Sacramento County Planning Commission Meeting Summary - June 9, 2026
Sacramento County Planning Commission Meeting Summary - June 9, 2026
Note on date discrepancy: The provided timestamp indicates the meeting occurred on June 9, 2026, but the chair explicitly opened the meeting as "June 8th 2026 County Planning Commission meeting." This discrepancy is noted for clarity.
The Sacramento County Planning Commission convened on the date above (with the noted discrepancy) to consider four agenda items, including routine subdivisions, a mining amendment, a wireless communication facility, and a major zoning code update. All items received unanimous approval or recommendation. No public comments were submitted for any item.
Consent Calendar
- Item 1 – PLMP 2025-00198 (Morabi Singh subdivision vesting map): A non-contested specific plan amendment, rezone, vesting tentative subdivision map, and design review for a property at 9494 Flooring Road in the Vineyard community. Staff noted a minor revision (June 3) adjusting off-site improvement conditions from 43 to 22, then to 19, due to a reduced SMUD public utility easement. The applicant (Beezer Homes) expressed excitement about building in the area. Motion to approve as presented passed unanimously (all members present voting yes).
- Item 2 – PLMP 2025-00-130 (Carly Mine Use Permit Amendment): A non-contested use permit amendment to allow mining on an additional 11 acres, a reclamation plan amendment, and a development agreement amendment at 6875 Eagles' Nest Road in the Vineyard community. The applicant thanked staff. Motion to approve passed unanimously.
Discussion Items
- Item 3 – PLMP 2025-00173 (ATT Wireless Communication Facility at 8040 16th Street): A conditional use permit, special development permit, and design review to install a 55-foot cell tower disguised as a water tank in the Rio Linda Alberta community. The tower would fill a significant coverage gap and include FirstNet (band 14) for first responders. Staff and the applicant (Jared Kierseley, 51 Wireless on behalf of ATT) provided details: co-location at 36 feet, capacity for two carriers, landscaping, and screening. Two members of the public expressed opposition during a community planning committee meeting (design and proximity concerns), but no public comments were submitted at this hearing. A special development permit was needed due to a future street expansion (10-foot deviation from setback). The Design Review Advisory Committee supported the project. Commission discussion focused on height, future modifications, aesthetics, and outreach. The applicant confirmed the tower could structurally accommodate a third carrier with a height increase. Motion to approve passed 4-0 (Commissioner Devlin arrived late, not recorded as voting; all present voted yes).
- Item 4 – PLMP 2023-0058 (2023 Zoning Code Update): A comprehensive ordinance amendment updating Chapters 1–7 of the Sacramento County Zoning Code, encompassing 134 amendments (increased from 131 at the April workshop). Lead planner Matthew Jamamwe presented the update, emphasizing clarifications (ratings 1–2) over policy changes (3–5). Key changes include: increased height allowance for residential accessory structures (24 feet with 10-foot setbacks), modernized home occupation rules, relaxed standards for tuck-under parking, new “training, tutoring, or testing center” use classification, revised temporary use allowances (food trucks, 30-day events for large shopping centers), battery energy storage system standards, reduced hearing body levels for tattoo shops/arcades/fire stations, and ADU terminology updates. Staff addressed concerns from the April workshop on pesticide spraying, caretaker dwellings, battery technology, home-based vehicle sharing (limited to 5 vehicles), and express processing of state mandates (notifying CPACs of hearings). The update also directs staff to make ADA-compliant administrative changes to the development code. The commission commended staff for the thorough process. Motion to recommend approval to the Board of Supervisors passed unanimously.
Planning Director’s Report
- June 10, 2026 (tomorrow): Board of Supervisors hearing on the crowing fouls and encoded amendments (zoning and county code amendments). Staff incorporated planning commission direction and held stakeholder meetings with the Hmong community.
- June 16, 2026: Board hearing on the Upper West Side Specific Plan.
- June 23, 2026: Planning Commission meeting with an appeal of a temporary use permit denial.
- July 13, 2026: Appeal of the assault and parcel map; another zoning code amendment on design review.
Key Outcomes
- Item 1: Approved unanimously (all members present voting yes).
- Item 2: Approved unanimously.
- Item 3: Approved 4-0 (all present voting yes).
- Item 4: Recommended to the Board of Supervisors (scheduled for July 28, 2026) unanimously.
- No public comments were received on any item.
- The next regular planning commission meetings are scheduled for June 22, July 13, and July 27, 2026.
Meeting Transcript
Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Just want to make sure it is 5 30 p.m. Welcome to the June 8th 2026 County Planning Commission meeting today. Just want to make sure that we have all of the things that we need here. Um we'll start with a roll call. Yes. Members, members Rokenstein. Here. Members Berga? Here. And Chair Borja? Here. And with those members present, we do have a quorum. Thank you. Commissioner Rockenstein, can you please lead us for the Pledge of Allegiance? Yes, thank you very much. And to require the answer, individual liberty and justice law. Thank you. Madam Clerk, can we please make the announcement? Absolutely. The county fosters public engagement during the meeting and encourages public participation, civility, and the use of courteous language. The commission does not condone the use of profanity, vulgar language, gestures, or other inappropriate behavior, including personal attacks or threats directed toward any meeting participant. Seating may be limited and available on a first come, first served basis. To make an in-person public comment, please complete and submit a speaker request form to the clerk. Each individual will be invited to the podium to make a comment. Members of the public may send a written comment, which is distributed to commission members and filed in the record. Contact information is optional and should include the meeting date and time of the agenda off agenda item number to be sent as follows. Email a comment to board clerk at SACCounty.gov. Mail a comment to 700 H Street Suite 2450, Sacramento, California, 95814. And that concludes the announcement. Thank you very much. Can we please begin with item number one? Item number one is PLMP 2025-00198, Morabi Singh subdivision vesting map. This is a specific plan amendment rezone vesting tentative subdivision map and a design review. And the property is located at 9494 Flooring Road in the Vineyard Community, and the environmental document is exempt. Good evening, Commissioners. Todd Smith, Planning Director. This item is a non-contested item. Um staff are prepared if you would like a presentation, but uh it's not required. Do we have any questions from the dais? I do have just one quick question, sir. From the staff report here, we did see that there was a minor change that was revised on June 3rd. I think it was a off-site improvements for rezone condition uh instead of 43, it would now and 22, it would just now be 19. Do you mind just kind of giving a brief explanation to what changed? Thank you, sir. Yeah, good evening, Chair and Commissioners. My name is Christopher Albert, associate planner here of Sacramento County and lead planner for this project. So the changes resulted in changes of conditions. The applicant had been working with SMUD to reduce a public utility easement, and that therefore cause a domino effect as an adding conditions, removing some conditions, and so the staff report was revised to ensure that the condition numbers mentioned in the report reflected now the new numbers and attachment two.
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