7.6 TL: TRIBAL LANDS

The Humboldt County Code is current through Ordinance 2784, passed March 10, 2026.

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The Tribal Lands or TL Zone is intended to implement the Tribal Lands (TL) and the Tribal Trust Lands (TTL) Land Use Designations contained in General Plan Land Use Element Section 4.8, Land Use Designations. The TL Zone is intended to be applied to land planned as Tribal Trust Land (TTL) or land located on Native American reservations and rancherias that is not zoned TPZ and is identified as Tribal Lands (TL) on the General Plan Land Use Map.

7.6.1.1.1 The County does not have land use jurisdiction over land within a reservation or rancheria held in trust by the Federal government for a tribe or its members, or owned in fee by the tribe or by members of the tribe.

7.6.1.1.2 The County may have land use jurisdiction over land owned in fee by nontribal members within the boundaries of a rancheria or reservation, except land owned in fee by nontribal members within the boundaries of the Hoopa Reservation.

7.6.1.1.3 Applicants for land use and permit approvals for land zoned TL may be requested to provide additional information to allow the County to determine if the County has land use jurisdiction.

7.6.1.1.4 In the event the County has land use jurisdiction, the Planning and Building Department shall (1) notify the tribal government of the application, (2) determine if the tribal government has an adopted land use plan, and (3) the County shall refer the project to and engage with the tribal government for comment prior to approval.

7.6.1.2 Adopted Tribal Land Use Plan. If the tribal government has an adopted land use plan, this plan shall be used by the County as policy guidance for all land use and permit approvals.

For land use and

permit approvals on land zoned TL within or adjacent to urbanized areas, the permitted and conditionally permitted use and minimum yard setbacks and ground coverage, maximum structure height, and permitted main building types shall be those specified for Rural Residential Agriculture Zone (minimum lot size less than two and one-half (2-1/2) acres) in Section 314-6.6.

For land use and

permit approvals on land zoned TL outside and not adjacent to urbanized areas, the permitted and conditionally permitted use and minimum yard setbacks and ground coverage, maximum structure height, and permitted main building types shall be those specified for Rural Residential Agriculture Zone (minimum lot size two and one-half (2-1/2) acres or greater) in Section 314-6.6.

7.6.1.5.1 Subdivisions of land zoned TL within urbanized areas shall have a maximum residential density of one (1) acre per dwelling unit.

The Humboldt County Code is current through Ordinance 2784, passed March 10, 2026.

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7.6.1.5.2 Subdivisions of land zoned TL outside urbanized areas shall have a maximum residential density of maximum residential density of forty (40) acres per dwelling unit.

7.6.1.5.3 Policies relating to rural lands contained in General Plan Section 4.4, Rural Lands, shall apply to all subdivisions of land zoned TL. (Ord. 2629, § 5, 6/11/2019; Ord. 2635, §§ 2, 3, 5, 8/27/2019; Ord. 2678, § 5, 7/13/2021; Ord. 2703, § 3, 11/29/2022; Ord. 2781, § 3, 1/13/2026)

314-8 Unclassified Zone Regulations