Title III›Division 1 — PLANNING›Chapter 2
8.4 CONTENT OF A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Humboldt County Zoning Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-07-09 · Humboldt County
Notice of a Public Hearing shall include: (Former Section INL#317-23, 317-33; CZ#A315-11(B)(1- 8); Ord. 519, Sec. 752, 5/11/65; Amended by Ord. 1251, Sec. 4, 8/15/78; Amended by Ord. 1889, Sec. 3, 3/6/90)
8.4.1 The name of the applicant and the date of filing of the application;
8.4.2 The file number assigned to the application;
8.4.3 A description of the proposed development including its location;
8.4.4 The date, time, and place of the hearing;
8.4.5 A brief description of the Hearing Officer’s hearing process and procedure for submitting public comment; and
8.4.6 The procedure for appeal of the Hearing Officer’s decision;
The Humboldt County Code is current through Ordinance 2784, passed March 10, 2026.
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8.4.7 For development located on the Coastal Zone, a statement that the proposed development is within the Coastal Zone.
8.4.8 The following statement, in bold letters;
“If you challenge the decision of the Hearing Officer in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else stated orally at the project’s Public Hearing. Written correspondence delivered to the Hearing Officer at or prior to the public hearing, also counts as an issue the court may hear.”
(Former Section INL#317-40.4(b)(4); CZ#A315-11(B)(8); Amended by Ord. 2214, 6/6/00)
The Board of Supervisors will not hear appeals of the Planning Commission’s or Zoning Administrator’s decision if said appellant has not given written or oral testimony at the Planning Commission or the Zoning Administrator’s hearing level.
(From Hearing Policy adopted by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, 6/16/81; Added by Ord. 2214, 6/6/00)
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▸ Title III
Overview-
▸ Division 1 — PLANNING
Overview- Chapter 2 — ADMINISTRATION, PROCEDURES, AMENDMENTS AND ENFORCE…
- Chapter 1
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▸ Chapter 2
Overview- 1.2 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
- 1.3 PLANNING COMMISSION FORMATION AND COMPOSITION
- 2.1 PURPOSE
- 2.2 REQUIRED ZONING CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
- 2.3 FILING AND PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR A ZONING CLEARANCE …
- 2.5 EXPIRATION OF ZONING CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES
- 3.2 VARIANCES
- 4.1 CONDITIONS
- 4.2 PROHIBITED CONDITIONS
- 4.3 SECURITY MAY BE REQUIRED
- 4.4 INSPECTION FEE
- 5.2 APPLICATION FORM AND FILING FEE
- 6.1 APPLICATION CHECK
- 6.3 PUBLIC REVIEW
- 6.5 PROJECT APPROVAL
- 6.7 NOTICE OF DECISION
- 7.1 INITIAL STUDY CONFERENCE
- 7.2 PUBLIC COASTAL ACCESS PROTECTION REVIEW
- 7.4 WETLAND RESTORATION PLAN PROCEDURE
- 7.5 APPLICATION PROCESSING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OTHER COUNTY D…
- 8.1 NOTICE OF APPLICATION SUBMITTAL
- 8.2 CONTENT OF THE NOTICE OF APPLICATION SUBMITTAL
- 8.3 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
- 8.4 CONTENT OF A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
- 8.5 REQUESTS FOR NOTIFICATION
- 9.1 PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRED UNLESS WAIVED
- 9.2 PUBLIC HEARING MAY BE WAIVED
- 10.1 EFFECT OF PERMIT OR VARIANCE
- 10.2 EFFECTIVE DATE OF PERMIT OR VARIANCE
- 10.3 ASSIGNMENTS OF PERMITS AND VARIANCES
- 10.4 RIGHTS ATTACHED TO PERMITS AND VARIANCES
- 10.5 EXPIRATION OF DEVELOPMENT PERMITS AND VARIANCES
- 10.6 RENEWAL OF DEVELOPMENT PERMITS AND VARIANCES
- 11.1 MINOR DEVIATION FROM THE PLOT PLAN
- 11.2 APPLICATION FOR MODIFICATION OF A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT OR V…
- 11.3 EXTENSION OF A PERMIT OR VARIANCE
- 12.1 REAPPLICATION IF APPLICATION IS DENIED
- 13.1 APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
- 13.2 GROUNDS FOR APPEAL
- 13.3 EFFECT OF FILING AN APPEAL
- 13.4 PROCESSING AN APPEAL
- 13.5 HEARING REQUIRED
- 13.6 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
- 13.7 DECISION AND NOTICE OF FINAL ACTION
- 13.8 FINALITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE
- 13.9 IF NO DECISION REACHED
- 13.10 RIGHT TO DECIDE ALL MATTERS
- 13.11 MAJOR VEGETATION REMOVAL: APPEAL OF THE DIRECTOR’S DETER…
- 13.12 APPEALS TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION
- 13.13 GROUNDS FOR APPEAL TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION
- 14.1 SUSPENSION
- 14.2 REVOCATION
- 15.1 APPLICABILITY
- 15.4 CRITERIA FOR WAIVER OF PROCEDURES
- 15.5 STANDARD PERMIT OR VARIANCE REQUIRED
- 16.1 APPLICABILITY
- 16.3 APPLICATION FOR WAIVER OF PROCEDURES
- 16.4 PROCEEDINGS FOR WAIVER OF PROCEDURES
- 16.5 FINDINGS
- 16.6 DECISION ON DE MINIMUS WAIVERS IS FINAL
- 16.7 EXPIRATION OF DE MINIMUS WAIVERS
- 17.2 REQUIRED FINDINGS FOR VARIANCES
- 17.3 SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS
- 18.1 CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES IN AN AE ZONE
- 19.1 OIL AND GAS PIPELINES
- 19.2 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
- 21.1 USES PERMITTED WITH A CONDITIONAL OR SPECIAL PERMIT IN TC…
- 22.2 SURFACE MINING
- 23.1 HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY
- 25.1 SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT
- 26.1 ALQUIST-PRIOLO GEOLOGIC FAULT HAZARD AREAS
- 30.1 CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES IN AN AE ZONE
- 31.1 ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES
- 31.3 WIND ELECTRICAL GENERATING FACILITIES
- 31.4 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
- 32.1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
- 35.1 COASTAL DEPENDENT INDUSTRY
- 35.2 MARINE PETROLEUM TRANSFER FACILITIES
- 35.3 DREDGE SPOILS DISPOSAL
- 38.2 COASTAL SHORELINES
- 39.2 PUBLIC ACCESS
- 39.3 COASTAL SCENIC AREAS
- 39.4 COASTAL STREAMS AND RIPARIAN AREAS
- 39.5 COASTAL VIEW AREAS
- 39.6 COASTAL DUNE AND BEACH AREAS
- 39.7 COASTAL ELK HABITAT AREAS
- 39.8 COASTAL NATURAL DRAINAGE COURSES
- 39.9 COASTAL NATURAL LANDFORMS
- 39.10 OFFSHORE ROCKS AND ROCKY INTERTIDAL AREAS
- 39.11 COASTAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION
- 39.12 COASTAL TRANSITIONAL AGRICULTURAL LAND
- 39.13 COASTAL VEGETATION REMOVAL, MAJOR
- 39.14 COASTAL WETLANDS
- 39.15 COASTAL WETLAND BUFFERS
- 40.2 SUBDIVISIONS IN AGRICULTURAL EXCLUSIVE 160 AND 600 ACRE M…
- 40.3 SUBDIVISIONS IN A COMMERCIAL RECREATION ZONE
- 41.1 FINDINGS FOR EXCEPTIONS
- 42.1 PURPOSE
- 42.2 APPLICABILITY
- 42.3 DEFINITIONS
- 42.4 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AVAILABILITY OF ACCOMMODATION PRO…
- 42.5 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- 42.6 REVIEW AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES
- 42.7 FINDINGS AND DECISION
- 42.8 ALTERNATIVE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
- 42.9 APPEAL FILING AND PROCEDURES
- 42.10 EXPIRATION OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- 50.1 PURPOSE
- 50.2 AUTHORITY TO MAKE AMENDMENTS
- 50.3 REQUIRED FINDINGS FOR ALL AMENDMENTS
- 50.4 INITIATING AMENDMENTS
- 50.5 PETITION FORM, FILING, AND FEE
- 50.6 PETITION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT
- 50.7 PROCESSING OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
- 50.8 SUPPLEMENTAL TIMBERLAND PRODUCTION ZONING PROCEDURES
- 51.1 DUTY TO ENFORCE
- 51.2 EXCEPTIONS
- 51.3 PERMITS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS CODE
- 51.4 INSPECTION TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE
- 51.5 VIOLATION OF THE COUNTY ZONING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 3
- Part 1 — PRINCIPAL ZONES
- Part 2 — SPECIAL AREA COMBINING ZONES
- Part 1 — USES AND ACTIVITIES
- Part 2 — STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES
- Part 3 — DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Part 4 — REGULATIONS THAT APPLY IN SENSITIVE HABITATS AND HAZA…
- Part 5 — NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
- Part 1 — CLASSIFICATION OF USE TYPES
- Part 2 — GLOSSARY OF USE TYPES
- Part 1 — PRINCIPAL ZONES
- Part 2 — REGULATIONS FOR THE COMBINING ZONES
- Part 1 — USES AND ACTIVITIES
- Part 2 — STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES
- Part 3 — DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Part 4 — (SECTION RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE)
- Part 5 — NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
- Part 1 — CLASSIFICATION OF USE TYPES
- Part 2 — GLOSSARY OF USE TYPES
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- Title III — LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT