Public hearing for rafting permit applications in Nevada County.

NEVADA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETINGNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, April 16, at 1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter, as the matter may be heard, in the Board Chambers of the Eric Rood Administrative Center, at 950 Maidu Avenue, Nevada City, California, the Nevada County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing for the following project:
1:30 p.m. PLN26-0033, 0034, 0035 & 0038: RAF26-0001, 0002, 0003 & 0004: Four separate Commercial Rafting Permit Applications, for Tahoe Whitewater Tours, Dream Catcher River Tours, Tributary Whitewater Tours, and IRIE Rafting Company proposing guided tours on the Little Truckee and Truckee Rivers pursuant to Nevada County Code Title 6 Chapter 5. Guided tours are proposed from Boca Dam to Floriston, consistent with past operations. All guide tours will have a staging area for customer parking below the Boca Dam pursuant to a lease from the USFS. IRIE Rafting Co. will be additionally staging outside of Nevada County at their office location. LOCATION: Boca Dam off Stampede Meadows Road (ingress) and I-80 @ Floriston Interchange on left and right side of the river (egress). ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBER: 048-160-003 (ingress) and 048-130-022 (egress). RECOMMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Exempt per CEQA Section 15061 (b)(3). RECOMMENDED PROJECT ACTION: Recommend approval of a rafting permit for each applicant. PROJECT PLANNER: Aleena Church, Assistant Planner.
This meeting is open to in-person attendance. This meeting is broadcast live on Nevada County Media Channel 17 in the Western County and on Suddenlink Channel 78 in the Eastern County and can be viewed live through the web at http://nevco.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=19 or on Nevada County’s YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@CountyofNevadaCA/streams. Closed Captioning is available for hearing impaired viewers. The public may also participate in the meeting using the information below. For information on how to participate in the public hearing, please see the Agenda, which will be available at least five (5) days before the meeting at https://nevadacountyca.gov/AgendaCenter/Planning-Commission-10 [https://nevadacountyca.gov/AgendaCenter/Planning-Commission-10]. Members of the public may also provide public comment by US Mail or via email to the Planning Department at planning@nevadacountyca.gov. Seven (7) days prior to the public hearing, all documents pertaining to the proposed actions, Staff Reports and other supporting documents will be available upon request for public review and consideration at the Nevada County Planning Department, 950 Maidu Avenue, Suite 170, Nevada City, CA 95959, or can be found online at: https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/1752/Planning-Commission. You have the right to attend the Planning Commission meeting and public hearing to provide oral testimony and comment, and/or to submit written materials regarding the potential actions. Any person wishing to offer testimony on this matter should appear at the public hearing or may submit written comments (an original and 8 copies) to the Clerk of the Planning Commission at or prior to the scheduled meeting. The Planning Commission Chair may place reasonable restrictions on the time allowed to any person to speak on these matters. Any person speaking on behalf of an organization or group who wishes additional time must have a written statement signed by an officer of that organization stating that she/he is authorized to speak on behalf of that body, and that she/he is relaying the majority thinking thereof.
If you challenge the Planning Commission’s determinations or decisions 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 Planning Commission at or prior to the public hearing.
NEVADA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Brian Foss, Ex-Officio SecretaryBy: ­­­­­­­­Jodeana Patterson, Clerk to the Planning CommissionPublish: April 3, 2026 - The Sierra Sun
Mailing: April 3, 2026 - ON OR BEFOREPublished: April 3, 2026