McCullough Ranch General Plan Amendment and Zone Reclassification
Description
Roughly 320 acres of ranch land would be redesignated as timberland and zoned Timberland Production Zone to match its historic forestry use.
Impact summary
Formalizes long-term timber management on the ranch and restricts future non-timber development there.
Applicant
- Name
- McCullough Ranch LP
- Address
- Titlow Hill Area
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Recorded in the meeting · Planning Commission
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 5, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (2)
McCullough Ranch timberland reclassification
750 acres near Ferndale and Rio Dell shift into TPZ, restricting the land to timber production while cutting the owner's property taxes about $3,200 a year. Supporters say it keeps working lands in the family for generations.
Garberville mixed-use rezone
This new ordinance lets builders put duplexes through five-unit buildings — and larger apartments with a permit — in single-family and two-family zones across Redway, Garberville, Miranda, Weott, Scotia, McKinleyville, and Eureka-area neighborhoods, at up to 25 units per acre. Commissioners wrestled with whether narrow rural streets and limited parking can handle it; the compromise eases parking for bigger projects near bus stops. It now goes to the Board of Supervisors.
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