Title III — Land Use and Development›Part 2 — CHAPTER 4›Chapter 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS
Humboldt County Municipal Code § 312-1 General Provisions and Administration
Humboldt County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-22 · Humboldt County
Cite as: Humboldt County Municipal Code § 312-1 · Text as of 2026-10-22
1.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS¶
1.1.1 Applicability. These procedures shall apply throughout the unincorporated…¶
(Former Section INL#311-3; CZ#A315-1(A); Ord. 519, Sec. 1, 2, 5/11/65; Ord. 1705, 9/10/85)
1.1.2 Legal Lot Requirement. Development permits shall be issued only for a lot that…¶
with all applicable state and local subdivision regulations. (Former Section CZ#A315-1(B); Ord. 1705, 9/10/85)
1.2 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR¶
1.2.1 Pursuant to Title 7, Chapter 4, Article 3 of the Government Code of the State of…¶
Section 65900), there is hereby created in the County of Humboldt the office of Zoning Administrator. (Former Section INL#318-1(a); Ord. 946, 10/2/73)
1.2.2 The Director of the Planning and Building Department shall be assigned the duties…¶
Administrator. (Former Section INL#318-1(b); Ord. 946, 10/2/73; Amended by Ord. 2214, 6/6/00)
1.2.3 The Director of the Planning and Building Department shall have the authority to…¶
Department to serve as Zoning Administrator and also an Assistant Zoning Administrator to serve in the capacity as Administrator in the absence of the Zoning Administrator. The Director shall also have the authority to replace 312-43 through 312-49 (Sections Reserved for Future Use)
and/or remove the above persons from office. (Former Section INL#318-1(c); Ord. 946, 10/2/73; Amended by Ord. 2214, 6/6/00)
1.2.4 The Zoning Administrator shall be a Hearing Officer authorized to investigate,…¶
conditionally approve or deny all applications for special permits, use permits and variances, etc., as specified herein. (See Section 312-9) (Former Section INL#318-1(d); Ord. 946, 10/2/73)
1.2.5 At any time prior to opening the public hearing on an application, the Zoning…¶
refer any application with or without recommendations to the Planning Commission. In such cases, the Planning Commission shall hear and decide the matter. An appeal from the decision of the Planning Commission may be made to the Board of Supervisors. (See Section 312-13, Appeal Procedures.) (Former Section INL#318-1(e); Ord. 946, Sec. 1, 10/2/73; amended by Ord. 1726, Sec. 7, 3/4/86)
1.3 PLANNING COMMISSION FORMATION AND COMPOSITION¶
1.3.1 The Humboldt County Planning Commission is established as the planning agency of…¶
Planning Commission shall consist of seven (7) members selected by the Board of Supervisors as follows: (Former Section INL#318-2(a))
1.3.1.1 Five (5) members shall be selected, one (1) by each Board member, so that each…¶
different Supervisorial District. (Former Section INL#318-2(a)(1))
1.3.1.2 Two (2) members shall be selected at large by a majority vote of the Board of…¶
1.3.2 The term of office for members appointed by a Board member shall run concurrent…¶
of the appointing Board member. (Former Section INL#318-2(b))
1.3.3 Members appointed at large by the Board of Supervisors shall serve staggered two…¶
1.3.3.1 February 1, 2023, for the at-large term expiring January 31, 2023.¶
1.3.3.2 February 1, 2024, for the at-large term set to expire January 31, 2025.¶
1.3.4 Vacancies shall be filled as set forth in subsection 1.3.1 of this section for…¶
1.3.5 The members of the Planning Commission shall serve without compensation, except…¶
shall be paid a per diem of one hundred forty dollars ($140.00) for each day’s attendance (up to a maximum of ten (10) meetings per month) at a meeting of the Planning Commission. In addition, each member shall be allowed travel expenses in the same amounts and in the same manner as are allowed other County officers and employees. (Former Section INL#318-2(c))
1.3.6 If a member of the Commission is absent from three (3) consecutive regular…¶
meetings within a calendar year, such person shall be deemed to have resigned his or her membership on the
Commission, unless such absence is excused by the Planning Commission due to illness, absence from the County, or extreme weather conditions. The Secretary to the Planning Commission shall give written notice to a Planning Commissioner who, without an excused absence, has missed two (2) consecutive meetings or four (4) regular meetings in a calendar year, which notice shall contain a statement advising the Commissioner of the absences and the consequences thereof, together with a copy of this section. (Former Section INL#318-2(e))
1.3.7 A member of the Commission may be removed without cause and at any time by the…¶
representing the Supervisorial District from which the Commissioner is appointed or by a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the Board of Supervisors. At-large members may be removed without cause at any time by a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the Board of Supervisors. (Ord. 932, § 2, 6/26/1973; Ord. 1080, § 1, 5/4/1976; Ord. 1350, § 1, 8/28/1979; Ord. 1472, § 1, 6/2/1981; Ord. 2214, 6/6/2000; Ord. 2612, § 1, 9/11/2018; Ord. 2702, § 1, 11/29/2022; Ord. 2734, § 2, 3/5/ 2024)
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