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Recent planning-commission coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
Planning commissioners settled on a drafting direction that keeps offshore wind in the Humboldt Bay Area Plan’s background sections but removes wind-specific wording from the operative policy text for a future heavy-lift terminal.
The June 18 Planning Commission agenda includes a permit modification that would add distribution, non-volatile manufacturing and non-storefront resale to an existing Carlotta-area cultivation site.
The June 18 Planning Commission agenda includes a special permit request to remove a hazardous old-growth redwood in the lower Redway Q Zone area.
Commissioners want staff to trim the draft mobile food and sidewalk vendor rules and use Indio’s ordinance as a model, while staff says the city lacks a designated code enforcement officer.
Commissioners discussed denial or tighter conditions for a Pepperwood Lane short-term rental after a neighbor described repeated noise and traffic impacts, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote.
The council unanimously approved Johnson’s appointment after public comment and discussion about whether his contractor work created a conflict of interest.
The June 4 Planning Commission agenda also bundles other Samoa-area rental cases for approval, but recommends denials for Sandy Toes and Oceanview.