• About the Planning Commission
• Planning Commissioners
• Planning Commission Meetings
• Contacting the Planning Commission

About the Planning Commission

The Planning Commission is composed of five regular members appointed by the Board of Supervisors who represent the various geographical areas and the commercial, industrial, and agricultural interests of the County. The Commission reviews and acts on matters related to planning and development and advises the Board of Supervisors on various land use matters.

The Board of Supervisors may assign any or all of the following tasks to the Planning Commission (Government Code sections 65103, 65401, 65402):

• Assist in writing the general plan and community or specific plans and hold public hearings on such plans;
• Hold hearings and act upon proposed amendments to the general plan and community or specific plans;
• Hold hearings and act upon proposed changes to the zoning ordinance and zoning maps;
• Hold hearings and act on tentative subdivision maps;
• Annually review the jurisdiction's capital improvement program and projects of other local agencies for consistency with the general plan;
• Promote public interest in the general plan;
• Consult with and advise public officials and agencies, utilities, organizations and citizens regarding implementation of the general plan;
  Coordinate local plans and programs with those of other public agencies;
• Report to the legislative body on the conformity of proposed public land acquisition or disposal with the adopted general plan; and
• Undertake special planning studies as needed.

The Planning Commission holds regular meetings once a month, usually on the 4th Thursday of the month, as shown on the scheduled meeting dates below unless it has no items pending before it.  Special meetings may be called as needed by the Chair or a majority of the Commissioners.

Planning Commissioners

Charles Nelson - Chair
District 3
cnelson880@gmail.com

Rocky (Daniel) Donati - Vice-Chair
District 4
530.693-1640
rockdonati@aol.com 

Alan White -  2nd Vice-Chair
District 5

Mary Kennedy
District 2
530.342.9314
mkcranberry@gmail.com

Harrel Wilson
District 1
jhwilson1@comcast.net

Planning Commission Meetings

Please check below for meeting agendas and minutes. The agenda items often contain hot links to agenda reports, environmental documents, and other materials related to the items. For a more complete list of public documents available for a particular project, click here. Tip: You can copy the project number from the agenda (e.g. TSM08-0001) and paste the project number into the “Search For” line.

NOTE: Strikethrough = CANCELLED MEETING

* = SPECIAL MEETING

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Contacting the Planning Commission

Individual members of the Planning Commission have provided e-mail addresses and/or phone numbers (above).  Written comments or other documents may be submitted to the Planning Commission before meetings by email or at the address below:

Butte County Planning Commission
Butte County Department of Development Services
7 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965

Anyone submitting written comments or documents at a Planning Commission meeting is requested to provide nine (9) copies with the name, address, phone number or email address of the person providing the information so it may be correctly reflected in the administrative record.