File #: 25-887    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/14/2025 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 8/19/2025 Final action: 8/19/2025
Title: Amendment of the Zoning Code to establish Design Standards for Outdoor Lighting for Residential, Agricultural, Commercial, and Industrial Uses Within the Inland and Coastal Unincorporated Areas of Humboldt County by Adding Section 314-105.1 and Amending Sections 314-138, 314-141, 314-142, 314-147, and 314-154 of Chapter 4 of Division 1 of Title III of the County Code; and adding section 313-105.1 and amending sections 313-138, 313-141, 313-142, 313-147, and 313-154 in Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title III of the County Code
Strategic Framework: 1000 - SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, 1008 – Update General Plan ordinances for quality of environment
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 - Inland Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - CEQA Addendum, 4. Attachment 2 - Coastal Resolution, 5. Attachment 3 - Inland Outdoor Lighting Ordinance, 6. Attachment 4 - Coastal Outdoor Lighting Ordinance, 7. Attachment 5 - Inland Post Adoption Summary, 8. Attachment 6 - PC Resolution 25-033 Inland, 9. Attachment 7 - PC Resolution 25-034 Coastal, 10. Attachment 8 - Public Comments, 11. Public Comment - BOS
Previous Action/Referral: 25-645, 25-386

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

Vote Requirement: Majority

SUBJECT:
title
Amendment of the Zoning Code to establish Design Standards for Outdoor Lighting for Residential, Agricultural, Commercial, and Industrial Uses Within the Inland and Coastal Unincorporated Areas of Humboldt County by Adding Section 314-105.1 and Amending Sections 314-138, 314-141, 314-142, 314-147, and 314-154 of Chapter 4 of Division 1 of Title III of the County Code; and adding section 313-105.1 and amending sections 313-138, 313-141, 313-142, 313-147, and 313-154 in Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title III of the County Code
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Open the public hearing, receive and consider the staff report, the Planning Commission's recommendation and accept public comment; and
2. Close the public comment portion of the public hearing; and
3. Deliberate and comment on the draft ordinances presented; and
4. Adopt the attached resolutions (Attachments 1 and 2) for the Inland and Coastal Outdoor Lighting Ordinances to take the following actions:
a. Consider the project-specific addendum to the Humboldt County General Plan Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) that was prepared for the proposed Inland Outdoor Lighting Ordinance per ?15164 of the state CEQA Guidelines (Attachment 1A); and
b. Find that the proposed Coastal Outdoor Lighting Ordinance is exempt from environmental review under Section 15251(f) Exemption for Certified State Regulatory Programs of CEQA Guidelines; and
c. Find the proposed Inland Outdoor Lighting Ordinance is consistent with the General Plan; and
d. Find the proposed Coastal Outdoor Lighting Ordinance is consistent with the Local Coastal Plan and the Coastal Act; and
5. Adopt the Inland Outdoor Lighting Ordinance adding section 314-105.1 and amending sections 314-138, 314-141, 314-142, 314-147, and 314-154 of Chapter 4 of Divisio...

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