Legislation Details

File #: 26-926    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 8/28/2026 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 9/3/2026 Final action:
Title: Vero Fiber Networks, LLC Coastal Development Permit (CDP) Record Number: PLN-2026-19547 Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN): Addresses listed in Attachment 1C Various locations in the Greater Eureka Area within the local jurisdiction of the Coastal Zone. A Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for Vero Fiber Network for the installation of fiber optic cables within existing rights-of-way utilizing trenchless underground alignment.
Sponsors: Planning and Building
Attachments: 1. 19547 Staff Report 9.3.26, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Project Location Maps, 5. Attachment 1C - Mailing List, 6. Attachment 2A - Detailed Project Description, 7. Attachment 2B - Biological Constraints Report, 8. Attachment 3 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 9. Attachment 3A - Public Works memo-5.11.26, 10. Attachment 3B - HCSD referral response, 11. Attachment 4 - Public Comment

To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Vero Fiber Networks, LLC Coastal Development Permit (CDP)
Record Number: PLN-2026-19547
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN): Addresses listed in Attachment 1C

Various locations in the Greater Eureka Area within the local jurisdiction of the Coastal Zone.

A Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for Vero Fiber Network for the installation of fiber optic cables within existing rights-of-way utilizing trenchless underground alignment.
end

RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
Adopt the Resolution, (Attachment 1) which does the following:

Finds the project complies with the Humboldt Bay Area Plan, Eureka Community Area Plan and the Zoning Ordinance; and

Finds the project exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15301 Existing Facilities and Section 15304 Minor Alterations to Land of the CEQA Guidelines, and that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment; and

Approves the Coastal Development Permit subject to the Conditions of Approval (Attachment 1A).
Body

DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
This project is in the Greater Eureka Area, within existing rights-of-ways in the Indianola, Myrtletown and Elk River areas.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation and Present Zoning:
All parcels identified to have underground alignment within existing rights-of-way are within the Humboldt Bay Area Plan (HBAP) and Eureka Community Plan Area (ECP). General Plan designations are Rural Residential (RR), Residential Low Density (RL) or Commercial General (CG), and Zoning designations are Residential Single Family (RS), Residential Multi-Family (RM), Rural Residential Agriculture (RA) or Mixed Residential (R-1 and R-2).

Density: Various.

Environmental Review:
Project is exempt from environmental review per Section 15301 Existing Facilities and Section 15304 Minor Alterations to Land of...

Click here for full text