NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLACER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WHERE: Placer County Board of Supervisors,
175 Fulweiler Avenue Auburn, CA 95603
WHEN: February 17, 2026, at 9:00 AM, or as soon thereafter
SUBJECT: 2025 PLACER COUNTY CODE AMENDMENT PACKAGE
(PLN23-00457)
STATUTORY EXEMPTION
ALL SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICTS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Placer County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing at the above place and time to consider a recommendation from the Planning Commission to repeal and replace Chapters 9 (Public Peace, Safety and Welfare) and 17 (Zoning) of the Placer County Code (Code), incorporating amendments to both chapters.
The proposed Code amendments are intended to improve internal consistency and County administrative processes, correct minor errors, and address emerging land uses, development trends, and technologies. Specifically, the Board will consider amendments to: Section 9.36.080 – "Exceptions"; Section 17.04.030 – "Definitions of land uses, specialized terms and phrases"; Section 17.06.050 – "Land use and permit tables"; Section 17.20.010 – "Commercial planned development (CPD)"; Section 17.22.010 – "General commercial (C2)"; Section 17.24.010 – "Heavy commercial (C3)"; Section 17.26.010 – "Highway services (HS)"; Section 17.30.010 – "Neighborhood commercial (C1)"; Section 17.34.010 – "Resort (RES)"; Section 17.36.010 – "Airport (AP)"; Section 17.38.010 – "Business park (BP)"; Section 17.40.010 – "Industrial (IN)"; Section 17.42.010 – "Industrial park (INP)"; Section 17.54.020 – "Height limits and exceptions"; Section 17.54.030 – "Landscaping and fencing"; Section 17.54.040 – "Minimum parcel standards"; Section 17.54.070 – "Design and improvement of parking"; Section 17.54.140 – "Exceptions to front, street-side, side and rear setbacks"; Section 17.54.170 – "Signs"; Section 17.54.180 – "On-premises signs"; Section 17.54.190 – "Off-premises signs"; Section 17.56.180 – "Residential Accessory Uses"; Section 17.56.200 – "Accessory and junior accessory dwelling units"; Section 17.56.340 – "Community center, commercial event center, agricultural event center"; Section 17.56.350 – "Ground-mounted residential solar electric generating systems"; Section 17.56.400 – "Moveable tiny houses"; Section 17.60.100 – "Variance"; Section 17.60.105 – "Administrative approvals – Relief from standards"; Section 17.62.180 – "Administrative citations"; and the adoption of three new Code sections, Section 17.56.360 – "Zero emission multimodal hub – stand-alone"; Section 17.62.032 – "No duty to enforce"; and Section 17.62.185 – "Creation of ordinary lien for unpaid administrative fines".
The Board will also consider the Planning Commission's recommendation to determine that the proposed action is exempt from environmental review under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
Interested persons are invited to attend the hearing through the means provided on the meeting agenda, found at https://www.placer.ca.gov/10616/_2026. Accommodations for disabled or non-English speaking residents will be made available upon advance request; please contact the Clerk of the Board at (530) 889-4020.
You may direct written comments to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 175 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603, or you may telephone the Clerk of the Board at (530) 889-4020. If you challenge the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the county at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Information is available for review by contacting the Community Development Resource Agency contact for this project, Lucy Rollins, who can be reached at 530-745-3583 or lrollins@placer.ca.gov.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Clerk of the Board, Megan Wood
Community Development Resource Agency Staff: Lucy Rollins, Senior Planner
IPL0306980
Jan 23 2026