code.
