S-155FACILITY RENTALS
N/ACOMMUNITY SERVICES
Rental of Community facilities to the public.
Various fees
See Appendix F for detail
58%
$128,520.00
$221,180.00
$(92,660.00)
1 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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SERVICE REFERENCE NO.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT UNIT OF SERVICE SERVICE RECIPIENT
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE
REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 58.11%
$(92,660)
$221,180
$128,520
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
380 509
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
FACILITY RENTALS S-155
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TOTAL UNITSNOTE
Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST COMM SVCS RECREATION SUPT.10% 163.90 $55,921.04 1 $55,921 COMM SVCS CUST SVCS COORD I/II 15% 245.85 $36,938.96 1 $36,939 COMM SVCS COMM SVCS MANAGER 15% 245.85 $64,997.82 1 $64,998 COMM SVCS REC SPECIALIST (PT)$17,061 924.00 $63,321.72 1 $63,322 $221,180 $221,179.54 1,579.60TYPE SUBTOTAL
$221,180 1,579.60TOTALS $221,180.00
381 510
Item 7.
S-156BALLFIELD RENTALS
N/ACOMMUNITY SERVICES
Maintenance and rental of ballfields to private sports groups.
Various fees
See Appendix F for detail
1%
$2,500.00
$617,369.00
$(614,869.00)
1 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY WORKSHEET
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE
REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 0.40%
$(614,869)
$617,369
$2,500
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
382 511
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
BALLFIELD RENTALS S-156
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST COMM SVCS RECREATION SUPT.15 HRS/QTR 59.99 $20,467.99 1 $20,468 COMM SVCS CUST SVCS COORD I/II 10% 163.90 $24,625.98 1 $24,626 COMM SVCS COMM SVCS MANAGER 10% 163.90 $43,331.88 1 $43,332 COMM SVCS REC SPECIALIST (PT)$8,530 462.00 $31,660.86 1 $31,661 $120,087 $120,086.71 849.79TYPE SUBTOTAL
PARKS & GROUNDS MAINT JAAF Field Maint 0.00 $6,977.62 1 $6,978 PARKS & GROUNDS MAINT BYB Field Maint 0.00 $75,485.12 1 $75,485 PARKS & GROUNDS MAINT AYSO Field Maint 0.00 $365,151.33 1 $365,151 PARKS & GROUNDS MAINT NFL Flag Field Maint 0.00 $5,708.96 1 $5,709 PARKS & GROUNDS MAINT Rugby Field Maint 0.00 $10,973.89 1 $10,974 PARKS & GROUNDS MAINT Madrid Field Maint 0.00 $32,985.09 1 $32,985 $497,282 $497,282.01 0.00TYPE SUBTOTAL
$617,369 849.79TOTALS $617,369.00
383 512
Item 7.
S-157FATS, OILS OR GREASE INSPECTION
INSPECTIONSEWER
Inspection of Fats, Oils, and Grease drainage of a business to the City Sewer system.
None
General Facility - $205 per first inspection
Dental Facility - $205 per first inspection plus $40 for Amalgam use Reinspection - $95
100%
$0.00
$188.33
$(188.33)
177
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE
REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 0.00%
$(33,334)
$33,334
$0
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
384 513
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
FATS, OILS OR GREASE INSPECTION S-157
177
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TOTAL UNITSNOTE
Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST ADMIN CUST SVCS COORD I/II General Facility 0.25 $19.65 127 $2,496 SEWER ENV COMP MGR General Facility 1.50 $187.83 127 $23,854 $26,350 $207.48 1.75TYPE SUBTOTAL
ADMIN CUST SVCS COORD I/II Dental Facility 0.25 $19.65 15 $295 SEWER ENV COMP MGR Dental Facility 1.50 $187.83 15 $2,817 $3,112 $207.48 1.75TYPE SUBTOTAL
ADMIN CUST SVCS COORD I/II Add'l Amalgam 0.07 $5.24 15 $79 SEWER UTILITIES GENL MGR Add'l Amalgam 0.13 $33.71 15 $506 $584 $38.95 0.20TYPE SUBTOTAL
SEWER ENV COMP MGR Resinspection 0.75 $93.92 35 $3,287 $3,287 $93.92 0.75TYPE SUBTOTAL
$33,334 4.45TOTALS $188.33
385 514
Item 7.
S-158INDUSTRIAL WASTE INSPECTION
INSPECTIONSEWER
Inspection of Industrial waste uses.
Actual costs
Charges at the fully allocated hourly rates for all personnel involved plus any outside costs. 100%
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
5 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 0.00%
$0
$0
$0
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
386 515
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
INDUSTRIAL WASTE INSPECTION S-158
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST
0.00 $0.00 0 $0
$0 $0.00 0.00TYPE SUBTOTAL
$0 0.00TOTALS $0.00
387 516
Item 7.
S-159WASTEWATER SURVEY
REVIEWSEWER
Processing a wastewater survey.
$25.82 per review (not currently charging)
$30 per review
100%
$0.00
$28.50
$(28.50)
400
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY WORKSHEET
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE
REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 0.00%
$(11,400)
$11,400
$0
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
388 517
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
WASTEWATER SURVEY S-159
400
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TOTAL UNITSNOTE
Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST SEWER MGMT ANALYST 0.25 $28.50 400 $11,400 $11,400 $28.50 0.25TYPE SUBTOTAL
$11,400 0.25TOTALS $28.50
389 518
Item 7.
S-160SEWER FLOW MODELING
REVIEWSEWER
Review and modeling of the Sewer Flow of a proposed development.
Actual cost plus 20% for administration
Charges at the fully allocated hourly rates for all personnel involved plus any outside costs. 100%
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
1 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 0.00%
$0
$0
$0
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
390 519
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
SEWER FLOW MODELING S-160
1 REFERENCE NO.
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DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST
0.00 $0.00 0 $0
$0 $0.00 0.00TYPE SUBTOTAL
$0 0.00TOTALS $0.00
391 520
Item 7.
S-161SEWAGE SPILL RESPONSE
SPILLSEWER
Response to a Sewage Spill in the public right-of-way.
Actual cost plus 20% for administration
Charges at the fully allocated hourly rates for all personnel involved plus any outside costs. 100%
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
1 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 0.00%
$0
$0
$0
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
392 521
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
SEWAGE SPILL RESPONSE S-161
1 REFERENCE NO.
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST
0.00 $0.00 0 $0
$0 $0.00 0.00TYPE SUBTOTAL
$0 0.00TOTALS $0.00
393 522
Item 7.
S-162NEW BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESSING
APPLICATIONADMINISTRATION
Processing an application for a new business license.
$31 per application
On-Line - $15 per application
$80 per application
100%
$31.00
$78.60
$(47.60)
295
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY WORKSHEET
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE
REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 39.44%
$(14,042)
$23,187
$9,145
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
394 523
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
NEW BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESSING S-162
295
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST ADMIN CUST SVCS COORD I/II 1.00 $78.60 295 $23,187 $23,187 $78.60 1.00TYPE SUBTOTAL
$23,187 1.00TOTALS $78.60
395 524
Item 7.
S-163BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL PROCESSING
RENEWALADMINISTRATION
Annual renewal of a business registration and updating of City records. $15 per renewal
On-Line - $5 per renewal
$40 per renewal
100%
$15.00
$39.30
$(24.30)
1,297
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE
REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 38.17%
$(31,517)
$50,972
$19,455
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
396 525
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL PROCESSING S-163
1,297
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST ADMIN CUST SVCS COORD I/II 0.50 $39.30 1,297 $50,972 $50,972 $39.30 0.50TYPE SUBTOTAL
$50,972 0.50TOTALS $39.30
397 526
Item 7.
S-164RELEASE OF LIEN
LIENADMINISTRATION
Processing application for a release of lien.
$51 per lien
$50 per lien plus County fees
100%
$51.00
$36.94
$14.06
350
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY WORKSHEET
SERVICE REFERENCE NO.
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE
REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 138.06%
$4,921
$12,929
$17,850
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
398 527
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
RELEASE OF LIEN S-164
350
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TOTAL UNITSNOTE
Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST ADMIN CUST SVCS COORD I/II 2 Hr/Week 0.30 $23.41 350 $8,194 RISK & HR ADMIN SVCS MGR 0.10 $13.53 350 $4,736 $12,929 $36.94 0.40TYPE SUBTOTAL
$12,929 0.40TOTALS $36.94
399 528
Item 7.
S-165NON-UTILITY NSF CHECK/ACH PROCESS
CHECK/ACHFINANCE
Processing non-utility checks or ACH deposits returned for non-sufficient funds.
None
$35 per NSF check/ACH
100%
$0.00
$35.00
$(35.00)
1 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE
REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 0.00%
$(35)
$35
$0
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
400 529
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
NON-UTILITY NSF CHECK/ACH PROCESS S-165
1 REFERENCE NO.
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST FIN & BUD ACCOUNT TECH 0.50 $35.06 1 $35 $35 $35.06 0.50TYPE SUBTOTAL
$35 0.50TOTALS $35.00
401 530
Item 7.
S-166UTILITY BILLING ACH RETURN PROCESS
ACH RETURNFINANCE
Processing utility ACH deposits returned for non-sufficient funds.
None
$10 per ACH return
100%
$0.00
$11.00
$(11.00)
1 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 0.00%
$(11)
$11
$0
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
402 531
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
UTILITY BILLING ACH RETURN PROCESS S-166
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST ADMIN CUST SVCS COORD I/II 1 Hr Per 20 0.05 $3.93 1 $4 FIN & BUD ACCOUNT TECH 2 Hrs Per 20 0.10 $7.01 1 $7 $11 $10.94 0.15TYPE SUBTOTAL
$11 0.15TOTALS $11.00
403 532
Item 7.
S-167CREDIT CARD PROCESSING
N/AFINANCE
Recovery of Credit Card Merchant fees.
Fees calculated based on the amount charged and the actual merchant rates 2% of the amount charged
100%
$39,316.00
$161,000.00
$(121,684.00)
1 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE
REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 24.42%
$(121,684)
$161,000
$39,316
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
404 533
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING S-167
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST FIN & BUD Credit Card Fees 0.00 $161,000.00 1 $161,000 $161,000 $161,000.00 0.00TYPE SUBTOTAL
$161,000 0.00TOTALS $161,000.00
405 534
Item 7.
S-168DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION
COPYCITY CLERK
Reproduction of City records on request.
Black & White - $0.35 per copy
Color - $0.45 per copy
Larger than 11 x 17 - $10
Black & White - $0.35 per copy
Color - $0.45 per copy
Larger than 11 x 17 - Actual Costs
100%
$1.00
$1.00
$0.00
1 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 100.00%
$0
$1
$1
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
406 535
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
SERVICE
DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION S-168
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST CITY CLERK DEP CITY CLERK 0.01 $1.42 1 $1 $1 $1.42 0.01TYPE SUBTOTAL
$1 0.01TOTALS $1.00
407 536
Item 7.
S-169ELECTRONIC FILE REPRODUCTION
DEVICECITY CLERK
Reproduction of audio, video, electronic documents to DVD, CD, thumb drive, or any other device on request.
Reproduction - $7 per disc
Scan of documents to disc - $0.25 per page
Scan of documents larger than 11 x 17 to disc - $7 per page Electronically transmitted documents - $0.20 per image
Photographs from Development Center - Actual Costs
$7 per device
100%
$7.00
$4.00
$3.00
1 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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REVENUE AND COST COMPARISON
UNIT REVENUE:
UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 175.00%
$3
$4
$7
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
408 537
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
COST DETAIL WORKSHEET
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ELECTRONIC FILE REPRODUCTION S-169
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST CITY CLERK DEP CITY CLERK 0.03 $4.27 1 $4 $4 $4.27 0.03TYPE SUBTOTAL
$4 0.03TOTALS $4.00
409 538
Item 7.
S-170PUBLIC NOTARY
SIGNATURECITY CLERK
Providing notary service to the general public.
$15 per signature (fee is set by the State)
$15 per signature (fee is set by the State)
50%
$15.00
$36.00
$(21.00)
1 CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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UNIT COST:
UNIT PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL REVENUE:
TOTAL COST:
TOTAL PROFIT (SUBSIDY):
PCT. COST RECOVERY: 41.67%
$(21)
$36
$15
SUGGESTED FEE FOR COST RECOVERY OF:
September 5, 2022
410 539
Item 7.
September 5, 2022
CITY OF BEAUMONT
FY 2021/22
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PUBLIC NOTARY S-170
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Unit Costs are an Average of Total Units
DEPARTMENT POSITION TYPE UNIT TIME UNIT COST ANN. UNITS TOTAL COST CITY CLERK DEP CITY CLERK 0.25 $35.62 1 $36 $36 $35.62 0.25TYPE SUBTOTAL
$36 0.25TOTALS $36.00
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A B C D E
Service Name Fee Description Current Fee Proposed Fee Comments Permit Processing
Residential Permit Processing Fixed Included in Permit
Fee
$63.00
Commercial/Industrial Permit Processing Fixed Included in Permit Fee
$84.00
Minimum Permit Fee - Residential Included in main
permit fee
$155.00
Minimum Permit Fee - Commercial Included in the main
permit fee
$307.00
Demolition
Patio Cover or Room Fixed Fee $51.65 $178.00
Swimming Pool or Building Fixed Fee $51.65 $268.00
Manufactured and Mobile Home Permits (ALL)Fixed Fee Set by State
$1,500.00 Fixed Fee Set By
State
Inspections
Additional Inspection-Commercial $216.00 $223.00
Additional Inspection-Residential $216.00 $107.00
After Hours or Weekend Inspections (2 HR. Minimum)OT Hourly Rate $244.80 OT Hourly Rate Re-inspection Fee Fixed Fee $143.57 $128.00
Building Investigation Fee: In Field Fixed Fee $216.91 Double Permit Fees
Plan Review
Plan Check 3rd and Subsequent Review - Outside Consultant City Cost + Admin 20%
Actual Cost Actual Cost
Plan Check 3rd and Subsequent Review - In house Hourly $132.00 $147.00 Expedited Plan Review Not offered 150% of Standard
Plan Check Fee
Accesibility Ramp Valuation $527.00
Accessory Structures-Residential
Aluminum Patio Cover Fixed Valuation $208.00
Patio Cover - City Standard Fixed Valuation $312.00
Patio Cover - Non-Standard Fixed Valuation $438.00
Block Wall
Standard up to 6' Height <6' City Standard Valuation $178.00 Each Additional 100 LF over 50 LF Valuation $30.00
Non-Standard up to 6' Height <6' height Valuation $457.00 Each Additional 100 LF over 50 LF Valuation $47.00
Non-Standard <50' and Greater than 6' height Valuation $699.00 Each Additional 100 LF over 50 LF Valuation $47.00
Retaining Wall
Standard up to 6' Height <6' City Standard Valuation $478.00 Each Additional 100 LF over 50 LF Valuation $47.00
Non-Standard up to 6' Height <6'Valuation $699.00
Each Additional 100 LF over 50 LF Valuation $47.00
Non-Standard <50' and greater than 6' height Valuation $850.00 Each Additional 100 LF over 50 LF Valuation $48.00
Cellular Antenna/Pole
New Valuation $730.00
Modification Valuation $435.00
Commercial Hood & Duct Valuation $1,465.00
Construction Trailer Valuation $223.00
New Door/Window/Skylight - Residential Valuation $617.00 Drywall Repair - Up To 1,000 SF Valuation $312.00
Each Additional 1,000 SF Valuation $15.00
Flag Pole
Up To 25'Valuation $483.00
Over 25'Valuation $680.00
Food Truck or Carnival Valuation $223.00
Model Home Complex with Sales Office Conversion Valuation $1,247.00 Parking Lot Restriping - 1-2 Accessible Stalls Valuation $241.00 Each Additional Stall over 2 Valuation $24.00
Re-Roof
Single Family Dwelling Valuation $164.00
Multi-Family/Commercial/Industrial - Up to 25,000 SQ or 250 Squares
Valuation $268.00
Each Additional 25,000 SF or 250 Squares Valuation $44.00 Siding or Stucco Repair Valuation $510.00
Signs
Wall Sign Valuation $304.00
Monument Sign Valuation $604.00
Site Signage Valuation $831.00
Spray Booth Valuation $1,134.00
Storage Rack - First 500 LF Valuation $349.00
Each Additional 500 LF Valuation $40.00
Swimming Pool
Residential Valuation $630.00
Mult-Family/Commercial Valuation $1,984.00
Temporary Uses (e.g. Christmas Tree Lot/Pumpkin Lot/Similar Events)
Valuation $438.00
Trash Enclosure Valuation $768.00
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Interior Residential Valuation $1,144.00
Interior Commercial Valuation $1,956.00
Window Changeout Valuation $241.00
New Construction Combo Trade Permit Trade Permit
Fixture Count Fees
Below
10% of Building
Permit Fee per
Trade
Plan Check Fee*Percentage Fee 65% of the Permit
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Fee
Plan Check Revisions and/or Deferred submittals*Per Hourly Rate 238.60 (tracts)/lot City Cost + Admin 20%
Miscellaneous Fees
Activity Reports Fixed Fee $0.00 $42.00
Addressing $0.00 $122.00
Each Address $0.00 $10.00
Appeal of Construction Board of Appeals or Accessibility Board of Appeals
Fixed Fee $703.40 $2,585.00
Building Standards Fee Fixed Fee Set by
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Fixed Fee Set by
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Fixed Fee Set by
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Change of Address $0.00 $42.00
Change of Contractor-Permit Updates $61.97 $42.00
Duplicate Inspection Card $0.00 $21.00
Duplicate Certificate of Occupancy $0.00 $103.00
Permit/Plan Review Extension $0.00 $103.00
Property Permit History Search: Office or Field Per Hourly Rate $166.30 Actual Costs SMIP Fixed Fee Set by
State
Fixed Fee Set by
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Fixed Fee Set by
State
Street Names $0.00 $122.00
Each street $0.00 $19.00
Technology Surcharge Percentage Fee 3.29%3.29%
Fees not specified.FBHR
Certificate of Occupancy $0.00 $340.00
Services Not Listed Actual Costs Actual Costs
CONSTRUCTION FEES CALCULATED BY VALUE*:
VALLUATION Base Fee Rate Per Unit
$0 to $1999 $190.00 $321.00
$2000-$20,000 $190.00 $21.08 per $1,000 $321.00 + $93 per $1,000 over $2k $20,001-$50,000 $580.00 $17.83 per $1,000 $1,995.00 + $18 per $1,000 over $20k $50,001-$75,000 $1,115.00 $11.68 per $1,000 $2,535.00 + $26 per $1,000 over $50k $75,001-$100,000 $1,407.00 $11.84 per $1,000 $3,185.00 + $32 per $1,000 over $75k 100,001 to 500,000 $1,703.00 $9.08 per $1,000 $3,985.00 + $3 per $1,000 over $100k $500,001 to $1,000,000 $5,333.00 $6.97 per $1,000 $5,185.00 + $3 per $1,000 over $500k $1,000,001 and up $8,018.00 $4.00 per $1,000 $6,685.00 + $3 per $1,000 over $1M Residential Homes, ADUs and Room Additions
Construction Fees Calculated by Sq. Ft.
Square Feet Base Fee Rate Per Sq. Ft.
1-499 2367.41 $772.00
500-999 2367.41 $1,252.00 + $61 per 100 SF over 500 SF
1000-2499 2367.41 $1,557.00 + $35 per 100 SF over 1k SF 2500 and over 2367.41 $2,082.00 + $21 per 100 SF over 2.5K SF
ELECTRICAL
Electrical Permit Processing Fee - Residential Fixed Fee $161.13 $63.00 Minimum Electrical Permit Fee-Residential Fixed Fee $161.13 $156.00 Electrical Permit Processing Fee - Commercial Fixed Fee $161.13 $84.00 Minimum Electrical Permit Fee-Commercial Fixed Fee $161.13 $156.00 Processing fee simaltaneously with other MEP permit Fixed Fee $161.13 $21.00 Electrical Only Plan Review Fee valuation 10% of Electrical Permit Fee
ELECTRICAL FIXED FEES
Electrical Panel/Pedestal or Sub-Panel Max 200 amp Fixed Fee $211.00 $134.00 Electrical Meter Reset Permit no fee $134.00
EV Charger Plug-Residential Plan Review $132.00 $63.00
EV Charger Plug-Residential Permit $182.00 $223.00
EV Charging Station - Commercial Plan Review 60% of permit fee $189.00 EV Charging Station each additional charger at same location 60% of permit fee $10.00 EV Charging Station - Commercial Permit valuation $268.00 EV Charging Station each additional charger at same location valuation $14.00 Generator 10 KW or less Plan Review $264.00 $63.00
Generator 10 KW or less Permit $883.00 $178.00
Generator over 10 KW Plan Review $264.00 $95.00
Generator over 10 KW Permit $553.00 $223.00
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Solar
Residential Roof Mounted Solar Less Than 15 KW Plan Review 175 $136.00 State Law Caps at $450 up to 15 kw (136+240= 376)
Each additional 15 KW 0 $7.50 State Law Caps at $15.00 FBHR is $16 (8+8=16)
Residential Roof Mounted Solar Less Than 15 KW Permit 275 $240.00 State Law Caps at $450 up to 15 kw (136+240= 376)
Each additional 15 KW 300+15 per kw $7.50 State Law Caps at $15.00 FBHR is $16 (8+8=16)
Commercial Roof Mounted Solar Less than 50 KW Plan Review 500 $222.00 State Law Caps at $1,000 up to 50kw (772+222=$994)
Commercial Roof Mounted Solar 51-250 KW Plan Review each KW 500+$7/kw $3.50 State Law Caps each KW from 51- 250 to $7.00 Actual Fee $16
Commercial Roof Mounted Solar 251+ KW Plan Review each KW 1200 $2.50 State Law Caps each KW over 250 to $5.00 Actual Fee $16
Commercial Roof Mounted Solar Less than 50 KW Permit 500 $772.00 State Law Caps at $1,000 up to 50kw (772+222=$994)
Commercial Roof Mounted Solar 51-250 KW Permit each KW 500+$7/kw $3.50 State Law Caps each KW from 51- 250 to $7.00 Actual Fee $16
Commercial Roof Mounted Solar 251+ KW Permit each KW 1200+$5/kw $2.50 State Law Caps each KW over 250 to $5.00 Actual Fee $16
Tract & Solar App - Residential Roof Mounted Solar Less Than 15 KW Permit
450 $240.00 State Law Caps at $450 up to 15
kw (136+240= 376)
Each additional 15 KW 300+15 perkw $8.00 State Law Caps at $15.00 Residential Ground Mounted Solar Less Than 15 KW Plan Review 175 $204.00 State Law Caps at $450 up to 15 kw (204+385= $589)
Each additional 15 KW 0 $7.50 State Law Caps at $15.00 FBHR is $16 (8+8=16)
Residential Roof Mounted Solar Less Than 15 KW Permit 275 $385.00 State Law Caps at $450 up to 15 kw (204+385= $589)
Each additional 15 KW 300+15 per kw $7.50 State Law Caps at $15.00 FBHR is $16 (8+8=16)
Commercial Ground Mounted Solar Less than 50 KW Plan Review 500 $407.00 State Law Caps at $1,000 up to 50kw (407+963=$1370)
Commercial Ground Mounted Solar 51-250 KW Plan Review each KW
500+$7/kw $3.50 State Law Caps each KW from 51-
250 to $7.00 Actual Fee $16
Commercial Ground Mounted Solar 251+ KW Plan Review each KW 1200 $2.50 State Law Caps each KW over 250 to $5.00 Actual Fee $16
Commercial Ground Mounted Solar Less than 50 KW Permit 500 $963.00 State Law Caps at $1,000 up to 50kw (407+963=$1370)
Commercial Ground Mounted Solar 51-250 KW Permit each KW 500+$7/kw $3.50 State Law Caps each KW from 51- 250 to $7.00 Actual Fee $16
Commercial Ground Mounted Solar 251+ KW Permit each KW 1200+$5/kw $2.50 State Law Caps each KW over 250 to $5.00 Actual Fee $16
Battery Storage
1st Battery Plan Review $175.00 $95.00
Each Additional Battery $0.00 $ 32.00 1st Battery Permit $272.44 $357.00
Each Additional Battery $0.00 $44.00
Battery Storage with Solar Installation Plan Review None, only pay solar fee.
$126.00
Battery Storage with Solar Installation Permit None, only pay solar fee.
$44.00
Temporary Electrical Prior to FInal $692.00 $223.00
Temporary Power Poles $522.00 $223.00
Each Span Pole Included above $14.00
FIXTURE COUNTS To be used only when flat or
valuation fee is not applicable.
Receptacles, Switches, Fixtures and Outlets
Each receptacle, switch, fixture, or outlet, lights $3.10 $5.00 Residential Appliance-For fixed residential appliances or receptacle outlets for same, including wall-mounted electric ovens; counter- mounted cooking tops; electric ranges; self-contained room, console or through-wall air conditions; space heater; food waste grinders; dishwashers; washing machines; water heaters; clothes dryers; or other motor-operated appliances not exceeding 1 horsepower (HP) Fixed Fee $15.49 $7.00
Non-Residential Appliance-For nonresidential appliances and self- contained factory-wired, nonresidential appliances not exceeding 1 horsepower (HP), kilowatt (kW) or kilovolt-ampere (kVA) in rating, including medical and dental devices; food, beverage and ice cream cabinets; illuminated show cases; drinking fountains; vending machines; laundry machines; or other similar types of equipment.
Fixed Fee $15.49 $7.00
Power Apparatus
Power Apparatus: Up To 1 HP, kW, Or kVA $15.49 $7.00
Power Apparatus: 1- 10 HP, kW, Or kVA $42.35 $24.00
Power Apparatus: 11 - 50 HP, kW, Or kVA $56.81 $36.00
Power Apparatus: 50 - 100 HP, kW, Or kVA $101.22 $71.00 Power Apparatus: > 100 HP, kW, Or kVA $101.22 $107.00
Busway and Trolley
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Busway - Plug-In Typw - Each 100 LF $0.00 $7.00
Trolley - Each 100 LF $0.00 $7.00
Signs, Outline Lighting and Marquees
For signs, outline lighting systems or marquees supplied from one branch circuit
Valuation $36.00
For additional branch circuits within the same sign, outline lighting system or marquee
Valuation $7.00
Services (Service Change)
Service Entrance - 600V or 1000A Fixed Fee $138.41 $107.00 Temporary Power Service
Temporary Pedestal $42.35 $36.00
Temporary Distribution System $42.35 $12.00
Temporary Lighting $42.35 $12.00
Carnival or Circus
Generator $0.00 $24.00
Generator and Electrically Driven Ride $0.00 $24.00
Other Rides or Displays with Electrical Lighting $0.00 $7.00 System of Area and Booth Lighting $0.00 $7.00
Motors
Motor 1HP or Less Fixed Fee $15.49 $16.00
Motor 1HP < 10 HP Fixed Fee $42.35 $43.00
Motor 10HP <50 HP Fixed Fee $56.81 $58.00
Motor 50 HP <100 HP Fixed Fee $101.22 $102.00
Motor 100 HP and Up Fixed Fee $101.22 $102.00
PLUMBING
Plumbing Permit Processing Fee - Residential Fixed Fee $161.13 $63.00 Minimum Plumbing Permit Fee-Residential Fixed Fee $161.13 $156.00 Plumbing Permit Processing Fee - Commercial Fixed Fee $161.13 $84.00 Minimum Plumbing Permit Fee-Commercial Fixed Fee $161.13 $156.00 Processing fee simaltaneously with other MEP permit Fixed Fee $161.13 $21.00 Plumbing Only Plan Review Fee Valuation 10% of Plumbing Permit Fee
PLUMBING FIXED FEES
Gas Line Fixed Fee $42.35 $271.00
Gas Re-Piping Valuation $208.00
Septic System - New or Replacement Valuation $617.00
Sewer Hook-up Valuation $331.00
Sewer Connection Application $25.00 $25.00
Sewer Repair $197.00 $208.00
Temporary Gas Prior to Final $216.00 $223.00
Tub to Walk-in Shower $496.00 $420.00
Water Heater Fixed Fee $129.11 $89.00
Water Re-Piping Valuation $208.00
Water Heater - Tankless Valuation $241.00
FIXTURE COUNTS To be used only when flat or
valuation fee is not applicable.
Cesspool
For each private sewage disposal system, ex: septic tank Valuation $71.00 For each industrial waste pretreatment interceptor, including its trap and vent, excepting kitchen-type grease interceptors functioning as fixture traps $141.50 $36.00
Fixtures and Vents
For each plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures on one trap (including water, drainage piping and backflow protection thereof) $18.57 $12.00
For repair or alteration of drainage or vent piping $18.57 $5.00 Each Drain Piping, Drinking fountain, urinal, water piping, floor drain, washer (auto), laundry tray, kitchen sink, water closet, lavatory, shower, bath tub. $18.59 $20.00
Gas Piping System
1-4 outlets - Per Outlet $42.35 $5.00
5 or More Outlets - Per Outlet $42.35 $3.00
House Sewer Fixed Fee $42.35 $45.00
Lawn Sprinkler, Vacuum Breaker, Backflow Pretection Devices Lawn Sprinkler System on any one meter, including backflow protect
Valuation $17.00
Each Backflow Protection Device 2 inches or smaller Valuation $17.00 Each Backflow Protection Device over 2 inches Valuation $36.00 Miscellaneous $26.86 $17.00
Lateral Connection Fixed Fee $141.51 $143.00
Leach System Fixed Fee $59.91 $65.00
Sewers, Disposal Systems and Interceptors
For each residential building sewer and each trailer park sewer Valuation $36.00 Rainwater systems - per drain (inside building)Valuation $12.00 Sewage Disposal Fixed Fee $101.22 $103.00
Water Piping and Water Heater
For installation, alteration, or repair of water piping or water-treating equipment, or both
$18.59 $5.00
For each water heater including vent $18.59 $17.00
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MECHANICAL
Mechanical Permit Processing Fee - Residential Fixed Fee $161.13 $63.00 Minimum Mechanical Permit Fee-Residential Fixed Fee $161.13 $156.00 Mechanical Permit Processing Fee - Commercial Fixed Fee $161.13 $84.00 Minimum Mechanical Permit Fee-Commercial Fixed Fee $161.13 $156.00 Processing fee simaltaneously with other MEP permit Fixed Fee $161.13 $21.00 Mechanical Only Plan Review Fee Valuation 10% of Mechanical Permit Fee
MECHANICAL FIXED FEES
Furnace - Floor Fixed Fee $42.35 $89.00
Furnace - Wall Fixed Fee $42.35 $268.00
Fireplace Fixed Fee $28.92 $104.00
HVAC Change-Out - Commercial - First Unit $154.94 $223.00 HVAC Change-Out - Commercial - Each Additional Unit $0.00 $45.00 HVAC Change-Out - Residential $154.94 $134.00
Incinerator - Domestic Valuation $134.00
Incinerator - Commercial/Industrial Valuation $325.00
Vent System- Hood Each $42.35 $12.00
FIXTURE COUNTS To be used only when flat or
valuation fee is not applicable.
Air Handling Unit
Up to 10,000 CFM Fixed Fee $28.92 $12.00
Over 10,000 CFM Fixed Fee $28.92 $24.00
Appliance Vent Fixed Fee $28.92 $7.00
For the installation, relocation or replacement of each appliance vent installed and not included in an appliance permit.
Boiler, Compressor, Absorption System
Up to 3 HP/100,000 btu/h $0.00 $17.00
Over 3 HP/ 100,000 btu/h $0.00 $29.00
Ductwork Fixed Fee $42.35 $43.00
Evaporative Cooler $0.00 $12.00
Forced Heating System Fixed Fee $42.35 $43.00
Furnace
Up to 100,000 btu/h $42.35 $17.00
Over 100,000 btu/h $42.35 $24.00
For the installation or relocation of each floor furnace, including vent.$42.35 $17.00 For the installation or relocation of each suspended heater, recessed wall heater or floor-mounted unit heater.
$42.35 $17.00
Misc. Equipment Fixed Fee $28.92 $12.00
Repairs or Additions
For the repair of, alteration of, or addition to each heating appliance, refrigeration unit, cooling unit, absorption unit, or each heating, cooling, absorption or evaporative cooling system, including installation of controls regulated by the Mechanical Code.
Valuation $17.00
Ventilation and Exhaust
For each ventilation fan connected to a single duct Each $15.49 $7.00 For each ventilation system which is not a portion of any heating or air- conditioning system authorized by a permit
Each $15.49 $12.00
For the installation of each hood which is served by mechanical exhaust, including the ducts for such hood.
$15.49 $12.00
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Appendix D - Fire Prevention Fee Detail234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R SACTIVITY SERVICE COST ANALYSISCITY OF BEAUMONTFIRECost Estimation for Providing Fee Related Activities and ServicesDescriptionEstimated Average Processing & Plan Check Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Inspection Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Total Time Per Activity (hours)Fully Burdened Hourly RateCost of Service Per ActivityFull CostFire Plan Check FeeFull CostFire Inspection FeeCurrent Fee* Proposed Fee Structure[4]NEW CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, AND MAJOR REMODELSResidential and Multifamily Residential Uses - (All newly constructed or added space for residential occupancies classified as CBC Group R (except R-3), or other residential occupancies not specifically addressed elsewhere in this Fee Schedule)Square Footage:0 - 2,000 sq. ft.[5]1.00 + 1.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$149.97$149.972,001 - 5,000 sq. ft.[5]1.25 + 1.25 = 2.50x$149.97 = $374.94$188.00$187.005,001 - 10,000 sq. ft.[5]1.50 + 1.50 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$224.96$224.9610,001 - 25,000 sq. ft.[5]2.00 + 2.00 = 4.00x$149.97 = $599.90$299.95$299.9525,001 - 50,000 sq. ft.[5]2.50 + 2.50 = 5.00x$149.97 = $749.87$374.94$374.9450,001 or > to be charged by a sq. ft. multiplier[5]3.00 + 3.00 = 6.00x$149.97 = $899.84$449.92$449.92Hazardous Use - (All newly constructed or added space for hazardous use occupancies classified as CBC Group H. Square Footage:0 - 2,000 sq. ft.[5]1.25 + 1.25 = 2.50x$149.97 = $374.94$188.00$187.472,001 - 5,000 sq. ft.[5]2.00 + 2.00 = 4.00x$149.97 = $599.90$299.95$299.955,001 - 10,000 sq. ft.[5]2.75 + 2.75 = 5.50x$149.97 = $824.86$413.00$412.4310,001 - 25,000 sq. ft.[5]3.50 + 3.50 = 7.00x$149.97 = $1,049.82$524.91$524.9125,001 - 50,000 sq. ft.[5]4.25 + 4.25 = 8.50x$149.97 = $1,274.78$638.00$637.3950,001 or > to be charged by a sq. ft. multiplier[5]5.00 + 5.00 = 10.00x$149.97 = $1,499.74$749.87$749.87Shell Buildings for all Commercial Uses - (The enclosure for all newly constructed or added space for non-residential occupancies classified as CBC Group A, B, E, F, I, M, S, or other commercial occupancies not specifically addressed elsewhere in this Fee Schedule where the interior is not completed or occupiable)Square Footage:0 - 2,000 sq. ft.[5]1.00 + 1.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$149.97$149.972,001 - 5,000 sq. ft.[5]1.25 + 1.25 = 2.50x$149.97 = $374.94$188.00$187.475,001 - 10,000 sq. ft.[5]1.50 + 1.50 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$224.96$224.9610,001 - 25,000 sq. ft.[5]2.00 + 2.00 = 4.00x$149.97 = $599.90$299.95$299.9525,001 - 50,000 sq. ft.[5]2.50 + 2.50 = 5.00x$149.97 = $749.87$374.94$374.9450,001 or > to be charged by a sq. ft. multiplier[5]3.00 + 3.00 = 6.00x$149.97 = $899.84$449.92$449.92Tenant Improvement - (Remodeled space for non-residential occupancies classified as CBC Group A, B, E, F, I, M, R, S, or other commercial occupancies not specifically addressed elsewhere.)Square Footage:[5]0 - 2,000 sq. ft.[5]1.00 + 1.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$149.97$149.972,001 - 5,000 sq. ft.[5]1.25 + 1.25 = 2.50x$149.97 = $374.94$188.00$187.475,001 - 10,000 sq. ft.[5]1.50 + 1.50 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$224.96$224.9610,001 - 25,000 sq. ft.[5]2.00 + 2.00 = 4.00x$149.97 = $599.90$299.95$299.9525,001 - 50,000 sq. ft.[5]2.50 + 2.50 = 5.00x$149.97 = $749.87$374.94$374.9450,001 or > to be charged by a sq. ft. multiplier[5]3.00 + 3.00 = 6.00x$149.97 = $899.84$449.92$449.92420 549Item 7.
Appendix D - Fire Prevention Fee Detail234A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R SACTIVITY SERVICE COST ANALYSISCITY OF BEAUMONTFIRECost Estimation for Providing Fee Related Activities and ServicesDescriptionEstimated Average Processing & Plan Check Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Inspection Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Total Time Per Activity (hours)Fully Burdened Hourly RateCost of Service Per ActivityFull CostFire Plan Check FeeFull CostFire Inspection FeeCurrent Fee3940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747576777879Tenant Improvement - Hazardous Use (Remodeled space for non-residential occupancies classified as CBC Group H.Square Footage:0 - 2,000 sq. ft.[5]1.00 + 1.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$149.97$149.972,001 - 5,000 sq. ft.[5]1.50 + 1.50 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$224.96$224.965,001 - 10,000 sq. ft.[5]2.25 + 2.25 = 4.50x$149.97 = $674.88$338.00$337.4410,001 - 25,000 sq. ft.[5]3.00 + 3.00 = 6.00x$149.97 = $899.84$449.92$449.9225,001 - 50,000 sq. ft.[5]3.75 + 3.75 = 7.50x$149.97 = $1,124.81$563.00$562.4050,001 or > to be charged by a sq. ft. multiplier[5]4.50 + 4.50 = 9.00x$149.97 = $1,349.77$674.88$674.88$0.00$0.00Fuel Modification Plan2.00 + 1.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$299.95$149.97Alternate methods and materials (4 hrs. min.)4.00 + 0.00=4.00x$149.97 = $599.90$599.90$0.003rd review and subsequent submittals (per hour)1.00 + 0.00=1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$149.97$0.00Work without Permit1.00 + 1.00=2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$149.97$149.97Misc./Over the Counter/ Revisions1.00 + 0.00=1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$149.97$0.00Construction Reinspection Fee0.00 + 1.00=1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97TOTAL: NEW CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, AND MAJOR REMODELSFire SprinklersNew 13, 13R Fire Sprinkler System (base fee)[5,9]3.50 + = 3.50x$149.97 = $524.91$524.91$0.00$518.52New 13, 13R Fire Sprinkler System (per sprinkler head)[5] + 0.05 = 0.05x$149.97 = $7.50$0.00$7.50$326.40New 13D Fire Sprinkler System (base fee)[5,9]1.50 + = 1.50x$149.97 = $224.96$224.96$0.00New 13D Fire Sprinkler System (per sprinkler head) (each separate plan type)[5] + 0.05 = 0.05x$149.97 = $7.50$0.00$7.50TI 13, 13R Fire Sprinkler System (base fee)[5,9]2.50 + = 2.50x$149.97 = $374.94$374.94$0.00TI 13, 13R Fire Sprinkler System (per sprinkler head)[5] + 0.05 = 0.05x$149.97 = $7.50$0.00$7.50TI 13D Fire Sprinkler System (base fee)[5,9]1.25 + = 1.25x$149.97 = $187.47$187.47$0.00TI 13D Fire Sprinkler System (per sprinkler head)[5] + 0.05 = 0.05x$149.97 = $7.50$0.00$7.50$0.00$0.00Alarms$0.00$0.00New Fire Alarm System (base fee)[5,9]3.50 + = 3.50x$149.97 = $524.91$524.91$0.00New Fire Alarm System (per initiating or notification device)[5] + 0.05 = 0.05x$149.97 = $7.50$0.00$7.50TI Fire Alarm System (base fee)[5,9]2.50 + = 2.50x$149.97 = $374.94$374.94$0.00TI Fire Alarm System (per initiating or notification device)[5] + 0.05 = 0.05x$149.97 = $7.50$0.00$7.50Monitoring Only1.00 + 1.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$149.97$149.97Water Systems$0.00$0.00Underground (per connection)[5,6,8]1.50 + 2.00 = 3.50x$149.97 = $524.91$224.96$299.95Fire Pump[5]3.00 + 2.50 = 5.50x$149.97 = $824.86$449.92$374.94Aboveground Temporary Tank1.501.50 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$224.96$224.96Emergency Underground Repair1.503.00 = 4.50x$149.97 = $674.88$224.96$449.92Standpipes/Hose valves1.502.00 = 3.50x$149.97 = $524.91$224.96$299.95421 550Item 7.
Appendix D - Fire Prevention Fee Detail234A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R SACTIVITY SERVICE COST ANALYSISCITY OF BEAUMONTFIRECost Estimation for Providing Fee Related Activities and ServicesDescriptionEstimated Average Processing & Plan Check Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Inspection Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Total Time Per Activity (hours)Fully Burdened Hourly RateCost of Service Per ActivityFull CostFire Plan Check FeeFull CostFire Inspection FeeCurrent Fee8081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122Other SystemsSpecial Extinguishing System (e.g. FM-200, Halon, Dry Chem, Spray mist, inert gases)[5]2.75 + 1.50 = 4.25x$149.97 = $637.39$412.43 $224.96Hood and Duct Extinguishing System [5]1.50 + 1.50 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$224.96$224.96Special Equipment (Oven, Dust, and Battery, etc.)[5]2.00 + 2.00 = 4.00x$149.97 = $599.90$299.95$299.95Solar Photovoltaic Systems (Residential)[5,12]1.00 + 0.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$149.97$0.00Solar Photovoltaic Systems (Commercial)[5,12]2.00 + 1.00 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$299.95$149.97Refrigeration System 100,000 sq. ft. [5,9]8.00 + 8.00 = 16.00x$149.97 = $2,399.58$1,199.79$1,199.79Access and Water SupplyAccess and Water Supply only[5]1.00 + 2.00 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$149.97$299.95TanksUnderground Storage Tanks (per tank) 2.250.75 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$338.00$112.48Aboveground Storage Tanks (per tank) 2.250.75 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$338.00$112.48Alterations to gas stations (no tank alterations)1.501.00 = 2.50x$149.97 = $374.94$224.96$149.97Smoke ControlSmoke Control - Rationale Analysis and Plan Review 7.00 + 6.00 = 13.00x$149.97 = $1,949.66$1,049.82$899.84$0.00$0.00ANNUAL FIRE CODE PERMITS (CFC OPERATIONAL PERMITS)Aerosol Products Level 2 & 30.00 + 0.50 = 0.50x$149.97 = $74.99$0.00$74.99Open Flame and/ or Candles in Assembly Occupancies0.00 + 0.50 = 0.50x$149.97 = $74.99$0.00$74.99Carnivals and Fairs0.00 + 3.00 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$0.00$449.92Cellulose Nitrate0.00 + 0.50 = 0.50x$149.97 = $74.99$0.00$74.99Combustible Fibers0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97422 551Item 7.
Appendix D - Fire Prevention Fee Detail234A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R SACTIVITY SERVICE COST ANALYSISCITY OF BEAUMONTFIRECost Estimation for Providing Fee Related Activities and ServicesDescriptionEstimated Average Processing & Plan Check Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Inspection Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Total Time Per Activity (hours)Fully Burdened Hourly RateCost of Service Per ActivityFull CostFire Plan Check FeeFull CostFire Inspection FeeCurrent Fee123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165Combustible Materials0.00 + 0.50 = 0.50x$149.97 = $74.99$0.00$74.99Compressed Gases0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Cryogenic Fluids0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97 Dispensing of Flammable/Combustible liquids into a vehicle0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Dry Cleaning Plants 1-2 units0.00 + 0.50 = 0.50x$149.97 = $74.99$0.00$74.99> 2 units0.00 + 1.50 = 1.50x$149.97 = $224.96$0.00$224.96Combustible Dust Producing & Operations0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Covered and Uncovered Mall Buildings0.00 + 1.50 = 1.50x$149.97 = $224.96$0.00$224.96Explosives0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Fire Standby (per hour)0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Storage of Fireworks0.00 + 2.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$0.00$299.95Fireworks Display0.00 + 6.00 = 6.00x$149.97 = $899.84$0.00$899.84Flammable/Combustible Liquids Inside ≥60 Gal.0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Flammable/Combustible Liquids Inside 100,000 sq. ft. 0.00 + 4.00 = 4.00x$149.97 = $599.90$0.00$599.90Hydrant/Control Valve Flow Test0.00 + 1.50 = 1.50x$149.97 = $224.96$0.00$224.96Industrial Ovens/Drying0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Liquefied Petroleum Gases0.00 + 0.50 = 0.50x$149.97 = $74.99$0.00$74.99Liquid or Gas Filled Vehicles in Assemblies0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Miscellaneous Combustible Storage0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Motor Vehicle Repair0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Outside Storage of Tires0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Places of Assembly0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Pyrotechnical Special Effects0.00 + 4.00 = 4.00x$149.97 = $599.90$0.00$599.90 Spray Booths/ DippingOperations0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Special Event w/ tents and/or canopies >400 sq. ft. 0.00 + 1.50 = 1.50x$149.97 = $224.96$0.00$224.96Special Event without tents and/or canopies0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Welding and Cutting0.00 + 0.50 = 0.50x$149.97 = $74.99$0.00$74.99Special Amusement Buildings0.00 + 1.50 = 1.50x$149.97 = $224.96$0.00$224.96Hazardous Production Materials0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Lumber yards and woodworking plants0.00 + 2.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$0.00$299.95Magnesium0.00 + 0.50 = 0.50x$149.97 = $74.99$0.00$74.99Refrigeration Equipment <500 lbs.0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97≥500 lbs.0.00 + 2.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$0.00$299.95423 552Item 7.
Appendix D - Fire Prevention Fee Detail234A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R SACTIVITY SERVICE COST ANALYSISCITY OF BEAUMONTFIRECost Estimation for Providing Fee Related Activities and ServicesDescriptionEstimated Average Processing & Plan Check Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Inspection Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Total Time Per Activity (hours)Fully Burdened Hourly RateCost of Service Per ActivityFull CostFire Plan Check FeeFull CostFire Inspection FeeCurrent Fee166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY INSPECTIONSA-1 occupancies: Assembly uses, usually with fixed seating, intended for the production and viewing of performing arts or motion pictures 350,000 sq. ft.0.00 + 6.00 = 6.00x$149.97 = $899.84$0.00$899.84H Occupancy0.00 + 3.00 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$0.00$449.92High-Rise 75' or more0.00 + 6.00 = 6.00x$149.97 = $899.84$0.00$899.84R-1 Occupancy (i.e. hotels, motels) 100 units0.00 + 6.00 = 6.00x$149.97 = $899.84$0.00$899.84R-2 Occupancy (i.e. Res Permanent 3+) per unit0.00 + 0.25 = 0.25x$149.97 = $37.49$0.00$37.49Care Facility Residential State Licensed - 6 or less Pre-inspection fee0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Care Facility Commercial 0-50 State Licensed0.00 + 2.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$0.00$299.95424 553Item 7.
Appendix D - Fire Prevention Fee Detail234A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R SACTIVITY SERVICE COST ANALYSISCITY OF BEAUMONTFIRECost Estimation for Providing Fee Related Activities and ServicesDescriptionEstimated Average Processing & Plan Check Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Inspection Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Total Time Per Activity (hours)Fully Burdened Hourly RateCost of Service Per ActivityFull CostFire Plan Check FeeFull CostFire Inspection FeeCurrent Fee195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229Care Facility Commercial 51-99 State Licensed0.00 + 2.50 = 2.50x$149.97 = $374.94$0.00$374.94Care Facility Commercial 100-150 State Licensed0.00 + 3.00 = 3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$0.00$449.92Care Facility Commercial ≥ 151 State Licensed0.00 + 4.00 = 4.00x$149.97 = $599.90$0.00$599.90Day Care Facilities Residential 8-14 fire clearance0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Day Care Facilities Commercial 0-500.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Day Care Facilities Commercial 51-1000.00 + 1.50 = 1.50x$149.97 = $224.96$0.00$224.96Day Care Facilities Commercial 101-1500.002.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$0.00$299.95Day Care Facilities Commercial >1500.002.50 = 2.50x$149.97 = $374.94$0.00$374.942nd Re-Inspection (after initial and first re-inspection)0.001.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.972nd Re-Inspection Penalty (Penalty of $150 + reinspection fee $150 = $300)[3]$0.00$300.003rd + Re-inspection Penalty (Penalty of $250 + reinspection fee $150 = $400)[3]$0.00$400.00VegetationHazard Reduction Inspection, per inspection[2]0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Hazard Reduction Abatement Administrative Fee0.00 + 2.00 = 2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$0.00$299.95Hazard Reduction Abatement Cost Recovery0.00 + 0.25=0.25x$149.97 = $37.49$0.00$37.49Hourly RatesInspection/Reinspection0.00 + 1.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$0.00$149.97Plan Review1.00 + 0.00 = 1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$149.97$0.00Engine Company (3 person crew)3.00 + 1.00 = 4.00x = $0.00$0.00$0.00Truck Company (4 person crew)4.00 + 1.00 = 5.00x = $0.00$0.00$0.00Consultant Fire Plan Review$0.00actual consultant cost + 20% admin feeFor services requested of City staff which have no fee listed in this fee schedule, the City Manager or the City Manager's designee shall determine the appropriate fee based on the established hourly rates for this division. Additionally, the City will pass-through to the applicant any direct costs incurred from the use of external service providers if required to process the specific application plus Citywide Overhead % of the total cost for administrative staff time.SUPPORT TO PLANNINGAnnexation Process and Environmental Review, Deposit[5]1.00 + 0.00=1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$149.97$0.00Conditional Use Permit[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Conditional Use Permit: Admin & Existing Structure[5]2.00 + 0.00=2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$299.95$0.00Conditional Use Permit: Amended CUP/Substantial Conformance[5]1.00 + 0.00=1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$149.97$0.00Custom Home Review[5]2.00 + 0.00=2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$299.95$0.00Development Agreement, Deposit[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Development Agreement Amendment, Deposit[5]2.00 + 0.00=2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$299.95$0.00Environmental Review[5]EIR Report Preparation, Deposit[5]0.00 + 0.00=0.00x$149.97 = $0.00$0.00$0.00425 554Item 7.
Appendix D - Fire Prevention Fee Detail234A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R SACTIVITY SERVICE COST ANALYSISCITY OF BEAUMONTFIRECost Estimation for Providing Fee Related Activities and ServicesDescriptionEstimated Average Processing & Plan Check Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Inspection Time Per Activity (hours)Estimated Average Total Time Per Activity (hours)Fully Burdened Hourly RateCost of Service Per ActivityFull CostFire Plan Check FeeFull CostFire Inspection FeeCurrent Fee230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265Extension of Time[5]0.00 + 0.00=0.00x$149.97 = $0.00$0.00$0.00General Plan Amendment, Deposit[5]1.00 + 0.00=1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$149.97$0.00Home Occupation Permit[5]0.00 + 0.00=0.00x$149.97 = $0.00$0.00$0.00Phasing Map[5]1.00 + 0.00=1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$149.97$0.00Plot Plan[5]With hearing[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Without hearing (notice)[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Without hearing (no notice)[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Amended plot plan/substantial conformance[5]1.00 + 0.00=1.00x$149.97 = $149.97$149.97$0.00Administrative (Includes second units)[5]0.00 + 0.00=0.00x$149.97 = $0.00$0.00$0.00Pre-application Review[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Specific Plan, Deposit[5]2.00 + 0.00=2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$299.95$0.00Specific Plan Amendment, Deposit[5]2.00 + 0.00=2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$299.95$0.00Subdivision Sales Office (Trailer) and Model Home Complexes-Temporary[5]0.00 + 0.00=0.00x$149.97 = $0.00$0.00$0.00Temporary Use Permits[5]Minor[5]2.00 + 0.00=2.00x$149.97 = $299.95$299.95$0.00Major[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Tentative Parcel Map[5]Residential[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Commercial[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Tentative Tract or Condo Map[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Tentative Tract or Parcel Map Revised[5]3.00 + 0.00=3.00x$149.97 = $449.92$449.92$0.00Notes[1]Fees driven by State statue[2]This fee will be assessed to all parcels defined as open space land and where legally permitted. Any fees associated with failure to comply and fire department ordered abated land will be pursued separately from this inspection fee. This fee will be collected as part of the annual property tax bill through the County of Riverside.[3]Placeholder for Master Fee Schedule (MFS); not included in cost analysis[4]All devlelopment related fees for plan review includes 2 Plan Checks[5]Source document from client "Copy of MV Fee Model 7 14 15 Fire COS Input.xlsx"[6]Current fee includes 4 connections; proposed fee is per connection[7]Fire does not review[8]Current fee is for up to 4 connections[9]Current fee has a range; used lowest end of range[10]Current fee is per system[11]Annual revenues are projected using the plan check volume data[12]CA Govt. Code SS 66015 limits Res. $500 maximum; Comm. $1,000 Maximum; Building Permit fees set at maximums426 555Item 7.
APPENDIX E – ANIMAL LICENSE FEE DETAIL
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Beaumont Current Fee Proposed Fee
1 Year License Altered $25.00 $25.00
2 Year License Altered $40.00 $40.00
3 Year License Altered $55.00 $55.00
1 Year Unaltered $100.00 $100.00
Late License Fee $25.00 $25.00
Replacement Tag $25.00 $25.00
Banning
1 Year License Altered $25.00 $25.00
2 Year License Altered $40.00 $40.00
3 Year License Altered $55.00 $55.00
1 Year Unaltered $100.00 $100.00
Late License Fee $25.00 $25.00
Replacement Tag $25.00 $25.00
Calimesa
1 Year License Altered $25.00 $25.00
2 Year License Altered $40.00 $40.00
3 Year License Altered $55.00 $55.00
1 Year Unaltered $100.00 $100.00
Late License Fee $25.00 $25.00
Replacement Tag $25.00 $25.00
Shelter Fees - Determined by Ramona Humane Society
ANIMAL CARE
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SERVICE
DIRECT
COSTS
CITY/DEPT
ADMIN
FACILITY
MAINT TOTAL REVENUES
Youth Sports $35,569 $47,662 $83,231
Recreation Classes $49,958 $74,929 $124,887
Senior Classes $40,826 $62,310 $103,136
Senior Programs $85,767 $125,699 $211,466
Facility Management $46,397 $65,445 $111,842
Facility Maintenance $181,980 $181,980
$258,517 $376,045 $181,980 $816,542 $18,750
Recreation Program Cost Recovery 7.3% 3.0% 2.3% 2.3%
RENTALS
DIRECT
COSTS
CITY/DEPT
ADMIN
FACILITY
MAINT TOTAL REVENUES
COST
RECOVERY
Facility Rentals $89,489 $131,691 $221,180 $128,520 58.1% Ballfield Rentals $48,788 $71,299 $497,282 $617,369 $2,500 0.4% $138,277 $202,990 $497,282 $838,549 $131,020 15.6%
DIRECT COSTS ARE DIRECT PART TIME AND FULL TIME SALARIES, BENEFITS, AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES CITY OF BEAUMONT
DETAIL OF RECREATION SERVICES
FISCAL YEAR 2022‐23
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Contact Information
Eric Johnson
President
Tel 714-992-9027
[email protected]
Chu Thai
Vice President
Tel 714-992-9024
[email protected]
Company Information
Revenue & Cost Specialists
1519 E Chapman Ave, Ste C
Fullerton, CA 92831
Tel (714) 992-9020
www.revenuecost.com
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Comprehensive User
Fee Study
City of Beaumont
September 20, 2022
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California’s premier experts in user fee, cost allocation and impact fee studies
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Knows what staff need and willing to provide it
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COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
User Fees
Identifiable user and
cost for service
Development &
construction fees
Finance/Utility
services
Recreation
Fines
Identifiable user and
fine/citation to change
behavior
Parking citation
Unpermitted
construction
Code violations
Rent/Use
Identifiable user and
rent/use fee set by
market
Facility rental
Park entry
Use of city property
3Impact Fees, In-Lieu Fees, Utility Rates, Grants, Taxes Cost Allocation Plan
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WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
City Budget
Business Orientation
(2) Identified Cost of Services to Customers
(3) Matched Revenues to Costs
Conditional Use Permit Building Permit Traffic Accident Report New Utility Account Driveway Permit/Inspection Final Map False Alarm Response Planning Department
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THOROUGH PROCESS
5 Legally
defensible
fees
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AEstablish Service &
Time Spent
Identify all fee services
Allocate staff times
Estimate number of units
Allocate 100% of City Services
METHODOLOGY
Conditional Use Permit
Home Occupation Permit
New Business Application
Wireless Telecom ADD
Payroll Processing
-Project Planner (20 hrs), CD Director (2 hrs)
-Project Planner (.5 hrs)
-Accounting Tech (.25 hrs)
-Contract Engineer (2.0 hrs)
-Accounting Specialist (6.0 hrs/PY Batch)
12/yr
4/yr
20/yr
1/yr
28/yr
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AEstablish Service &
Time Spent
-Identify all fee services
-Allocate staff times
-Estimate number of units
-Allocate 100% of City Services
METHODOLOGY
BCalculate Overhead,
Fully Allocated Hourly Rate &
Cost for Services
Allocate line item budget
Identify citywide and department
overheads (Cost Allocation Plan)
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AEstablish Service &
Time Spent
-Identify all fee services
-Allocate staff times
-Estimate number of units
-Allocate 100% of City Services
METHODOLOGY
BCalculate Overhead,
Fully Allocated Hourly Rate &
Cost for Services
-Allocate line item budget
-Identify citywide and
department overheads (Cost
Allocation Plan)
CD
Study Recommendation and Public
Coordinate updated fee adoption
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TAX vs FEE
Personal Choice
(Fee) Services
•Typically benefits community
as a whole
•100% supported by tax dollars
E.g. Public safety, street
maintenance, tree maintenance
and code enforcement
•The Customer is identifiable and the Service is measurable •Benefits an individual or group
•Subsidy levels may be based on social, safety or welfare reasons •E.g. Development Services & Recreation Services
Community Support
(Tax) Services
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TAXES/
GRANTS
COMMUNITY
SUPPORTED
SERVICES
Revenues
Costs
FEES
PERSONAL
CHOICE
SERVICES
ANNUAL SUBSIDY
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POSSIBLE COST RECOVERY
11 TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL POSSIBLE
FEE SERVICE PROFIT/NEW
SERVICE REVENUE COST (SUBSIDY)ACTUAL SUGGEST REVENUE
(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
[S-001 to S-106] COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT $3,804,984 $4,036,726 ($231,742)94.3%VAR. $255,550 [S-107 to S-153] PUBLIC SAFETY $376,296 $1,082,598 ($706,302)34.8%VAR. $234,850 [S-154 to S-156] LEISURE & CULTURAL $149,770 $1,655,091 ($1,505,321)9.0%VAR. $0 [S-157 to S-162] ENTERPRISE $0 $44,734 ($44,734)0.0%VAR. $44,700 [S-163 to S-171] ADMINISTRATIVE $85,789 $248,175 ($162,386)34.6%VAR. $167,200 $4,416,839 $7,067,324 ($2,650,485)62.5%$702,300
PCT. RECOVERY
FROM FEES
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THE REPORT
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#VALUE!
Planning MgrComm Dev DirAsst/Assoc PlannerPRIN ENG PW DIR PW CSC 0 0Conditional Use Permit DEPOSIT # per year -> FTE >1.00 1.00CaroleChristina
STEPS Planning Mgr Comm Dev Dir Asst/Assoc Planner PRIN ENG PW DIR PW CSC 1) APPLICATION SUBMITTAL / CREATE FILE
2) PROJECT REVIEW / INITIAL ENVIRON/ ROUTING
3) SITE INSPECTION
4) DRC MEETING/REVIEW
5) COMPLETENESS LETTER
6) PC STAFF REPORT/NOTICING
7) PLAN COMM. PREP/POWERPOINT
8) PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING
9) CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
10) CITY COUNCIL PREP
11) CITY COUNCIL HEARING
12) PROJECT WRAP-UP/APPROVAL LETTER
13)
14)
15)
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 Total Hours
CUP AMENDMENT # per year ->
Carole Christina 0 0 0 0 0 0
STEPS Planning Mgr Comm Dev Dir Asst/Assoc Planner PRIN ENG PW DIR PW CSC 0 0 1) APPLICATION SUBMITTAL / CREATE FILE 0.50 0.25
2) PROJECT REVIEW / INITIAL ENVIRON/ ROUTING 1.00 0.50 ENG, FIRE, PD, BLDG, CS, TRANSIT 3) SITE INSPECTION
4) DRC MEETING/REVIEW 1.00 0.50 1.00 0.50
5) COMPLETENESS LETTER 0.50
6) PC STAFF REPORT/NOTICING 2.50 0.25
7) PLAN COMM. PREP/POWERPOINT 0.50
8) PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING 0.50 0.50
9) CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
10) CITY COUNCIL PREP
11) CITY COUNCIL HEARING
12) PROJECT WRAP-UP/APPROVAL LETTER 0.50
13)
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APPENDIX C –BUILDING FEES
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APPENDIX D –FIRE FEES
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APPENDIX E –ANIMAL CONTROL FEES
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FINAL TAX SUBSIDY DECISION
The Project Goal is to identify the full costs
for the various services
RCS and City Staff have made fee
recommendations for every service
City Council decides which services should
be charged the full costs and which services
are subsidized with tax dollars
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Questions?
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President Vice-President
[email protected] [email protected]
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Staff Report
TO: City Council
FROM: Christina Taylor, Deputy City Manager
DATE September 20, 2022
SUBJECT: Public Hearing and Consideration of the Sixth Cycle Housing Element Update (2021-2029), an Addendum to the General Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR), a Focused Update to the Safety Element of the General Plan, Amendments to the Land Use Element of the General Plan as Required for Consistency with the Updated Housing Element, Zone Changes Required to Implement the Housing Element and Adoption of an Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance
Background and Analysis:
Under State law, all local governments in California are required to adequately plan to meet the housing needs of everyone in the community by adopting a Housing Element as part of their General Plan. State law also requires that local governments update their Housing Element every eight years to periodically address the changing housing needs of their communities, establish an action plan, and report on progress toward meeting their goals. Most local jurisdictions in the SCAG Region, including the City of Beaumont are currently updating their Housing Elements for the upcoming 2021-2029 planning period.
Staff along with Lisa Wise Consulting has prepared a draft Housing Element for public review and City Council approval. The Housing Element Update was presented at Planning Commission on August 23, 2022. Public comment was taken and discussion held. The Commission voted 4-0 to forward a recommendation of approval of the Housing Element and associated documents to the City Council.
Update Process: The preparation of a Housing Element is driven by specific statutory requirements under State law. Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 65580-65589.8, all local jurisdictions in California are required to update the Housing Element of their General Plans every eight years. An adopted Housing Element must then be submitted to HCD to certify that the document meets all requirements under state law.
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The City of Beaumont has made a draft Housing Element available for public r eview consistent with Assembly Bill (AB) 215 (2021), which requires local governments to make the first draft available for public comment for at least 30 days and take at least ten additional business days to consider and incorporate public comments into the draft revision before submitting to HCD. HCD has reviewed the draft and provided written findings. After receiving comments back from HCD, staff and the consulting team prepared a second draft for consideration by the Planning Commission and City Council.
Facilitating Public Participation: In preparing the 2021-2029 Housing Element, staff’s goal was to facilitate meaningful public participation from all segments of the community, particularly those with special housing needs. The current draft of the Housing Element has been informed by the public engagement process so far, as summarized below.
Staff conducted outreach in 2021 through a variety of methods to proactively engage key stakeholder and the community broadly in the Housing Element Update. The City held public outreach meetings, as well as hosted public Planning Commission and City Council meetings to solicit public feedback. Throughout the process, the City posted the presentation materials and supplemental information online on the project web page, directly contacted representatives from all economic segments of the community, and provided broad notifications through various communication outlets. A general public meeting was held on March 18, 2021, on July 20, 2021 at City Council, and on Augu st 10, 2021, at Planning Commission. Outreach summaries and materials are included in Appendix E of the Housing Element Update.
Draft Housing Element:
Under State law, a Housing Element must contain several mandatory components, as summarized below.
Review of Previous Housing Element
Review of the previous Housing Element provided an evaluation of the results of the goals, policies, and programs which were adopted in the last cycle. The evaluation compares projected outcomes with actual achieved results. Although the City did make progress toward meeting the required housing allocation during the 5 th Cycle, staff found there were several programs that were implemented, partially and there were also several programs which were not successful.
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Housing Needs Assessment
An analysis of the existing and projected housing needs of the community provided a profile of socio-demographic information, such as population characteristics, household information, housing stock, tenure, and housing affordability. The asses sment also considered local special housing needs, such as, seniors, farmworkers, homeless, large households, and female-headed households. This analysis guides the programs which are established to help facilitate housing development across all income and demographic categories.
The City’s 6th Cycle RHNA allocation is 4,210 residential units broken down into 4 different categories. This inventory identifies properties which can readily be used for housing development to meet this goal over the next 8 years.
The Housing Needs Assessment is included as Appendix A to the Housing Element Update.
Inventory of Adequate Sites
The inventory listing of adequate sites that are suitably zoned and available within the planning period to meet the City’s fair share of regional housing needs across all income levels is a critical component of the Housing Element. The City has excess capacity in moderate and above-moderate income categories. The City has a small shortfall (49 units) in the lower income categories, and has identified potential parcels for rezoning to address this shortfall (see Table B -9 for specific parcels and Section IV, 584
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Housing Plan, Program 1 for more details).
The complete Sites Inventory and Methodology is included as Appendix B to the Housing Element Update.
Housing Resources
This section identifies resources to support the development, preservation, and rehabilitation of housing throughout the City. Based on accessory dwelling unit (ADU) projections, entitled and proposed projects, and available 6th Cycle sites, the City has excess capacity in moderate and above-moderate income categories. The City has a small shortfall (49 units) in the lower income categories, and the City has identified potential parcels for rezoning to address this shortfall. These sites will be rezoned as part of the Housing Element Update approval process.
There are a number of resources (other than land) including regional, State and Federal financial assistance programs identified in the Housing Element.
Housing Constraints
The constraints section contains an assessment of impediments to housing production across all income levels covering both governmental (e.g., zoning, fees, etc.) and nongovernmental (e.g., market, environmental, etc.). As part of this update, programs have been established to reduce or eliminate constraints to housing production.
The Housing Constraints section is included as Appendix C to the Housing Element.
Housing Plan
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implementable actions to be taken during the planning period to achieve the goals, objectives, and policies. Quantified objectives for new construction, rehabilitation, and conserved units by income category (i.e., very low, low, moderate, and above moderate) are included to make sure that both the existing and the projected housing needs are met, consistent with the City’s share of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). There are 38 programs identified in the Housing Element which will be implemented over the course of the 8-year RHNA Cycle.
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)
Assembly Bill 686, signed in 2018, establishes a statewide framework to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) with the goal of achieving better economic and healt h outcomes for all Californians through equitable housing policies. AB 686 requires cities and counties to take deliberate actions to foster inclusive communities, advance fair and equal housing choice, and address racial and economic disparities through l ocal policies and programs. Housing elements are now required to address the following five components:
• Inclusive and Equitable Outreach: A summary of fair housing outreach and capacity that includes all economic segments of the community.
• Assessment of Fair Housing: An assessment of fair housing issues, including integration and segregation patterns, racially or ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, disparities in access to opportunity, and disproportionate housing needs for all identified populations.
• Analysis of Sites Inventory: An evaluation of whether the Housing Element’s sites inventory improves or exacerbates conditions for fair housing. • Identification of Contributing Factors: The identification and prioritization of contributing factors related to fair housing issue.
• Priorities, Goals, and Actions to AFFH: The identification of fair housing goals and actions that directly address the contributing factors outlined above. The housing element should include metrics and milestones for evaluating progress and fair housing results.
Staff and the consultant worked to ensure the Housing Element complies with all State and Federal laws. The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) section including assessments and actions is included as Appendix F to the Housing Element Update. 586
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Rezone Program
To accommodate the remaining lower-income RHNA of 49 units, the City has identified and is proposing a rezone a minimum of 2.5 acres of vacant land or land with redevelopment potential to a maximum density of 30 units per acre and a minimum density of at least 20 units per acre. The State requires the zone change to be completed by October 15, 2022. Rezoned sites will permit owner-occupied and rental multi-family uses by-right for developments in which 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower-income households pursuant to Government Code §65583.2(i).
Rezoned sites shall allow 100 percent residential use and shall require residential use to occupy at least 50 percent of the floor area in a mixed-use project. Each potential rezone site has the capacity to accommodate at least 16 units, already allows multi- family uses by right, and will be available for development in the planning period where water, sewer, and dry utilities can be provided.
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The General Plan Land Use Element Update section below describes the proposed changes in more detail.
General Plan Land Use Element Update
The Land Use Element is a guide for the City’s future development. It designates the distribution and general location of land uses, such as residential, retail, industrial, open space, recreation, and public uses. The Land Use Element also addresses the permitted density and intensity of the various land use designations as reflected on the City’s General Plan Land Use Map.
To accommodate the rezone program identified by the Housing Element update, the Land Use Element would be revised with the following amendments:
▪ The existing Downtown Mixed Use (DMU) designation in Table 3. 3 would be modified to identify that DMU properties located within the Higher Density Overlay are allowed a density of 20-30 du/acre.
▪ The existing Sixth Street Mixed Use (SSMU), Sixth Street Mixed Use Residential (SSMU-R), and Downtown Residential Multi Family (DMF) land use designations in the Extended Sixth Street section of Chapter 11 would be modified to identify SSMU, SSMU-R, and DMF properties within the Higher Density Overlay are allowed a density of 20-30 du/acre.
General Plan Safety Element Update
The Safety Element identifies forces of nature and events resulting from human action that have the potential to cause harm to life and property in the city. The goal of the Safety Element is to reduce the potential short and long-term risk of death, injuries, property damage, and economic and social dislocation resulting from fires, floods, droughts, earthquakes, landslides, climate change, and other hazards. Identifying the source of such threats allows decision-makers to take preemptory action to minimize the damage, particularly as it relates to new development.
The Safety Element also addresses crime prevention, police and fire protection, and emergency preparedness and response. Recent State legislation requires certain changes to a Safety Element when the municipality undergoes an update to the Housing Element. The Safety Element would be revised to be consistent with the State legislation through the following actions:
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▪ Identify and propose policies for residential developments in any hazard area identified in the safety element that do not have at least two emergency evacuation routes. ▪ Update information relating to flood and fire hazards and city assets at risk due to climate change vulnerability.
▪ Propose and strengthen policies related to risk reduction, emergency prepa redness and evacuation, and community and facility resilience infrastructure and strategies.
General Plan PEIR Addendum and CEQA Compliance
The City has prepared an analysis to the General Plan Program Environmental Impact Report to analyze the potential environmental impacts of the Housing Element Update and whether the environmental impacts of the Housing Element were adequately addressed in the Beaumont General Plan Update EIR (SCH# 2018031022) certified in November 2020. The evaluation indicated that t he Housing Element Update will not result in impacts beyond what was previously analyzed in the General Plan EIR or require mitigation measures not included previously because the project does not have new or substantially more severe significant environme ntal impacts. As permitted by State California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15164(e) and 15168(c), an addendum to the General Plan EIR was prepared.
Fiscal Impact:
The cost to prepare the Housing Element Update and associated documents was fully funded through SB2 and LEAP Grants through the State of California.
Recommended Action:
Hold a public hearing; and
Adopt an Addendum to the General Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR);
Adopt the updated Housing Element;
Waive the full reading and adopt by title only, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, California, Certifying an Addendum to the General Plan EIR and Adopting the 2021-2029 Housing Element of the General Plan;” Adopt the updated Safety Element;
Adopt the Land Use Element amendments;
Waive the full reading and adopt by title only, “A Resolution of the City Council of Beaumont, California, Adopting Amendments to the Safety Element and the 589
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Land Use Element of the General Plan as Part of the 2021-2029 Housing Element Update;”
Adopt the associated Zoning Code Amendments;
Waive the full reading and approve the first reading by title only, “An Ordinance of the City of Beaumont, California, Amending Chapter 17 ‘Zoning’ of the Beaumont Municipal Code for Implementation of the State Mandated Housing Element Update;”
Waive the full reading and approve the first reading by title only, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, California, Adding Chapter 17.15 ‘Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADUs)’ to the Beaumont Municipal Code;”
Adopt a General Plan Amendment to incorporate the updates to the Housing Element, Land Use Element, and Safety Element into the General Plan; Adopt the addition of zoning overlays to allow higher density residential for parcels: 419-160-017, 419-160-019, 419-160-020, 419-170-031, 419-170-034, 419-170-035, 419-222-020, 419-222-021, 419-170-016, 419-170-017, 419-170- 018, 419-170-022, 419-170-027, 419-160-005, 419-160-024, and 419-213-039, and establish minimum densities for parcels: 419 -222-022, 419-222-019, 419- 170-026, 418-123-007, 419-160-013.
Attachments:
A. Addendum to General Plan PEIR
B. Housing Element Update
C. Resolution Adopting the Housing Element Update and General Plan Update D. Safety Element Update
E. Land Use Element Update
F. Resolution Adopting the Safety Element Update and Land Use Element G. Summary of Zoning Overlays and Zoning Amendments
H. Ordinance Adopting Zoning Code Changes
I. Accessory Dwelling Unit Code Changes
J. Ordinance Adopting ADUs and JADUs
K. Proof of Publication
L. Housing Element Update Presentation
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City of Beaumont Housing Element and
Safety Element Updates
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation
prepared by
City of Beaumont
Community Development Department
550 East 6th Street
Beaumont, California 92223
Contact: Christina Taylor, Deputy City Manager
prepared with the assistance of
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
1980 Orange Tree Lane, Suite 105
Redlands, California 92374
July 2022
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City of Beaumont Housing Element and
Safety Element Updates
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation
prepared by
City of Beaumont
Community Development Department
550 East 6th Street
Beaumont, California 92223
Contact: Christina Taylor, Deputy City Manager
prepared with the assistance of
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
1980 Orange Tree Lane, Suite 105
Redlands, California 92374
July 2022
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This report prepared on 50% recycled paper with 50% post -consumer content.
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Table of Contents
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation i
Table of Contents
1 Introduction and Project Summary ............................................................................................... 1
1. Project Title......................................................................................................................... 1
2. Lead Agency Name and Address ......................................................................................... 1
3. Contact Person and Phone Number ................................................................................... 1
4. Project Location .................................................................................................................. 1
5. Project Sponsor’s Name and Address ................................................................................. 1
6. Project Description ............................................................................................................. 1
7. Discretionary Action ........................................................................................................... 3
8. Prior Environmental Document(s) ...................................................................................... 4
9. Location of Prior Environmental Document(s).................................................................... 4 2 Project Context ............................................................................................................................. 5 City of Beaumont General Plan ..................................................................................................... 5 Beaumont General Plan 2040 PEIR ............................................................................................... 5 Updates to the Housing Element .................................................................................................. 7 Amendments to the Land Use Element ...................................................................................... 21 Updates to the Safety Element ................................................................................................... 22 3 Overview of CEQA Guidelines §15164 ........................................................................................ 25 4 Environmental Effects and Determination .................................................................................. 27 Environmental Areas Determined to Have New or Substantially More Severe Sign ificant Effects Compared to Those Identified in the Previous EIR .......................................................... 27 Determination ............................................................................................................................ 27 5 Addendum Evaluation Methodology .......................................................................................... 29 General Plan Consistency............................................................................................................ 29 6 Addendum Evaluation ................................................................................................................ 33 1 Aesthetics ......................................................................................................................... 33 2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources .................................................................................. 37 3 Air Quality ......................................................................................................................... 41 4 Biological Resources ......................................................................................................... 43 5 Cultural Resources ............................................................................................................ 47 6 Energy ............................................................................................................................... 49 7 Geology and Soils .............................................................................................................. 51 8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions ............................................................................................... 55 9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials .................................................................................... 57 10 Hydrology and Water Quality ........................................................................................... 61 595
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11 Land Use and Planning ...................................................................................................... 65 12 Mineral Resources ............................................................................................................ 67 13 Noise ................................................................................................................................. 69 14 Population and Housing .................................................................................................... 71 15 Public Services .................................................................................................................. 73 16 Recreation ........................................................................................................................ 77 17 Transportation/Traffic ...................................................................................................... 79 18 Tribal Cultural Resources .................................................................................................. 81 19 Utilities and Service Systems ............................................................................................ 83 20 Wildfire ............................................................................................................................. 87 7 Summary of Findings .................................................................................................................. 91 8 References .................................................................................................................................. 93 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................ 93 List of Preparers .......................................................................................................................... 93 Tables
Table 1 Summary of Areas of Potential Impact under the Beaumont General Plan PEIR ................ 6 Table 2 2021-2029 Regional Housing Need Allocation .................................................................... 8 Table 3 Sites Available to be Rezoned to Lower-Income ............................................................... 10 Table 4 Housing Unit Yield per Site Category ................................................................................ 21 Table 5 Housing Element Update Rezone Sites: Land Use Changes and Development Assumptions................................................................................................................................. 23 Table 6 Existing and General Plan Buildout ................................................................................... 30 Figures
Figure 1 Regional Project Location, Planning Boundaries ............................................... 2 Figure 2 Housing Element Update Rezone Sites ........................................................... 24
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Introduction and Project Summary
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 1
1 Introduction and Project Summary
1. Project Title
City of Beaumont Housing Element and Safety Element Updates
2. Lead Agency Name and Address
City of Beaumont
Community Development Department
550 East 6th Street
Beaumont, California 92223
3. Contact Person and Phone Number
Christina Taylor, Deputy City Manager
(951) 572-3212
4. Project Location
The City of Beaumont (City) encompasses approximately 30 square miles and is located in the San Gorgonio Pass Region of western Riverside County, approximately 26 miles east of the City of Riverside. U.S. Interstate-10 (I-10) corridor runs east-west through the city. Surrounding locations include the City of Calimesa to the northwest, the unincorporated village of Cherry Valley to the north, and the City of Banning to the east. The Housing Element and Safety Element Updates planning boundaries coincide with the City’s limits, depicted in Figure 1.
5. Project Sponsor’s Name and Address
City of Beaumont
Community Development Department
550 East 6th Street
Beaumont, California 92223
6. Project Description
The project consists of a comprehensive update to the City of Beaumont Housing Element, a focused update to the Safety Element, and amendments to the Land Use Element as required for consistency with the updated Housing Element (herein referred to as “Housing Element and Safety Element Updates” or “project”). The City’s General Plan underwent extensive environmental review in the form of a Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR), which was certified in 2020. The PEIR for the Beaumont General Plan is a comprehensive document and includes discussion of alternatives and growth inducing impacts associated with urban development in the city at the time it was prepared.
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City of Beaumont Housing Element and Safety Element Updates
2 Figure 1 Regional Project Location, Planning Boundaries
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Introduction and Project Summary
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State law requires that housing elements be updated every eight years (California Government Code Sections 65580 to 65589.11). The Housing Element update identifies residential sites adequate to accommodate a variety of housing types for all income levels and needs of special population groups, defined under State law (California Government Code Section 65583). It analyzes governmental constraints to housing maintenance, improvement, and development; addresses conservation and improvement of the condition of existing affordable housing stock; and outlines policies that promote housing opportunities for all persons. The City of Beaumont Housing Element is being updated as part of the State’s 6th cycle of Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation. For Beaumont, the planning period runs from October 15, 2021, through October 15, 2029.
The project would bring the City’s Housing Element and Safety Element into compliance with State legislation passed since the publication of the previous (5th Cycle) Housing Element (approved in 2014). The Housing Element Update includes a housing sites inventory that demonstrates how the City plans to meet its 6th cycle RHNA allocation. The Land Use Element would be updated to reflect the rezone of specific sites included in the Housing Element sites inventory to accommodate residential use.
The Housing Element and Safety Element Updates will not, in and of itself, result in environmental impacts as it does not propose any specific development. Rather, it establishes objectives , policies, and zoning designations designed to guide future development as the City works to achieve State- mandated housing and safety goals. Future development will require project-specific developmental review as potential impacts are location-specific and cannot be assessed in a meaningful way until a project site and development proposal are identified. When a specific development proposal is considered for approval, that project would be subject to adopted policies/standards and it must incorporate applicable mitigation measures and alternatives developed in the City of Beaumont General Plan PEIR (in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c)(3)). If a sub sequent activity (in this case a specific development proposal) would have effects not identified in the City of Beaumont General Plan PEIR (the General Plan PEIR and this Addendum), the lead agency must prepare additional CEQA documentation.
This Addendum Evaluation, therefore, includes the analysis of the changes and potential impacts related to the adoption of the Housing Element update, Safety Element update, and Land Use Element amendments. No physical development is addressed or evaluated. This Addendum Evaluation is intended to demonstrate consistency of these updates and amendments with the existing City of Beaumont General Plan PEIR to satisfy the requirements of CEQA. In particular, and in line with Public Resources Code Section 21083.3, this Addendum Evaluation assesses whether the updated Housing Element, Land Use Element, and Safety Element, as policy and programs documents, includes impacts not addressed or analyzed as significant effects in the City of Beaumont General Plan PEIR.
7. Discretionary Action
Implementation of the project would require the following discretionary actions by the City of Beaumont Planning Commission/City Council:
▪ Approval of an Addendum to the General Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) ▪ Approval of the updated Housing Element
▪ Approval of the updated Safety Element
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▪ Approval of a General Plan Amendment to incorporate the updates to the Housing Element, Land Use Element, and Safety Element into the General Plan The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) reviews and determines whether the proposed Housing Element complies with State law. Aside from HCD, no other approvals by outside public agencies are required.
8. Prior Environmental Document(s)
City of Beaumont, Program Environmental Impact Report, Beaumont General Plan (General Plan PEIR). State Clearinghouse Number 2018031022 adopted October 2020.
9. Location of Prior Environmental Document(s)
City of Beaumont, Planning Department website:
https://www.beaumontca.gov/121/General-Plan
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The Housing Element, Land Use Element, and Safety Element are three of the eight General Plan elements the State mandates in Government Code Section 65302.
City of Beaumont General Plan
State law mandates that each city and county in California adopt "a comprehensive, long -term general plan,” the purpose of which is to plan for important community issues such as new growth, housing needs, and environmental protection . Furthermore, the General Plan is used to project future demand for services such as sewer, water, roadways, parks, and emergency services.
The Beaumont General Plan, adopted in December 2020, is a long-term document with text and diagrams that express the goals, objectives, and policies necessary to guide the community toward achieving its vision over a 20-year period (2020 to 2040). A General Plan reflects the priorities and values of the community.
City decision-makers (e.g., City Council and Planning Commission), rely on the General Plan as the basis for making decisions on matters such as land use, and the provision of public facilities (e.g., roads, parks, fire stations). It is also a policy document that guides decisions related to protecting, enhancing, and providing open space, habitat conservation, arts and recreation programming, and community character.
State law requires that every General Plan, at a minimum, address certain subject categories (called "elements"), which include land use, circulation, housing, conservation of natural resources, open space, noise, and safety. A General Plan may also address other subjects that are of importance to the community’s future, such as sustainability, community design, and public art. Beaumont’s General Plan includes the following elements:
▪ Vision + Guiding Principles
▪ Land Use + Community Design
▪ Mobility
▪ Economic Development + Fiscal
▪ Health + Environmental Justice
▪ Community Facilities + Infrastructure
▪ Conservation + Open Space
▪ Safety
▪ Noise
▪ Downtown Area Plan
Beaumont General Plan 2040 PEIR
The Beaumont General Plan 2040 PEIR (herein called the General Plan PEIR) addressed the potential environmental effects of the planned buildout of the City of Beaumont through the year 2040 and concluded that implementation of the General Plan would result levels of environmental impacts as 601
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Table 1 Summary of Areas of Potential Impact under the Beaumont General Plan PEIR Issue Area Level of Significance After Mitigation
Mitigation Proposed
in the General Plan PEIR
Aesthetics Less than Significant None
Agriculture and Forestry Resources Less than Significant AG-1 – AG-2 Air Quality Significant and Unavoidable AQ-1
Biological Resources Less than Significant BIO-1- BIO-3 Cultural Resources Less than Significant None
Energy Less than significant None
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Significant and Unavoidable GHG-1 Geology and Soils Less than Significant None
Hazards and Hazardous Materials Less than Significant None Tribal Cultural Resources Less than Significant None
Hydrology and Flood/Water Quality Less than Significant None Land Use and Planning Less than Significant None
Mineral Resources Less than Significant None
Noise Significant and Unavoidable No feasible mitigation at a programmatic level.
Population and Housing Less than Significant None
Public Services Less than Significant None
Recreation Less than Significant None
Utilities and Service Systems Less than significant None Transportation Significant and Unavoidable No feasible mitigation at a programmatic level.
Wildfire Less than significant None
City of Beaumont General Plan Assumptions
The General Plan has a year 2040 planning horizon, but it does not specify or anticipate exactly when buildout will occur, as long-range demographic and economic trends are difficult to predict.
The designation in the General Plan of a site for a certain use does not necessarily mean that the site will be developed or redeveloped with that use during the planning period, as most development depends on property owner initiative.
As detailed in General Plan PEIR in Table 5.13 -J, the General Plan would result in a potential buildout total of 31,022 residential units in the City limits.
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Updates to the Housing Element
The California Legislature has identified the attainment of a decent home an d suitable living environment for every resident as the State’s major housing goal. Recognizing the important role of local planning programs in pursuing this goal, the legislature mandated that all cities and counties prepare a housing element as part of their comprehensive general plans. Government Code Sections 65580 to 65589.11 set forth the specific components to be contained in a community’s housing element.
The Housing Element of the General Plan is designed to provide the city with a coordinated an d comprehensive strategy for promoting the production of safe, decent, and affordable housing within the community. A priority of both State and local governments, Government Code Section 65580 states that “the availability of housing is of vital statewide importance, and the early attainment of decent housing and a suitable living environment for every Californian family is a priority of the highest order.”
Pursuant to the State law, the Housing Element has two main purposes:
To provide an assessment of both current and future housing needs and constraints in meeting these needs
To provide a strategy that establishes housing goals, policies, and programs The Housing Element serves as an integrated part of the General Plan but is updated more frequently to ensure its relevancy and accuracy. The Housing Element identifies strategies and programs that focus on:
Conserving and improving existing affordable housing
Maximizing housing opportunities throughout the community Assisting in the provision of affordable housing
Removing governmental and other constraints to housing investment Promoting fair and equal housing opportunities
The residential character of Beaumont is largely determined by the variety, location, and maintenance of its housing. The Housing Element is an official response to the need to provide housing for all economic segments of the population, establishing goals, policies, and programs that will guide City decision making and set forth an action plan to implement these housing programs through an established planning period.
State law requires housing elements to be updated every eight years (California Government Code Section 65588). The Housing Element must identify residential sites adequate to accommodate a variety of housing types for all income levels and to meet the needs of special population groups as defined under State law (California Government Code Section 65583). The Housing Element analyzes market and governmental constraints to housing maintenance, improvement, and development; addresses conservation and improvement of the condition of existing affordable housing stock; and outlines policies that promote housing opportunities for all persons.
The City of Beaumont Housing Element is now being updated as part of the 6 th cycle RHNA allocation, which is for the planning period from October 15, 2021 through October 15, 2029. 603
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The RHNA reflects the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s determination of the projected housing needs in a region by household income level as a percent of the Area Median Income (AMI).1 The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) was tasked with allocating this regional housing need among the jurisdictions in the SCAG region, which includes Riverside County. Table 2 shows the breakdown of the RHNA for Beaumont during the 2021-2029 planning period.
Table 2 2021-2029 Regional Housing Need Allocation
Income Group
Beaumont
Unit Needs
Percent of
Total Units
Regional Unit Needs
(Riverside County)
Percent of
Regional Units
Very low ( 50% AMI) 1,229 29.2 41,995 25.1
Low (> 50-80% AMI) 721 17.1 26,473 15.8
Moderate (>80-120% AMI) 723 17.2 29,167 17.4
Above Moderate (>120% AMI) 1,537 36.5 69,716 41.7
Total 4,210 100.0 167,351 100.0
AMI = Area Median Income (established annually by the Department of Housing and Urban Development) Source: SCAG 2020a
The city had 52,686 households as of January 2021.2 As of 2020, 87.6 percent were single-family, including 86.2 percent single-family detached units and 1.4 percent single-family attached units; multi-family dwelling units comprised 9.3 percent of the city’s housing stock; and the remaining 3.1 percent were mobile homes (SCAG 2020b).
Changes in State Law
The following items represent substantive changes to State housing law since the City’s last Housing Element was adopted and certified in 2014. The Housing Element update has incorporated and addressed all pertinent housing law changes.
▪ Affordable Housing Streamlined Approval Process: Senate Bill 35 (2017) ▪ Additional Housing Element Sites Analysis Requirements: Assembly Bill 879 (2017) and Assembly Bill 1397 (2017)
▪ Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Assembly Bill 686 (2017) ▪ No-Net-Loss Zoning: Senate Bill 166 (2017)
▪ Safety Element to Address Adaptation and Resiliency: Senate Bill 1035 (2018) ▪ By Right Transitional and Permanent Supportive Housing: Assembly Bill 2162 (2018) and Assembly Bill 101 (2019)
1 The City has a RHNA allocation of 1,229 very low-income units (inclusive of extremely low-income units). Pursuant to State law (AB 2634), the City must project the number of extremely low-income housing needs based on Census income distribution or assume 50 percent of the very low-income units as extremely low. According to the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data developed by HUD, 29.2 percent of City households earned less than 50 percent of the AMI. Among these households, 50.0 percent earned incomes below 30 percent (extremely low). Therefore, the City’s RHNA allocation of 1,229 very low-income units may be split into 614 extremely low and 615 very low-income units. However, for purposes of identifying adequate sites for the RHNA allocation, State law does not mandate the separate accounting for the extremely low-income category. 2 California Department of Finance 2021: https://dof.ca.gov/Forecasting/Demographics/Estimates/E-5/ 604
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▪ Accessory Dwelling Units: Assembly Bill 2299 (2016), Senate Bill 1069 (2016), Assembly Bill 494 (2017), Senate Bill 229 (2017), Assembly Bill 68 (2019), Assembly Bill 881 (2019), Assembly 587 (2019), Senate Bill 13 (2019), and Assembly Bill 671 (2019) ▪ Density Bonus: Assembly Bill 1763 (2019)
▪ Housing Crisis Act of 2019: Senate Bill 330
▪ Surplus Land Act Amendments: Assembly Bill 1486 and AB 1255 (2019) ▪ Housing Impact Fee Data: Assembly Bill 1483 (2019)
▪ Emergency and Transitional Housing Act of 2019: Assembly Bill 139 (2019) ▪ Standardization of Sites Inventory Analysis and Reporting: Senate Bill 6 (2019) ▪ Evacuation Routes: Senate Bill 99 and AB 747 (2019)
2021 – 2029 Housing Element
The 2021 Housing Element has the following major components:
▪ An introduction to review the requirements of the Housing Element, public participation process, and data sources (Section I)
▪ A profile and analysis of the city’s demographics, housing characteristics, and existing and future housing needs (Section II and Appendix A)
▪ A review of resources available to facilitate and encourage the production and maintenance of housing, including land available for new construction, financial and administrative resources available for housing, and opportunities for energy conservation (Section III) ▪ A statement of the Housing Plan to address the city’s identified housing needs, including a formulation of housing goals, policies, and programs. In addition, this includes the city’s quantified objectives for the 2021-2029 planning period, by income group, based on growth estimates, past and anticipated development, and income data (Section IV) ▪ An analysis of constraints on housing production and maintenance, including market, governmental, and environmental limitations to meeting the city’s identified needs (Appendix C) ▪ A review of the city’s housing programs and evaluation of accomplishments under the 2013- 2021 Housing Element (Appendix D)
A series of appendices provide additional documentation:
▪ Appendix A: Housing Needs Assessment
▪ Appendix B: Sites Inventory and Methodology
▪ Appendix C: Housing Constraints
▪ Appendix D: Existing Programs Review
▪ Appendix E: Public Participation Summaries
▪ Appendix F: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
Goals, Policies, and Programs
The primary objective of the Housing Element is to encourage the production of new housing units to meet the RHNA and housing for special needs populations. This is done by adopting a series of goal and policies that support housing programs related to housing production, special needs housing, neighborhood quality and fair housing. The 2021 Housing Element Update goals, policies, 605
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Goal A Facilitate the Development of Housing to Accommodate the RHNA.
POLICIES
▪ Implement the Land Use and Community Design Element, Zoning Ordinance, and adopted Specific Plans to achieve adequate sites for all income groups. ▪ Provide adequate sites, zoned at appropriate densities and development standards, to facilitate residential development and affordability goals set forth in the 2021 -2029 RHNA. ▪ Maintain a vacant and underutilized residential site inventory, and assist residential develo pers in identifying land suitable for residential development. ▪ Promote housing options that allow residents to age in place such as multi -generational housing, multi-family housing, senior housing, and residential care.
PROGRAMS
Program 1 RHNA Housing Sites Implementation; Rezone Program To accommodate the remaining lower-income RHNA of 49 units, the City will identify and rezone a minimum of 2.5 acres of vacant land or land with redevelopment potential to a maximum density of 30 units per acre and a minimum density of at least 20 units per acre by October 15, 2022. Rezoned sites will permit owner-occupied and rental multi-family uses by-right for developments in which 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower-income households pursuant to Government Code §65583.2(i). Rezoned sites shall allow 100 percent residential use and shall require residential use to occupy at least 50 percent of the floor area in a mixed-use project. Each potential rezone site has the capacity to accommodate at least 16 units, already allows multi -family uses by right, and will be available for development in the planning period where water, sewer, and dry utilities can be provided.
Table 3 Sites Available to be Rezoned to Lower-Income
APN Zone Vacant/Existing Use Re-Used Site? Parcel Size (ac) Lower Income Units
Capacity Assumption1
419160017 SSMU Vacant YES 1.6 31
419160019 SSMU Vacant YES 0.5 10
419160020 SSMU Vacant YES 0.8 16
419170031 SSMU Vacant – 4.2 83
419170034 SSMU Vacant – 1.0 20
419170035 SSMU Vacant – 1.0 21
419222020 DMF Vacant YES 1.3 26
419222021 DMF Vacant YES 1.0 20
419170016 DMF Vacant YES
Site E (4.4 acres) 88
419170017 DMF Vacant YES
419170018 DMF Vacant YES
419170022 DMF Vacant YES
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APN Zone Vacant/Existing Use Re-Used Site? Parcel Size (ac) Lower Income Units
Capacity Assumption1
419170027 DMF Vacant YES 2.8 55
419160005 DMF Vacant YES
Site F (3.7 acres) 74
419160024 DMF Vacant YES
4192130392 SSMU-R Single-family house
(abandoned)
– 1.8 35
Total 24.1 479
1 A minimum of 20 units per acre assumed per Program 1. 2 Not included as a housing site in Appendix B, as it has a current entitlement for a church; however, the City is receiving developer interest for multi-family projects on this parcel.
Source: City of Beaumont, LWC
APN = Accessory Dwelling Unit
ac = acres
DMF = Downtown Residential Multifamily
SSMU-R = Sixth Street Mixed Use - Residential
Program 2 Housing Facilitation in the Urban Village
To facilitate the development of housing for lower- and moderate-income households in the Urban Village Zone, the City will offer the following incentives for the development of affordable housing, including but not limited to: priority processing of subdivision maps that include affordable housing units; expedited review for the subdivision of larger sites into buildable lots where the development application can be found consistent with the General Plan and Zoning Code; financial assistance (based on availability of federal, state, local foundations, and priva te housing funds); and modification of development requirements, such as reduced parking standards for seniors, assisted care, and special needs housing.
Program 3 No Net Loss Program
Pursuant to SB 166 (No Net Loss) passed in 2017, the City will develop a procedure to annually track:
▪ Unit count and income/affordability assumed on parcels included in the sites inventory. ▪ Actual number of units achieved and income/affordability when parcels are developed. ▪ Net change in capacity and summary of remaining capacity in meeting remaining RHNA.
The City will report on the number of extremely low, very low, low and moderate income units constructed annually. lf the inventory indicates a shortage of available sites, the City will rezone sufficient sites to accommodate the City's RHNA. Current unit count and income/affordability of available sites are identified in the inventory (see Appendix B).
Program 4 Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
The City will adopt an ADU ordinance consistent with the most current State laws to streamline the permitting and production of ADUs. The City will also prepare ADU standard plans to facilitate ADU permitting and encourage property owners to construct ADUs. The City will publicize and promote the availability of ADU standard plans and available funding for ADUs, such as the CalHFA ADU Grant Program that provides up to $25,000 to reimburse homeowners for predevelopment costs necessary to build and occupy an ADU. Promotional materials will be available in in English and Spanish. Also, the C ity will monitor ADU production and affordability and 607
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Program 5 Minimum Densities
The City will update the Zoning Code to establish minimum densities on hous ing sites identified in the sites inventory where minimum densities do not currently apply, ensuring sites are developed at densities to meet realistic unit estimates.
Goal B Promote Affordable Housing Development and Rental Opportunities to Meet the Needs of Lower- and Moderate-Income Households
POLICIES
▪ Continue to facilitate rental assistance to lower-income households through programs administered by the County of Riverside Housing Authority. ▪ Facilitate the construction of new housing affordable to lower-income households. ▪ Encourage the development of density bonus affordable housing units. ▪ Ensure the affordability of new affordable housing developments through long-term affordability covenants.
▪ Support programs that offer down payment assistance to first time homebuyers. ▪ Encourage programmatic support for extremely low-income households ▪ Cooperate with and seek the advice of developers, builders, financial institutions, community groups, nonprofit agencies, and interested community members on housing needs and the solutions to housing problems.
PROGRAMS
Program 6 Rental Assistance Program
The Housing Choice Voucher Program assists lower-income households in renting privately owned existing housing. The City will coordinate with the Housin g Authority by transmitting any relevant information on apartment complexes in Beaumont commenting on the Authority’s draft Action Plans. In 2020, the Housing Authority assisted 95 householders. The objective maintains this number of assisted households given the uncertainty of funding in the future for the Housing Choice Voucher Program. The City will also advertise availability of the Housing Choice Voucher Program on its website, newsletters, email blasts, social media, cable television channel as well a s handouts at City Hall and other public buildings and facilities.
Program 7 First Time Buyer Program
The First Time Homebuyer (FTHB) Program provides HOME funds for down-payment assistance to eligible lower income households. The Economic Development Agency of the County is responsible for implementation. In order to contribute to program implementation during the planning period, the City will continue to take the following actions:
▪ Advertise the program through the City’s communication outlets (e.g., newsletters, email blasts, social media, etc.)
▪ Provide handouts and brochures describing and advertising the FTHB Program at City Hall and other public buildings and facilities
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Because the FTHB Program may be utilized to purchase a home in Riverside County’s unincorporated area and 13 participating cities, only a few households can be assisted in any one city. The quantified objective is three lower income households, an estimate that is based on the number of households assisted in the prior planning period.
Program 8 Mortgage Credit Certificates Program
First time homebuyers in Beaumont can obtain financial assistance through the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) Program. The MCC offers qualified applicants the ability to take an annual tax credit against their federal income taxes of up to 15 percent of the annual interest paid on the applicant’s mortgage. Each year, the County of Riverside submits an application to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC) for tax exempt private activity bonds f or conversion to MCC’s. The City will continue to take the following actions:
▪ Advertise the program through the City’s communication outlets (e.g., newsletters, email blasts, social media, etc.)
▪ Provide handouts and brochures describing and advertising the MCC Program at City Hall and other public buildings and facilities
Because the MCC Program may be utilized in Riverside County’s unincorporated area and 13 participating cities, only a few households can be assisted in any one city. The quantified objecti ve is 12 lower income households, an estimate that is based on the number of households assisted in the prior planning period.
Program 9 Transitional and Supportive Housing
The City will amend the Zoning Code to include definitions for transitional and sup portive housing and allow transitional and supportive housing consistent with State law, including AB 2162 as appropriate.
Program 10 Emergency Shelters
The City will amend its Zoning Code to explicitly regulate emergency shelter parking requirements.
Specifically, said requirements will ensure that emergency shelters do not impose more parking than required for other residential or commercial uses within the same zone and that they require sufficient parking for emergency shelter staff (e.g., one parking s pace per employee and agency vehicle).
Program 11 Low Barrier Navigation Centers
AB 101 amended State law (Government Code Section 65660) so that Low Barrier Navigation Centers must be allowed by-right in all areas zoned for mixed-uses and nonresidential zones permitting multi-family uses. Low Barrier Navigation Centers are Housing First, low-barrier, service- enriched shelters focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals ex periencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing. The City will amend the Zoning Code to allow Low Barrier Navigation Centers by-right in these areas consistent with AB 101. 609
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AB 2345, which took effect on January 1, 2021, revised the State density bonus law (Government Code Section 65915-65918) to increase the maximum density bonus to up to 50 percent. Beaumont will update its Zoning Code to be consistent with State law to encourage the development of affordable and senior housing. In addition, in order to promote this program, the Planning Department will:
▪ Prepare a user-friendly brochure explaining density bonus provisions ▪ Hold at least two workshops for landowners and developers after the brochure is prepared The quantified objective is construction of 30 density bonus units during the planning period.
Program 13 Enhanced Density Bonus
The City will evaluate increasing density bonus provisions for projects tha t include affordable housing above that required by State law (e.g., above the 50 percent bonus pursuant to AB 2345).
Unless constrained by infrastructure or other limitations determined through the City’s evaluation, the City will proceed with adopting an enhanced density bonus program.
Program 14 Employee/Farmworker Housing
The City will amend the Zoning Code and to allow employee/farmworker housing consistent with Health and Safety Code §17021.5 and 17021.6.
Program 15 Housing for Extremely Low-Income Persons
The City will promote the development of housing for extremely low-income persons by offering incentives for developments that include units designated for ELI households, such as SROs, supportive and transitional housing, and deed restricted multi -family units, through priority processing, regulatory concession such as reduced parking standards, and financial assistance based on availability of funds through various sources (federal, state, local foundations, etc.). Also see Program 25 (Infrastructure Grants) and Program 16 (Affordable Housing Developer Outreach Program) below.
Program 16 Affordable Housing Developer Outreach Program The Planning Department will implement an Affordable Housing Developer Outreach Program to promote housing for lower- and moderate-income households.
The City will:
▪ Update the list of affordable housing developers to include any new regional developers ▪ Solicit developers’ input regarding the types of incentives and assistance that the City can offer to most effectively support and facilitate affordable housing in Beaumont. ▪ Annually conduct outreach by informing developers of City initiatives, local incentives, and site availability to encourage and facilitate affordable housing development. ▪ Assist with funding applications for developments with lower and moderate-income units (see Program 25 (Infrastructure Grants)).
The goal of this program is to encourage developers to address a variety of Beaumont’s housing needs.
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Program 17 Developmentally Disabled Outreach Progr am
The Inland Regional Center (IRC) provides housing support and services for persons with developmental disabilities in Beaumont. The City will take the following actions:
▪ Advertise the program through the City’s communication outlets (e.g., newsletters, email blasts, social media, etc.)
▪ Provide handouts and brochures describing and advertising the IRC at City Hall and other public buildings and facilities
▪ Provide information on services on the City’s website The goal of this program is to increase visibility and support to the existing services provided by the IRC.
Goal C Remove Governmental Constraints to the Maintenance, Improvement, and Development of Housing
POLICIES
▪ Affirmatively further housing goals through City codes, ordinances, and policies that enhance the housing quality of life experienced by residents.
▪ Permit developers of senior housing affordable housing to submit requests for reduced parking requirements based on parking demand studies.
▪ Defer development fees in order to facilitate and encourage the development of affordable housing.
▪ Continue the processing of new housing developments designed to address the needs of the entire range of income groups.
▪ Achieve coordination and uniformity in all regulations relating to housing to expedite the construction of homes for low and moderate-income households. ▪ Continue to expedite the processing and review time by the City to the maximum extent possible, while also providing special processing assistance for affordable housing projects.
PROGRAMS
Program 18 Mixed-Use Parking Incentives
The City will analyze parking requirements in mixed use zones (e.g., downtown, urban village, and transit-oriented development areas, etc.) to determine if reductions in required parking rates and/or strategies that allow for parking reductions should be considered and included in the Zoning Code. A Parking Management Master Plan (PMMP) is underway, which will include recommendations for parking strategies and required parking rates in downtown. The Zoning Code will be amended to reflect appropriate PMMP recommendations.
Program 19 Objective Design Standards
The City will adopt Objective Design Standards for residential and mixed -use projects. The purpose of these standards is to expedite the approval process for such projects and support the City in meeting its housing goals. The City will also update required findings for housing developments, including licensed and unlicensed group homes and community care facilities, to ensure findings as well as applicable standards are objective.
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Amend the Zoning Code to remove manufactured housing requirements that apply only to manufactured homes and not single-family homes unless allowed by State law.
Program 21 Permit Streamlining
Amend the Municipal Code to remove outdated permit streamlining provisions (i.e., Chapter 15.40) which could confuse development project proponents.
Program 22 Group or Community Care Facilities
Amend the Zoning Code to allow group or community care facilities f or seven or more persons to be permitted by-right in zones where multi-family is permitted by-right (i.e., RTN, RMF, UV, TOD, DMU, SSMU, SSMU-R, and DMF). Additionally, amend the Zoning Code to ensure these uses are allowed without any discretionary review (also see Program 19).
Program 23 SB 35 Processing
The City will develop an application form and checklist and written policy or project review and approval guidelines to specify the SB 35 (2017) streamlining approval process and standards for eligible projects as set forth under Government Code §65913.4 and consistent with HCD Updated Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process Guidelines.
Program 24 Water and Sewer Providers
In accordance with Government Code §65589.7, immediately following City Council adoption, the City will deliver to all public agencies or private entities that provide water or sewer services to properties within Beaumont a copy of the 2021-2029 Housing Element. The City will also adopt written policies and procedures that grant priority for sewer hookups to developments that include lower-income housing units.
Program 25 Infrastructure Grants
Infrastructure must be expanded to support housing development for moderate and lower -income households. The City will pursue grant funding for infrastructure that facilitates development of moderate and lower-income housing sites (e.g., Infill Infrastructure Grant, etc.).
Goal D Conserve and Improve the Condition of the Existing Affordable Housing Stock
POLICIES
▪ Continue to implement the Housing Code Enforcement Program. ▪ Continue to participate in the County Housing Improvement Program. ▪ Encourage the County to allocate more funding to home modifications.
PROGRAMS
Program 26 Housing Code Enforcement
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housing conditions. The City uses various methods for addressing substandard housing: comp laints; code enforcement; referral system; and mandated inspections (e.g., Fire Department). Upon notification of a potential code violation, or suspected substandard housing conditions, the Quality - of-Life Team (i.e., Planning, Building, Community Enhancement, Police, and Fire Department staff) completes a thorough investigation using the guidelines discussed above. Owners are required to correct the code violations. The Quality-of-Life Team informs owners of the available housing improvement programs. In addition, quantified objectives from this Program are integrated into the Housing Improvement Program (Program 27).
Program 27 Housing Improvement Program
This program involves the rehabilitation of housing with substandard conditions and is coordinated with the City’s community enhancement efforts (Program 26 (Housing Code Enforcement)). Grants and loans provide financial assistance for owner housing through County of Riverside programs.
While funds for the following programs have currently been exhausted, the City will promote and advertise these and other programs as soon as funding is available:
▪ Home Repair Loan Program (HRLP): HRLP provides up to $10,000 for home repair services in the form of a deferred loan. This program is designed to address a broad er scope of repairs. Work approved under HRLP is determined by EDA based on scope of eligible repairs per program guidelines. Household must meet low-income guidelines.
▪ Senior Home Repair Grant (SHRG): The SHRG Program provides one-time grants of up to $6,000 to qualified very low-income senior homeowners (62 years or older) or low-income handicapped persons of any age to repair or improve their homes.
Program 28 Rehabilitation Grants
Periodically review City eligibility for various federal and State programs that will provide rehabilitation and maintenance assistance for lower-income units and special needs groups. The City shall submit applications for programs for which the City is eligible, as appropriate.
Goal E Promote Fair Housing Access and Opportunity
POLICIES
▪ Continue to promote fair housing opportunities through the City’s participation in the County’s Community Development Block Grant Program.
▪ Promote fair housing through the provision of information and referral services to residents who need help in filing housing discrimination complaints. ▪ Support development and distribution of consolidated materials outlining anti -displacement resources, tenants’ rights information, and fair housing services. ▪ Enforce the right of first refusal for residents displaced through redevelopment of existing housing stock as required by Government Code §66300(d)(2)(D)(ii). ▪ Promote representative citizen participation on the implementation of programs. ▪ Take action to create equitable neighborhoods and improve access to opportunities while promoting housing stability.
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Program 29 Fair Housing Services Program
The Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. is the County of Riverside’s fair housing provider.
The City will support and promote the Fair Housing Council’s existing resources and workshops for the public, which include housing discrimination investigation, landlord/tenant mediation, and informational workshops. City will actively advertise these services through the City website, flyers or brochures in public buildings, and on social media. These advertisements will emphasize common tenant protection needs and anti-discrimination actions, such as tenant/landlord remediation and the promotion of legal services to prevent source of income discrimination. Materials will be provided in English and Spanish.
Program 30 Fair Housing Information Program
The City will provide residents with fair housing information by posting links to a variety of fair housing resources including, but not limited, to:
▪ California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
▪ U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) ▪ Fair Housing/Equal Opportunity (HUD)
▪ Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc.
▪ National Fair Housing Advocate
▪ A Guide to Residential Tenants’ and Landlord Rights and Responsibilities The City will post links to these documents on the Planning Department webpage and make copies available at the Senior Services Department, Beaumont Library, and Community Access Center (official County of Riverside Independent Living Center), and public facilities. The City will also promote these resources and services through City social media accounts and other channels (e.g., newsletters, press releases, email blasts, mailers to apartment residents, etc.) in Eng lish and Spanish.
Program 31 Landlord Education and Outreach
The City will work with the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. (Fair Housing Council) to conduct landlord education workshops for Beaumont landlords and property managers. The City will promote these workshops and associated Fair Housing Counci l information and resources through various channels and in multiple languages to encourage target audience participation.
Program 32 Target Housing Development in High Resource Areas The City will outreach to property owners of housing sites in the high resource areas (i.e., TCAC composite score). In this outreach, the City will provide written material to property owners of identified sites describing potential residential capacity for the site, available incentives, including density bonuses and available funding.
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development and inform property owners of potential residential capacity for the site, available incentives, including density bonuses and available funding. If sites are identified where zoning is not consistent with densities appropriate for lower and moderate-income housing, the City will inform property owners of the potential for rezoning and target rezoning of sites in high resource areas (i.e., TCAC high resource opportunity area).
Program 34 CDBG Funding in Low or Moderate Resource Areas Beaumont participates in the County’s CDBG Program. The City currently expends funds on parks and sidewalk projects, as well as making ADA improvements in the Downtown area. The City will continue to use CDBG for place-based improvements, as well as more actively target infrastructure investment in areas of lower or moderate resource (e.g., El Barrio and Town Center neighborhoods).
This may result in funding for parks improvements resulting from Program 37.
Program 35 Intergovernmental Collaboration for Air Quality Mitigation The City will coordinate with other governmental agencies, including Caltrans and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), to contain traffic emissions and mitigate air quality impacts, such as through sound walls or other measures along Interstate 10 and State Routes 79 and 60.
Program 36 Environmental Justice Implementation
Implement the Environmental Justice Element to further the goals of remediating negative environmental conditions in the vicinity of existing residential neighborhoods and housing sites identified in the Housing Element. This includes:
▪ Lead Abatement Programs (HEJ17) – Work with the Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS-PH) to adopt a lead testing and abatement program in El Barrio and Town Center, the neighborhoods with the highest concentration of pre-1978 homes. ▪ Idling Ordinance (HEJ19) – Update municipal code to support an idling ordinance that reduces emissions from on-road heavy-duty vehicles.
▪ Particulate Mitigation (HEJ20) – Adopt mitigation measures that limit vehicular and construction-related particulate emissions.
These implementation programs directly address environmental conditions faced in neighborhoods with lower access to opportunities (i.e., the two census tracts with the lowest 2022 TCAC opportunity scores).
Program 37 Improvements and Access for El Barrio Neighborhood To promote access to affordable and safe opportunities for physical activity for the El Barrio neighborhood (located in the census tract at the intersection of the I -10 and SR-79), the City will work with El Barrio residents to identify and implement impro vements to Rangel Park, located adjacent to the El Barrio neighborhood. Goal F Encourage Energy Conservation
POLICIES
▪ Encourage energy conserving techniques in the siting and design of new housing. ▪ Enforce all state energy conservation requirements for new residential construction. 615
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Program 38 Energy Conservation Program
Local energy efficiency programs are often provided by local utility purveyors to offe r incentives for energy conservation and efficiency. To promote energy conservation, the City will:
▪ Work with Southern California Edison to implement an outreach program that provides the community with useful information regarding energy efficiency and available rehabilitation programs.
▪ Continue to implement the strategies to reduce greenhouse gases as outlined in Sustainable Beaumont, the City’s Climate Action Plan (CAP).
The City will post links to existing resources on the Planning Department webpage.
Meeting the RHNA
The Housing Element update would be consistent with State requirements for the RHNA to plan adequately to meet existing and projected housing needs for all economic segments of the community. The Housing Element update would be submitted to the HCD for review and approval to ensure that it would adequately address the housing needs and demands of the city.
To meet the objectives of the 6th Cycle RHNA allocation and provide sufficient capacity for housing development, the Housing Element specifies sites for residential development. Site selection was conducted based on an analysis of site-specific constraints, including General Plan land use and zoning, access to utilities, location, development potential, density and whether the site is identified in a previous Housing Element. To count toward the RHNA allocation, sites must be in a land use category that meets a minimum residential density standard, have a minimum lot size, and be either vacant or not been developed to the maximum capacity allowed by the zoning category and can provide the potential for more residences on a site.
When a local jurisdiction cannot demonstrate that there are sufficient vacant or underutilized sites to adequately meet the RHNA allocation, a ‘rezoning program’ must be put into place, which would update the zoning designation for specific sites. A rezoning program ensures that there are enough sites with sufficient densities to address the housing need identified through the RHNA. In accordance with HCD’s “default density” criteria for jurisdictions located within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) with a population of more than two million such as Beaumont, 30 dwelling units per acre (du/acre) is the minimum density threshold for sites to be considered suitable for providing housing affordable to very low and low-income households.
The sites identified in the site inventory are comprised of parcels located in va rious areas and zones within the city. Critical areas for moderate and lower -income housing are the Urban Village, Transit Oriented District Overlay, Residential Multiple Family, Sixth Street Mixed Use, and Downtown Residential Multifamily zones. Each site has undergone an assessment to determine development potential and residential unit capacity given zoning standards and development trends. The City prioritizes rezoning in transit priority areas that are within 0.5 -mile of public transit (i.e., high frequency bus route or trolly line) to improve walkability and reduce dependence on automobile use, consistent with the sustainability goals of the SCAG Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS).
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Table 4 details the residential unit capacity that would be accommodated by ADU projections, anticipated projects, and available 6th Cycle sites.
Table 4 Housing Unit Yield per Site Category
Site Category Very Low/Low Moderate Above Moderate Total RHNA Required 1,950 723 1,537 4,210
Anticipated Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) 6 4 1 11
Entitled/Proposed Projects1 48 – 3,257 3,305
RHNA Remaining Need 1,896 719 (1,721) N/A
Site Inventory1 1,847 3,889 5 5,741
Total Unit Surplus or (Shortfall) (49) 3,170 1,726 N/A
1 Considers net new units only.
Source: Adapted from Table III-1 of the 2021-2029 Housing Element Update As shown in Table 4, the City has excess capacity in moderate and above-moderate income categories. The City has a small shortfall (49 units) in the lower income categories, and the City has identified potential parcels for rezoning to address this shortfall.
Rezone Program
The rezone program would increase the allowable residential densities on specific sites than what is currently allowed under the existing General Plan, and therefore is the focus of this PEIR addendum.
The Housing Element update identifies 16 potential sites comprising 24.1 acres for the rezoning program. Since rezoning of only 2.5 acres would be required to meet the RHNA capacity requirement, six of these sites are anticipated to be rezoned shortly after Housing Element adoption. There are ten additional sites identified by the City as potential rezone sites that the City may use to further its housing goals (called “buffer” sites). This PEIR addendum analyzes the potential impacts of the maximum density for all 16 rezone sites as the “worst case scenario” assumption, although the realistic development of each site would likely result in fewer residential units.
Table 5 shows the allowable densities, land use changes, and number of potential units for each site identified in the rezoning program. The net increase presented in this table is the maximum allowable from the permitted density range. The Housing Element update would accommodate the maximum potential development of 715 units on the 16 rezone sites, which is 192 residential units more than the maximum potential development currently allowed under the existing General Plan.
The locations of the buffer sites are shown in Figure 2.
Amendments to the Land Use Element
The Land Use Element is a guide for the City’s future development. It designates the distribution and general location of land uses, such as residential, retail, industrial, open space, recreation, and public uses. The Land Use Element also addresses the permitted density and intensity of the various land use designations as reflected on the City’s General Plan Land Use Map. To accommodate the rezone program identified by the Housing Element update, the Land Use Element would be revised with the following amendments:
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▪ The existing Sixth Street Mixed Use (SSMU), Sixth Street Mixed Use Residential (SSMU -R), and Downtown Residential Multi Family (DMF) land use designations in the Extended Sixth Street section of Chapter 11 would be modified to identify SSMU, SSMU-R, and DMF properties within the Higher Density Overlay are allowed a density of 20 -30 du/acre.
Updates to the Safety Element
The Safety Element identifies forces of nature and events resulting from human action that have the potential to cause harm to life and property in the city. The goal of the Safety Element is to reduce the potential short and long-term risk of death, injuries, property damage, and economic and social dislocation resulting from fires, floods, droughts, earthquakes, landslides, climate change, and other hazards. Identifying the source of such threats allows decision -makers to take preemptory action to minimize the damage, particularly as it relates to new development. The Safety Element also addresses crime prevention, police and fire protection, and emergency preparedness and response.
Recent State legislation requires certain changes to a Safety Element when the municipality undergoes an update to the Housing Element. The Safety Element would be revised to be consistent with the State legislation through the following actions:
▪ Identify and propose policies for residential developments in any hazard area identified in the safety element that do not have at least two emergency evacuation routes. ▪ Update information relating to flood and fire hazards and city assets at risk due to climate change vulnerability.
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Table 5 Housing Element Update Rezone Sites: Land Use Changes and Development Assumptions Site Assessor
Parcel Number
(APN) Acres Existing Use
Existing
Zoning
Existing
Residential
Density Range
(du/acre)
Proposed
Residential
Density Range
(du/acre)
Maximum
Residential Units
Under Existing
General Plan
Maximum
Residential Units
Under Housing
Element Update
Unit
Difference
from Existing
General Plan
Unit
Difference
from Existing
Conditions
Sites Identified in the Housing Element Update
419170031 4.2 Vacant SSMU 0-22 20-30 91 124 33 124
419170034 1.0 Vacant SSMU 0-22 20-30 22 30 8 30
419170035 1.0 Vacant SSMU 0-22 20-30 22 30 8 30
419160017 1.6 Vacant SSMU 0-22 20-30 35 48 13 48
419160019 0.5 Vacant SSMU 0-22 20-30 11 15 4 15
419160020 0.8 Vacant SSMU 0-22 20-30 17 24 7 24
Additional Potential Rezone Sites
419222020 1.3 Vacant DMF 0-22 20-30 28 39 11 39
419222021 1.0 Vacant DMF 0-22 20-30 22 30 8 30
419170016 2.6 Vacant DMF 0-22 20-30 57 77 20 77
419170017 0.4 Vacant DMF 0-22 20-30 8 11 3 11
419170018 0.9 Vacant DMF 0-22 20-30 20 28 8 28
419170022 0.5 Vacant DMF 0-22 20-30 10 13 3 13
419170027 2.8 Vacant DMF 0-22 20-30 60 82 22 82
419160005 3.2 Vacant DMF 0-22 20-30 71 97 26 97
419160024 0.5 Vacant DMF 0-22 20-30 10 13 3 13
419213039 1.8 Unoccupied single-
family structure
SSMU-R 0-22 20-30 39 54 15 53
Total 24.1 523 715 192 714
Du/acre = dwelling units per acre
DMF = Downtown Residential Multifamily
SSMU = Sixth Street Mixed Use
SSMU-R = Sixth Street Mixed Use - Residential
Totals may not add up due to rounding.
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3 Overview of CEQA Guidelines §15164
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164 set forth the criteria for determining the appropriate additional environmental documentation, i f any, to be completed when a project has a previously certified EIR.
CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 states that a lead agency shall prepare an addendum to a previously certified EIR if some changes or additions are necessary, but none of the conditions des cribed in Section 15162 calling for preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred. CEQA Guidelines sections 15162(a) states that no Subsequent or Supplemental EIR shall be prepared for a project with a certified EIR unless the lead agency determines, based on substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, one or more of the following:
Substantial changes are proposed in the project that will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects.
Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the invo lvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects.
New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete, shows any of the following:
A. The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR.
B. Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR.
C. Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
D. Mitigation measures or alternatives that are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
The analysis pursuant to Section 15162 demonstrates whether the lead agency can approve the activity as being within the scope of the existing certified PEIR, that an addendum to the existing PEIR would be appropriate, and no new environmental document, such as a new EIR, would be required. The addendum need not be circulated for public review but can be included in or attached to the final PEIR, and the decision-making body shall consider the addendum with the final PEIR prior to deciding on the project.
The City has prepared this Addendum Evaluation, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164, to evaluate whether the project’s environmental impacts are covered by and within the scope of the Beaumont General Plan PEIR. State Clearinghouse Number (September 2020, State Clearinghouse Number 2018031022). The following Addendum Evaluation details any changes in the 621
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The responses herein substantiate and support the City’s determination that the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates’ policies and programs are within the scope of the Beaumont General Plan PEIR, do not require subsequent action under CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 and, in conjunction with the PEIR, adequately analyze potential environmental impacts. 622
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4 Environmental Effects and Determination
Environmental Areas Determined to Have New or
Substantially More Severe Significant Effects Compared to Those Identified in the Previous EIR
The subject areas checked below were determined to be new significant environmental effects or to be previously identified effects that have a substantial increase in severity either due to a change in project, change in circumstances, or new information of substantial importance, as indicated by the checklist and discussion on the following pages.
■ NONE
□ Aesthetics □ Agriculture and
Forestry Resources
□ Air Quality
□ Biological Resources □ Cultural Resources □ Energy
□ Geology/Soils □ Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
□ Hazards & Hazardous
Materials
□ Hydrology/Water Quality □ Land Use/Planning □ Mineral Resources □ Noise □ Population/Housing □ Public Services
□ Recreation □ Transportation □ Tribal Cultural Resources □ Utilities/Service Systems □ Wildfire □ Mandatory Findings of Significance
Determination
Based on this analysis:
□ Substantial changes are proposed in the project or there are substantial changes in the circumstances under which the project will be undertaken that will require major revisions to the previous EIR due to the involvement of significant new environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. Or, there is "new information of substantial importance," as that term is used in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(3). Therefore, a SUBSEQUENT or SUPPLEMENTAL EIR is required. 623
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Also, there is no "new information of substantial importance" as that term is used in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(3). Therefore, the previously certi fied EIR is adequate and this evaluation serves as an ADDENDUM to the City of Beaumont General Plan Update Program Environmental Impact Report (General Plan PEIR). State Clearinghouse Number 2018081039 dated December 2019.
Signature Date
Christina Taylor Deputy City Manager
Printed Name Title
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General Plan Consistency
To promote a uniform and compatible vision for the development of the community, California law requires the General Plan be internally consistent in its goals and policies. The Housing Element , Land Use Element, and Safety Element are components of the General Plan, and thus, updates to these elements are consistent with the vision of the General Plan and is supported by goals and policies of the other General Plan elements. General Plan elements are summarized below:
▪ The Land Use and Community Design Element directs the location, amount, and type of residential development in the city. It presents the desirable pattern for the ultimate development of the city and reflects the community’s evolution and changing demographics over the General Plan horizon. The Element ensures the availability of sufficient residential land at appropriate densities to meet the city’s housing needs identified in the 2021 Housing Element Update.
▪ The Mobility Element contains policies to minimize traffic volumes and speeds in residen tial neighborhoods, while improving connectivity to schools, parks, services, and other destinations, with an emphasis on pedestrian, bicycle and transit mobility. ▪ The Economic Development and Fiscal Element outlines the city’s economic development objectives and guides development of future employment and commercial services, both of which are critical to supporting residents. The enhancement of well-paying jobs within the city helps with accessing housing resources and reducing transportation costs and impacts. ▪ The Health and Environmental Justice Element establishes goals and objectives to reduce pollution exposure; improve air quality; and promote public facilities, food access, safe and sanitary homes, and physical activity.
▪ The Community Facilities and Infrastructure Element is an intrinsic component of all elements of the General Plan. The very same policies that further sustainable development also enhance quality-of-life and public health. The Element affects housing through policies that encourage efficient development patterns, conservation, and sustainable energy sources such as solar.
Policies recommend building design and outdoor spaces to take advantage of Beaumont’s moderate climate and reduce the need for artificial cooling, hearing, and light ing. ▪ The Conservation and Open Space Element establishes goals and polices to protect sensitive resources from development impacts; maintain and improve appropriate access to open space; and ensure park and recreation opportunities are sufficient to meet the needs of future residents.
▪ The Safety Element establishes a policy framework for maintaining and improving the safety of Beaumont’s residents. It identifies proactive measures to minimize public safety challenges to community residents, structures, public facilities, infrastructure, and to enable the City to expediently and efficiently respond in the event of a public safety challenge. This Element covers seismic, flooding, and geological hazards, hazardous waste, crime prevention, police and fire protection, and emergency preparedness and response. ▪ The Noise Element contains policies to protect residents from unacceptable noise levels and safety concerns by guiding future development away from significant noise sources and potential hazards and by enforcing mitigations when necessary. 625
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PEIR Addendum Analysis
This PEIR addendum analyzes the potential impacts of the updates to the Housing Element, Land Use Element, and Safety Element programs and policies. The PEIR already considered the impacts of development under the housing element and buffer sites with current zoning regulations.
Therefore, this addendum analyzes the potential impacts of the rezoning of sites which would accommodate up to 192 additional units over the maximum currently set forth in the General Plan land use designations and as analyzed in the PEIR.
According to the General Plan PEIR, buildout of the General Plan would result in a total of 31,022 housing units in the City limits by 2040. In 2021, there were 17,232 existing housing units in the City of Beaumont (DOF 2021), which means that there is a remaining capacity of 13,790 units between 2021 and 2040. The 192 additional housing units accommodated under the Housing Element Update rezone program would be considerably less than the remaining buildout capacity under the General Plan. Table 6 provides a comparison between the existing General Plan buildout capacity and the housing units anticipated under the Housing Element Update rezone program. The total number of units in the city, upon buildout of the Housing Element update rezone program, would be 17,424, which is 13,598 units below the buildout assumptions of the General Plan.
Table 6 Existing and General Plan Buildout
Forecast
Category
Existing
Units 2021
General Plan
Buildout
(City Limits)
Remaining
Capacity with
General Plan
Maximum
Additional
Units from
Rezone of Sites
Existing
Units Plus
Rezone of
Sites
Remaining
Capacity after
Rezone of
Sites
Housing Units 17,232 31,022 13,790 192 17,424 13,598
Source: Adapted from Table III-1 of the Housing Element update, California Department of Finance 2021, General Plan PEIR Table 5.13J Preliminary Environmental Constraints
State housing law requires the City to review both governmental and non-governmental constraints to the maintenance and production of housing for all income levels. Since local governmental actions can restrict the development and increase the cost of hous ing, State law requires the Housing Element to “address and, where appropriate and legally possible, remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing” (Government Code Section 65583(c)(3)).
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purposes of the Addendum Evaluation, only the potential environmental constraints, as they relate to CEQA, were evaluated.
Environmental constraints to residential development typically relate to the presence of sensitive habitat, flooding, topography, and other natural and physical characteristics that can limit the amount of development in an area or increase the cost of development. The Housing Element Update, in and of itself, does not propose specific development projects, but rather puts forth goals, policies, and programs that regulate or encourage new housing development in Beaumont. Each future housing development project would be subject to developmental review to determine potential impacts specific to that project site.
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1 Aesthetics
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Have a substantial adverse effect
on a scenic vista?
Less than
Significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Substantially damage scenic
resources, including but not limited
to, trees, rock outcroppings, and
historic buildings within a state
scenic highway?
Less than
Significant
None No No No Yes Yes
c. In non-urbanized areas,
substantially degrade the existing
visual character or quality of public
views of the site and its
surroundings? (Public views are
those that are experienced from a
publicly accessible vantage point).
If the project is in an urbanized
area, would the project conflict
with applicable zoning and other
regulations governing scenic
quality?
Less Than
Significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
d. Create a new source of substantial
light or glare that would adversely
affect daytime or nighttime views
in the area?
Less than
Significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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General Plan PEIR Aesthetics Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to aesthetic resources would be less than significant for scenic vistas, scenic highways, visual quality, and light and glare. It further stated that individual development projects would be subject to project-specific development and planning review, including adherence to standards for community design and visual quality. As such, all projects proposed under General Plan implementation would be required to conform to zonin g, design standards, and other regulations concerning aesthetic resources such as those that address architectural design, lighting, signage, landscaping, building setbacks, and hillside protection.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. The aesthetics on these properties would not change significantly from the impacts analyzed by the General Plan PEIR. Additionally, these sites are urban infill sites where development already exists throughout the area, and the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan .
All future development aligning with the General Plan Update would undergo project-specific developmental review, including design review, to address potential impacts related to aesthetics.
Development proposals would be subject to adopted policies and standards that govern visual quality, community design, scenic highways, and light and glare. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to aesthetics.
Conclusion
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of aesthetics is required.
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Addendum Evaluation
Agriculture and Forestry Resources
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 37
2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Convert Prime Farmland, Unique
Farmland, or Farmland of
Statewide Importance (Farmland),
as shown on maps prepared
pursuant to the Farmland Mapping
and Monitoring Program of the
California Resources Agency, to
non-agricultural use?
Less than
Significant
with
Mitigation
AG-1 No No No Yes Yes
b. Conflict with existing zoning for
agricultural use or a Williamson Act
contract?
Less than
Significant
with
Mitigation
AG-2 No No No Yes Yes
c. Conflict with existing zoning for, or
cause rezoning of, forest land (as
defined in Public Resources Code
Section 12220(g)); timberland (as
defined by Public Resources Code
Section 4526); or timberland zoned
Timberland Production (as defined
by Government Code Section
51104(g))?
No Impact None No No No Yes Yes
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PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
d. Result in the loss of forest land or
conversion of forest land to non-
forest use?
No Impact None No No No Yes Yes
e. Involve other changes in the
existing environment which, due to
their location or nature, could
result in conversion of Farmland to
non-agricultural use or conversion
of forest land to non-forest use?
Less Than
Significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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Addendum Evaluation
Agriculture and Forestry Resources
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 39
General Plan PEIR Agriculture and Forestry Resources Findings The General Plan PEIR determined that the General Plan would not result in impacts to forest land .
The General Plan would potentially convert up to 50 acres of farmland to non -agricultural use, and conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, but impacts would be less than significant with implementation of Mitigation Measures AG 1 and AG 2. Under these mitigation measures, individual project proponents are required to provide mitigation in the amount equivalent to the Acres of Converted Farmland, and the City shall revise the zoning ordinance to include produce stands in the Industrial Zoning District.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. These sites are urban infill sites and are not currently used for agricultural use, and the rezone program would not conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to agriculture and forestry resources.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of agriculture and forestry resources is required. 635
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Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Air Quality
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 41
3 Air Quality
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Conflict with or obstruct
implementation of the applicable
air quality plan?
Less than
Significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Result in a cumulatively
considerable net increase of any
criteria pollutant for which the
project region is non-attainment
under an applicable federal or
state ambient air quality
standard?
Significant
and
Unavoidable
AQ-1 No No No Yes Yes
c. Expose sensitive receptors to
substantial pollutant
concentrations?
Significant
and
Unavoidable
AQ-1 No No No Yes Yes
d. Result in other emissions (such as
those leading to odors) adversely
affecting a substantial number of
people?
Less than
Significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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42 General Plan PEIR Air Quality Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to air quality would be significant and unavoidable regarding cumulatively considerable net increase of criteria pollutants for which the region is in non - attainment, and exposure of sensitive receptors to pollutant concentrations , but would result in a less than significant impact related to conflicting with or obstructing an air quality management plan and resulting in other emissions (such as those leading to odors) that could adversely affect a substantial number of people. Mitigation Measure AQ 1, which would require a technical analysis to evaluate project-specific air quality impacts, would reduce potential impacts related to exceedance of air quality standards from criteria pollutants and from toxic air contaminants (TACs) impacting sensitive receptors, but impacts would remain significant and unavoidable. The significance of impacts to air quality resulting from specific future development projects will be evaluated on a project-by-project basis and General Plan policies as well as City standards and practices will be applied, individually or jointly, as necessary and appropriate.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. The air quality impacts on these properties would be greater than as analyzed in the General Plan PEIR but would not change significantly. Additionally, these sites are urban infill sites where development already exists throughout the area, and the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan. The General Plan goals and policies support reduction of air quality impacts. Mitigation Measure AQ 1 identified in the General Plan PEIR would be implemented to help reduce impacts to the greatest extent possible. This measure would remain in practice with implementation of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to air quality.
All future development aligning with the Housing Element update would undergo project -specific developmental review to address potential impacts related to air quality. Potential air quality- related impacts cannot be assessed in a meaningful way until a project spe cific analysis is done covering the size of the development which includes construction air quality emissions, project operational emissions and potential vehicle miles traveled. Short-term air quality impacts resulting from construction of the sites, such as dust generated by clearing and grading activities, exhaust emissions from gas- and diesel-powered construction equipment, and vehicular emissions associated with the commuting of construction workers will be subject to South Coast Air Quality Management District rules and protocols. Similarly, operational impacts would be addressed by provisions in the General Plan and other regulations and standards that govern air quality in Beaumont.
Conclusion
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of air quality is required.
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Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Biological Resources
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 43
4 Biological Resources
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Have a substantial adverse effect,
either directly or through habitat
modifications, on any species
identified as a candidate,
sensitive, or special status species
in local or regional plans, policies,
or regulations, or by the
California Department of Fish and
Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service?
Less than
Significant
with
Mitigation
BIO-1
BIO-2
No No No Yes Yes
b. Have a substantial adverse effect
on any riparian habitat or other
sensitive natural community
identified in local or regional
plans, policies, or regulations, or
by the California Department of
Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service?
Less than
Significant
with
Mitigation
BIO-3 No No No Yes Yes
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PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
c. Have a substantial adverse effect
on state or federally protected
wetlands as defined by Section
404 of the Clean Water Act
(including, but not limited to,
marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.)
through direct removal, filling,
hydrological interruption, or
other means?
Less than
Significant
with
Mitigation
BIO-3 No No No Yes Yes
d. Interfere substantially with the
movement of any native resident
or migratory fish or wildlife
species or with established native
resident or migratory wildlife
corridors, or impede the use of
native wildlife nursery sites?
Less than
Significant
with
Mitigation
BIO-2 No No No Yes Yes
e. Conflict with any local policies or
ordinances protecting biological
resources, such as a tree
preservation policy or ordinance?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
f. Conflict with the provisions of an
adopted habitat conservation
plan, natural community
conservation plan, or other
approved local, regional, or State
habitat conservation plan?
Less than
Significant
with
Mitigation
BIO-3 No No No Yes Yes
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Biological Resources
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 45
General Plan PEIR Biological Resources Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to biological resources would be less than significant with mitigation incorporated for effects to sensitive animal and plant species, sensitive natural communities, protected wetlands, and wildlife movement. Implementation of mitigation measures and compliance with the Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) and Stephens Kangaroo Rat (SKR) Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) would ensure that the General Plan does not conflict with any HCPs. All projects proposed under General Plan implementation would be required to conform to zoning, design standards, and other regulations concerning the protection of biological resources, including listed species, habitats, and all planning reso urces designed to protect and conserve these resources. Mitigation Measures BIO-1 through BIO-3 require project- specific habitat and nesting bird assessment, and as needed, focused surveys, reports, and mitigation for impacts to riparian/riverine or sensitive habitats.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. Any proposed development project would be assessed for potential impacts to sensitive habitat, nesting birds, and consistency with the MSHCP, as required by Mitigation Measures BIO-1 through BIO-3.
Additionally, these sites are urban infill sites where development already exists throughout the area, and it is unlikely that development on these sites would result in significant impacts to sensitive natural communities, riparian areas and wetlands, or wildlife movement. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to biological resources.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of biological resources is required. 641
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Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Cultural Resources
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 47
5 Cultural Resources
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Cause a substantial adverse
change in the significance of a
historical resource pursuant to §
15064.5?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Cause a substantial adverse
change in the significance of an
archaeological resource pursuant
to § 15064.5?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
c. Disturb any human remains,
including those interred outside
of formal cemeteries?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to historic resources would be less than significant regarding adverse changes in a historical or archaeological resource and human remains. General Plan policies and existing federal and State regulations, including those of the California Public Resources Code Section 5097 and California Health and Safety Code, would reduce potential impacts from development to a less than significant level.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. Similar to the findings in the PEIR, any proposed development project would be assessed for potential impacts to cultural resources in accordance with General Plan policies and existing federal and State regulations, including those of the California Public Resources Code Section 5097 and California Health and Safety Code. All proposed development would be required to conform to federal, State, and General Plan policies and City zoning standards concerning the protection of cultural resources, including listed historic and archaeological resources. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to cultural resources.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows that impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of cultural resources is required.
644
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Energy
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 49
6 Energy
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Result in potentially significant
environmental impact due to
wasteful, inefficient, or
unnecessary consumption of
energy resources, during project
construction or operation?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Conflict with or obstruct a state
or local plan for renewable
energy or energy efficiency?
No impact None No No No Yes Yes
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The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to energy would be less than significant regarding wasteful or unnecessary energy consumption and the General Plan would not conflict with or obstruct State or local plans for renewable energy or energy efficie ncy.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. The maximum allowable number of units would increase on these sites; however, all proposed development would be required to comply with the energy reduction measures included in the with Title 20, Energy Building Regulation, and Title 24, Energy Conservation Standards, of the California Code of Regulations and local mandates, and there would not be a significant increase in construction based or operational energy use. Additionally, these sites are urban infill sites which would reduce per capita Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), and the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to energy resources.
Conclusion
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new info rmation that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of energy is required.
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Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Geology and Soils
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 51
7 Geology and Soils
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Directly or indirectly cause
potential substantial adverse
effects, including the risk of loss,
injury, or death involving:
No No No Yes Yes
1. Rupture of a known earthquake
fault, as delineated on the most
recent Alquist-Priolo
Earthquake Fault Zoning Map
issued by the State Geologist
for the area or based on other
substantial evidence of a
known fault?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
2. Strong seismic ground shaking? Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
3. Seismic-related ground failure,
including liquefaction?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
4. Landslides? Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Result in substantial soil erosion
or the loss of topsoil?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
c. Be located on a geologic unit or
soil that is unstable, or that would
become unstable as a result of
the project, and potentially result
in on- or off-site landslide, lateral
spreading, subsidence,
liquefaction, or collapse?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
d. Be located on expansive soil, as
defined in Table 1-B of the
Uniform Building Code (1994),
creating substantial direct or
indirect risks to life or property?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
e. Have soils incapable of
adequately supporting the use of
septic tanks or alternative
wastewater disposal systems
where sewers are not available
for the disposal of wastewater?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
f. Directly or indirectly destroy a
unique paleontological resource
or site or unique geologic
feature?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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Addendum Evaluation
Geology and Soils
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 53
General Plan PEIR Geology and Soils Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that due to adherence to federal, State, and local regulations, impacts to geology and soils would be less than significant for adverse effects related to rupture of a known fault, strong ground shaking, seismic-related ground failure, or landslides; soil eros ion; landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction, or collapse; locating development on expansive soils; installing septic tanks and alternative wastewater disposal systems in expansive soils; and paleontological resources.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. The maximum allowable number of units would increase on these sites; however, all proposed development would be required to comply with building safety measures and paleontological resources included in the California Code of Regulations, General Plan, and zoning ordinance, including development review for grading and construction. Additionally, these sites are urban infill sites which have already been evaluated for potential impacts related to geology, soils, and paleontological resources under the General Plan PEIR. The Safety Element Update would bring the General Plan into consistency with applicable plans and policies designed to reduce potential impacts associated with geology and soils, and would therefore not res ult in significant adverse impacts.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of geology and soils is required. 649
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Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 55
8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Generate greenhouse gas
emissions, either directly or
indirectly, that may have a
significant impact on the
environment?
Significant
and
Unavoidable
GHG-1 No No No Yes Yes
b. Conflict with an applicable plan,
policy, or regulation adopted for
the purpose of reducing the
emissions of greenhouse gases?
No Impact None No No No Yes No
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56 General Plan PEIR Greenhouse Gas Emissions Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and GHG reduction targets would be significant with implementation of the General Plan. Mitigation Measure GHG-1 set forth in the General Plan PEIR would reduce potential impacts to GHG emissions but would still result in a significant and unavoidable impact. It was determined that no impacts would occur related to the General Plan conflicting with plans, policies, and regulations adopted to reduc e GHGs.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. The GHG emissions at these 16 sites may be greater than what was analyzed in the PEIR due to the increased allowable density; however, the overall the development potential in the City is not changing. Thus, the overall GHG emissions would be similar to what was analyzed in the PEIR. All proposed development would be required to comply with the energy reduction measures included in the with Title 20, Energy Building Regulation, and Title 24, Energy Conse rvation Standards, of the California Code of Regulations, and air quality management regulations and mitigation measures, and there would not be a significant increase in construction based GHG emission or operational GHG emissions. Additionally, these sites are urban infill sites which would reduce per capita VMT, and the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to GHG emissions.
Conclusion
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element Update and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of GHG emissions is required. 652
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Hazards and Hazardous Materials
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 57
9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Create a significant hazard to the
public or the environment
through the routine transport,
use, or disposal of hazardous
materials?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Create a significant hazard to the
public or the environment
through reasonably foreseeable
upset and accident conditions
involving the release of hazardous
materials into the environment?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
c. Emit hazardous emissions or
handle hazardous or acutely
hazardous materials, substances,
or waste within 0.25 mile of an
existing or proposed school?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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58 PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
d. Be located on a site that is
included on a list of hazardous
material sites compiled pursuant
to Government Code Section
65962.5 and, as a result, would it
create a significant hazard to the
public or the environment?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
e. Result in a safety hazard for
people residing or working within
an airport land use plan area, or
where such a plan has not been
adopted, within two miles of a
public airport or public use
airport?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
f. Impair implementation of or
physically interfere with an
adopted emergency response
plan or emergency evacuation
plan?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
g. Expose people or structures,
either directly or indirectly, to a
significant risk of loss, injury, or
death involving wildland fires?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
654
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Hazards and Hazardous Materials
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 59
General Plan PEIR Hazards and Hazardous Materials Findings The General Plan PEIR determined that with adherence to federal, State, and General Plan policies and City regulations, impacts for hazardous materials would be less than significant for impacts related to hazards and hazardous materials.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential densi ty on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites .
Development of additional residential units on these sites would not significantly increase the transport, use, and storage of hazardous materials, and construction and operation of these units would be required to adhere to the federal, State, and General Plan policies and City regulations that would reduce potential impacts related to hazards and hazardous materials. Additionally, the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update wo uld not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan. The Safety Element Update would bring the General Plan into consistency with applicable plans and policies designed to reduce potential impacts related to hazards and hazardous materials, and would therefore not result in significant adverse impacts.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of hazards and hazardous materials is required. 655
Item 8.
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Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Hydrology and Water Quality
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 61
10 Hydrology and Water Quality
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Violate any water quality
standards or waste discharge
requirements or otherwise
substantially degrade surface or
groundwater quality?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Substantially decrease
groundwater supplies or interfere
substantially with groundwater
recharge such that the project
may impede sustainable
groundwater management of the
basin?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
c. Substantially alter the existing
drainage pattern of the site or
area, including through the
alteration of the course of a
stream or river or by increasing
the rate or amount of surface
runoff, in a manner that would
result in substantial erosion,
siltation, or flooding on- or off-
site; substantially increase the
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
657
Item 8.
City of Beaumont
City of Beaumont Housing Element and Safety Element Updates
62 PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
rate or amount of surface runoff
in a manner which would result in
flooding on or offsite; create or
contribute runoff water which
would exceed the capacity of
existing or planned stormwater
drainage systems impede or
redirect floodflows?
d. In flood hazard, tsunami, or
seiche zones, risk release of
pollutants due to project
inundation?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
e. Conflict with or obstruct
implementation of a water
quality control plan or sustainable
groundwater management plan?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
658
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Hydrology and Water Quality
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 63
General Plan PEIR Hydrology and Water Quality Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that with adherence to federal, State, and General Plan policies and City regulations, impacts to hydrology and water qu ality would be less than significant.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites.
Development of additional residential units on these sites would not significantly increase impacts to water quality or groundwater recharge; the change in runoff, drainage patterns, or flood flows; increase risk of released pollutants due to inundation; or impact or obstruct a water quality management plan. Construction and operation of these units would be required to adhere to the federal, State, and General Plan policies and City regulations that would reduce potential impacts related to hydrology and water quality, such as the requirements of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Additionally, the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan and would thus already be accounted for in the General Plan analysis concerning groundwater supplies . The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to hydrology and water quality.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of hydrology and water quality is required. 659
Item 8.
City of Beaumont
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660
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Land Use and Planning
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 65
11 Land Use and Planning
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Physically divide an established
community?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Cause a significant environmental
impact due to a conflict with any
land use plan, policy, or
regulation adopted for the
purpose of avoiding or mitigating
an environmental effect?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
661
Item 8.
City of Beaumont
City of Beaumont Housing Element and Safety Element Updates
66 General Plan PEIR Land Use Planning Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to land use would be less than significant .
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites.
Development of additional residential units on these sites would not change the use of the sites and therefore would not divide an established community or cause an environmental impact due to due to a conflict with any land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect. The Safety Element Update would increase consistency with applicable plans and regulations and would therefore have no adverse impact related to land use and planning.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of land use and planning is required.
662
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Mineral Resources
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 67
12 Mineral Resources
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Result in the loss of availability of
a known mineral resource that
would be of value to the region
and the residents of the state?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Result in the loss of availability of
a locally important mineral
resource recovery site delineated
on a local general plan, specific
plan or other land use plan?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
663
Item 8.
City of Beaumont
City of Beaumont Housing Element and Safety Element Updates
68 General Plan PEIR Mineral Resources Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to mineral resources relating to a known and locally important mineral resource would be less than significant.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites.
Development of additional residential units on these sites would not restrict access to mineral resources, as the city has no known or identified mineral resources of regional or statewide importance or locally-important mineral resource recovery site. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to mineral resources.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of mineral resources is required.
664
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Noise
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 69
13 Noise
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed?
Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the
Proposed
Changes
Involve a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Generate a substantial temporary
or permanent increase in ambient
noise levels in the vicinity of a
project in excess of standards
established in the local general
plan or noise ordinance, or
applicable standards of other
agencies?
Significant
and
unavoidable
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Generate excessive vibration of
groundborne noise levels?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
c. Result in a project that exposes
people residing or working in the
project area to excessive noise
levels due to the project’s
location within an airport land
use plan area or within two miles
of a public airport or public use
airport?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
665
Item 8.
City of Beaumont
City of Beaumont Housing Element and Safety Element Updates
70 General Plan PEIR Noise Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that since the existing conditions of ambient noise levels near highways already exceed the City and State noise standards, as well as exceeding acceptable noise increase standards from the Federal Transportation Authority (FTA), impacts from permanent noise associated with buildout of the General Plan are considered significant and unavoidable. Temporary noise and groundbourne vibration impacts, such as those from construction equipment, would be less than significant with implementation of General Plan policies and municipal code requirements.
Impacts related to the exposure of people to excessive airport noise levels would also be less than significant.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. None of these sites are located adjacent to a highway. The nearest highway is the I-10 freeway, which is located approximately 0.16 miles south of the southernmost rezone sites. Even though these sites may be subject to ambient noise from the I-10 freeway, noise levels would not increase beyond the significant/unavoidable level.
Development of additional residential units on these sites would not significantly increase the temporary noise and vibration impacts from what is analyzed in the General Plan EIR and would be required to adhere to General Plan and municipal code policies and regulations that reduce impacts to a less than significant level. Since the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan , these additional units were already accounted for in the General Plan analysis concerning permanent noise impacts from highway traffic. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to noise.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of noise-related impacts is required.
666
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Population and Housing
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 71
14 Population and Housing
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed?
Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the
Proposed
Changes
Involve a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Induce substantial unplanned
population growth in an area,
either directly (for example, by
proposing new homes and
businesses) or indirectly (for
example, through extension of
roads or other infrastructure)?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Displace substantial numbers of
existing people or housing,
necessitating the construction of
replacement housing elsewhere?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
667
Item 8.
City of Beaumont
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72 General Plan PEIR Population and Housing Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined implementation of the General Plan would result in a less than significant impact relating to substantial unplanned population growth and would not result in a substantial displacement of people and/or housing.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. The Housing Element Update would accommodate the City’s RHNA and bring the General Plan into consistency with State law; therefore, it would not result in a significant impact relating to substantial unplanned population growth. The increase in allowable density would provide increased housing opportunities for low-income households, would not demolish existing occupied housing, and would not result in a substantial displacement of people and/or housing. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to population and housing.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the Ge neral Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of impacts related to population and housing is required.
668
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Public Services
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 73
15 Public Services
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Result in substantial adverse
physical impacts associated with
the provision of new or physically
altered fire protection facilities,
or the need for new or physically
altered fire protection facilities,
the construction of which could
cause significant environmental
impacts, in order to maintain
acceptable service ratios,
response times or other
performance objectives?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Result in substantial adverse
physical impacts associated with
the provision of new or physically
altered police protection
facilities, or the need for new or
physically altered police
protection facilities, the
construction of which could cause
significant environmental
impacts, in order to maintain
acceptable service ratios,
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
669
Item 8.
City of Beaumont
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74 PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
response times or other
performance objectives?
c. Result in substantial adverse
physical impacts associated with
the provision of new or physically
altered schools, or the need for
new or physically altered schools,
the construction of which could
cause significant environmental
impacts, in order to maintain
acceptable service ratios or other
performance objectives?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
d. Result in substantial adverse
physical impacts associated with
the provision of new or physically
altered parks, or the need for
new or physically altered parks,
the construction of which could
cause significant environmental
impacts, in order to maintain
acceptable service ratios or other
performance objectives?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
670
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Public Services
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 75
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
e. Result in substantial adverse
physical impacts associated with
the provision of new or physically
altered public facilities, or the
need for new or physically altered
public facilities, the construction
of which could cause significant
environmental impacts, in order
to maintain acceptable service
ratios, response times or other
performance objectives?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
671
Item 8.
City of Beaumont
City of Beaumont Housing Element and Safety Element Updates
76 General Plan PEIR Public Services Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that implementation of the General Plan would not result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with new or physically altered public services facilities, including those related to fire, police, schools, and libraries, and impacts would be less than significant.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. As stated in the General Plan PEIR, new developments would be required to contribute development impact fees, which would, along with property taxes, fund the development or expansion of facilities related to public agencies and services. New or expanded facilities would be evaluated for environmental impacts at the time of proposal. The changes to the 16 sites in the Housing Element Update would not impact the City’s ability to collect such fees and taxes; therefore, the Housing Element Update would not result in a significant impact related to public services. Since the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan, these additional units would already be accounted for in the General Plan analysis concerning impacts to public services. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to public services.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of impacts related to public services is required.
672
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Recreation
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 77
16 Recreation
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Increase the use of existing
neighborhood and regional parks
or other recreational facilities
such that substantial physical
deterioration of the facility would
occur or be accelerated?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Include recreational facilities or
requires the construction or
expansion of recreational
facilities which might have an
adverse physical effect on the
environment?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
673
Item 8.
City of Beaumont
City of Beaumont Housing Element and Safety Element Updates
78 General Plan PEIR Recreation Findings
The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to existing park and recreational facilities and the necessity for new and/or expanded recreational facilities would be less than significant .
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. New development is subject to the payment of park improvement fees or Quimby fees, which is a pay in lieu of parkland dedication. The General Plan requires new development to pay its fair share of required improvements, including maintenan ce costs. Future development on these 16 sites would be subject to the same requirements. New or expanded recreation facilities would be evaluated for environmental impacts at the time of proposal . The changes to the 16 sites in the Housing Element Update would not impact the City’s ability to collect such fees; therefore, the Housing Element Update would not result in a significant change of impacts related to parks and recreation facilities .
Since the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan , these additional units would already be accounted for in the General Plan analysis concerning parks and recreation facilities. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to parks and recreation.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of impacts related to recreation is required.
674
Item 8.
Addendum Evaluation
Transportation/Traffic
General Plan PEIR Addendum Evaluation 79
17 Transportation/Traffic
PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Conflict with a program, plan,
ordinance, or policy addressing
the circulation system, including
transit, roadway, bicycle, and
pedestrian facilities?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Conflict or be inconsistent with
CEQA Guidelines 15064.3,
subdivision (b)?
Significant
and
unavoidable
None No No No Yes Yes
c. Substantially increase hazards
due to a geometric design feature
or incompatible uses?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
d. Result in inadequate emergency
access?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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The General Plan PEIR determined that there would be a less than significant impact related to a conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities; increase of hazards due to a geometric design feature or incompatible uses; and result in inadequate emergency access. However, the General Plan PEIR also found that General Plan-related trip generation in combination with existing and proposed cumulative development would exceed the City’s vehicle mi les traveled (VMT) threshold and would be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines §15064.3, subdivision (b).
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. All proposed development would be required to comply with existing federal, State, and local regulations concerning transportation safety and emergency access. These sites are urban infill sites which would reduce per capita VMT at these sites in comparison to the General Plan PEIR, and the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan. Thus, the Housing Element Update would not increase impacts related to VMT, but rather might result in a slight reduction in citywide VMT. The Safety Element Update would increase safety measures for emergency access and would not result in an adverse impact related to transportation and traffic. The programs, policies, and development accommodated under the Housing Element Update and the programs and policies included in the Safety Element Update would be required to comply with existing federal, State, and local regulations regarding the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities. Therefore, the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy related to such facilities. Development accommodated under the Housing Element would be required to comply with all federal, State, and local policies concerning roadway safety, including minor infrastructure improvements for egress/ingress, parking, and emergency access, and would not increase hazards due to a geometric design feature or incompatible uses or result in inadequate emergency access.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of impacts related to transportation and traffic is required.
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Tribal Cultural Resources
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PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Cause a substantial adverse
change in the significance of a
tribal cultural resource as defined
in Public Resources Code Section
21074 that is listed or eligible for
listing in the California Register of
Historical Resources, or in a local
register of historical resources as
defined in Public Resources Code
Section 5020.1(k)?
Less than
Significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Cause a substantial adverse
change in the significance of a
tribal cultural resource as defined
in Public Resources Code Section
21074 that is a resource
determined by the lead agency, in
its discretion and supported by
substantial evidence, to be
significant pursuant to criteria set
forth in subdivision (c) of Public
Resources Code Section 5024.1?
Less than
Significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to tribal cultural resources would be less than significant.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. Any proposed development project would be assessed for potential impacts to cultural resources, including tribal cultural resources. All proposed development would be required to conform to federal, State, and local regulations and zoning standards concerning the protection of cultural resources, including listed archaeological resources. Additionally, all developments must comply with Assembly Bill (AB) 52 and other federal and State regulations that help protect and conserve tribal cultural resources. The Safety Element Update would have no impact related to tribal cultural resources.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of impacts related to tribal cultural resources is required.
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Utilities and Service Systems
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PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. Require or result in the relocation
or construction of new or
expanded water, wastewater
treatment or storm water
drainage, electric power, natural
gas, or telecommunications
facilities, the construction or
relocation of which could cause
significant environmental effects?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. Have sufficient water supplies
available to serve the project and
reasonably foreseeable future
development during normal, dry
and multiple dry years?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
c. Result in a determination by the
wastewater treatment provider
which serves or may serve the
project that it has adequate
capacity to serve the project’s
projected demand in addition to
the provider’s existing
commitments?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
d. Generate solid waste in excess of
State or local standards, or in
excess of the capacity of local
infrastructure, or otherwise
impair the attainment of solid
waste reduction goals?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
e. Comply with federal, state, and
local management and reduction
statutes and regulations related
to solid waste?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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General Plan PEIR Utilities and Service Systems Findings The General Plan PEIR determined that impacts to utilities and service systems would be less than significant.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. The number of residential units and population on these sites would increase from the conditions analyzed in the General Plan PEIR; however, the increase would not result in a substantial impact on water, wastewater, storm drain, electrical, natural gas, telecommunication , and solid waste disposal facilities. General Plan policies ensure that future developments pay their fair share for any needed infrastructure improvements, which would apply to all development accommodated by the Housing Element Update. Since the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan , these additional units would already be accounted for in the General Plan analysis concerning utilities and service systems. The Safety Element Update would have no impa ct related to utilities and service systems.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of impacts related to utilities and service systems is requir ed. 681
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Wildfire
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PEIR Evaluation Criteria
PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Would adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates:
a. If located in or near state
responsibility areas or lands
classified as very high fire hazard
severity zones, substantially
impair an adopted emergency
response plan or emergency
evacuation plan?
Less Than
Significant
None No No No Yes Yes
b. If located in or near state
responsibility areas or lands
classified as very high fire hazard
severity zones, due to slope,
prevailing winds, and other
factors, exacerbate wildfire risks
and thereby expose project
occupants to pollutant
concentrations from a wildfire or
the uncontrolled spread of a
wildfire?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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PEIR
Significance
Conclusion
PEIR
Mitigation
Measures
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162
Is a Subsequent EIR Needed? Are Only Minor
Technical
Changes or
Additions
Necessary or Did
None of the
Conditions
Described in
§15162 Occur?
(§15164(a))
Project is
within the
Scope of
General Plan
PEIR?
Do the Proposed
Changes Involve
a New or
Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Are There New
Circumstances
Involving a New
or Substantial
Increase in the
Severity of
Previously
Identified
Impacts?
Is There New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
c. If located in or near state
responsibility areas or lands
classified as very high fire hazard
severity zones, require the
installation or maintenance of
associated infrastructure (such as
roads, fuel breaks, emergency
water sources, power lines or
other utilities) that may
exacerbate fire risk or that may
result in temporary or ongoing
impacts to the environment?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
d. If located in or near state
responsibility areas or lands
classified as very high fire hazard
severity zones, expose people or
structures to significant risks,
including downslopes or
downstream flooding or
landslides, as a result of runoff,
post-fire slope instability, or
drainage changes?
Less than
significant
None No No No Yes Yes
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Wildfire
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General Plan PEIR Wildfire Findings
The General Plan PEIR found that the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would result less than significant impacts concerning wildfire risks, hazards, and conflicts with emergency response plans.
Addendum Analysis
The Housing Element Update includes housing sites located throughout the city that were evaluated previously for potential environmental impacts in the General Plan PEIR. The Housing Element Update would raise the allowable residential density on 16 vacant or partially vacant sites. The number of residential units and population on these sites would increase from th e conditions analyzed in the General Plan PEIR; however, these sites are urban infill sites and not in areas prone to wildfires. All development accommodated by the Housing Element Update would be required to adhere to General Plan and other regulatory requirements concerning wildfire hazards and emergency response. The Safety Element Update would enhance emergency preparedness and response by bringing the General Plan into consistency with new State requirements and would not result in an adverse significant risk to wildfire risks, hazards, and conflicts with emergency response plans.
Conclusions
The adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR nor present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. The General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment of impacts related to wildfire is required. 685
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7 Summary of Findings
The Housing Element and Safety Element Updates are a part of the City’s General Plan, and like other elements within the General Plan, they include goals and policies that the City should meet when it comes to the planning of housing. The Housing Element is also unique from the other elements within the General Plan because it is required to be periodically updated to align with the State’s allocation of the RHNA. Also, the Housing Element includes Housing Programs that are required to be implemented within the planning period established for the Housing Ele ment.
Depending on the timing and scope of the Housing Programs, some programs may be implemented over time as a separate project after the Housing Element is adopted.
The Housing Element update does not involve site-specific projects. The number of residential units and population on these sites would increase from the conditions analyzed in the General Plan PEIR; however, the total number of residential units accommodated by the Housing Element Update would not exceed the buildout capacity of the General Plan. Thus, these additional units would already be accounted for in the General Plan PEIR recently certified in December 2020. The General Plan PEIR accompanied the City’s update to the General Plan. Future development associated with the Housing Element’s Housing Programs will be subject to applicable development standards and reviews established by City ordinances. Additionally, future developments or programs involving discretionary review are subject to the California Environmental Quality Act to determine if actions borne by the project would have a significant impact on the environment.
It has been determined through this analysis that the adoption of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates would not result in impacts beyond those addressed or analyzed in the General Plan PEIR, nor does the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates present new information that shows impacts would be more significant than those described in the General Plan PEIR. Therefore, the General Plan PEIR applies to the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates and no additional environmental assessment is required.
The analysis pursuant to Section 15162 demonstrates whether the lead agency can approve the activity as being within the scope of the existing certi fied EIR, that an addendum to the existing PEIR would be appropriate, and no new environmental document, such as a new EIR , or a Subsequent or Supplement EIR, would be required. The addendum need not be circulated for public review but can be included in or attached to the final PEIR, and the decision-making body shall consider the addendum with the final PEIR prior to deciding on the project. 687
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References
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8 References
Bibliography
California Department of Housing and Community Develop ment (HCD). 2021. Regional Housing Needs Allocation and Housing Elements. https://www.hcd.ca.gov/community - development/housing-element/index.shtml (accessed July 2021).
Beaumont, City of. 2020. Draft Program Environmental Impact Report, Beaumont General Plan. SCH #2018031022. Beaumont, CA. Dated September 2020.
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). 2020a. Final Sixth Cycle Regional Housing Needs Determination.
____. 2020b. Local Housing Data. Retrieved from: https://scag.ca.gov/sites/main/files/file- attachments/beaumont_he_0920.pdf?1603255724 (Accessed August 2021).
List of Preparers
Rincon Consultants, Inc. prepared this EIR Addendum under contract to the City of Beaumont.
Persons involved in data gathering analysis, project management, and quality control are listed below.
RINCON CONSULTANTS, INC.
Matthew Maddox, Principal
Reema Shakra, Supervising Planner
Emily Green, Environmental Planner
Destiny Timms, Environmental Planner
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Contents
Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Section I Introduction ............................................................................................................ 3 I.A Community Context ............................................................................................... 3 I.B Housing Element Purpose ..................................................................................... 3 I.C Organization of the Housing Element .................................................................... 4 I.D Data Sources and Methods ................................................................................... 5 I.E Summary of Public Participation............................................................................ 6 I.F Relationship to Other General Plan Elements ..................................................... 10 I.G Other Statutory Requirements ............................................................................. 10 Section II Projected Housing Need ..................................................................................... 11 II.A Introduction/Overview of SCAG Methodology ..................................................... 11 II.B Riverside County Income Limits .......................................................................... 11 II.C Regional Housing Needs Allocation .................................................................... 12 Section III Housing Resources ............................................................................................. 13 III.A Introduction .......................................................................................................... 13 III.B Land Resources .................................................................................................. 13 III.C Financial and Administrative Resources ............................................................. 14 III.D Opportunities for Energy Conservation ............................................................... 18 Section IV Housing Plan ....................................................................................................... 20 IV.A Introduction .......................................................................................................... 20 IV.B Goal A: Facilitate the Development of Housing to Accommodate the RHNA ...... 21 IV.C Goal B: Promote Affordable Housing Development and Rental Opportunities to Meet the Needs of Lower- and Moderate-Income Households ........................... 24 IV.D Goal C: Remove Governmental Constraints to the Maintenance, Improvement, and Development of Housing .............................................................................. 28 IV.E Goal D: Conserve and Improve the Condition of the Existing Affordable Housing Stock ................................................................................................................... 31 IV.F Goal E: Promote Fair Housing Access and Opportunity ..................................... 32 IV.G Goal F: Encourage Energy Conservation ............................................................ 36 IV.H Quantified Objectives .......................................................................................... 36
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Appendix A: Housing Needs Assessment
Appendix B: Sites Inventory and Methodology
Appendix C: Housing Constraints
Appendix D: Existing Programs Review
Appendix E: Public Participation Summaries
Appendix F: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
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Section I Introduction
I.A Community Context
Incorporated in 1912, the City of Beaumont is located in the western portion of Riverside County.
Beaumont is bounded on the west by the City of Calimesa, on the south by the City of San Jacinto, and on the east by the City of Banning, with unincorporated County land on the north, west, and south ends. Beaumont is located approximately 70 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, 21 miles southeast of San Bernardino, and approximately 25 miles west of the Coachella Valley.
Beaumont covers an area of more than 30 square miles and is home to over 50,000 residents.
Urban land uses encompass much of the northern portion of the city, while open space and protected habitat areas predominate the south and west sides. Major transportation routes (Interstate 10, State Route 60, and State Route 79) intersect within the city, solidifying Beaumont as a strategic location for new investment and development. The city’s proximity to Los Angeles, idyllic setting, and affordable housing led to a population boom starting in 2000. Despite a growing population in recent decades, Beaumont maintains a peaceful, family-friendly atmosphere characterized by its safe neighborhoods, clean streets, and small-town feel.
I.B Housing Element Purpose
The State of California has stated that the availability of decent and suitable housing for every California family is “a priority of the highest order” (California Government Code §54220). This objective has become increasingly urgent in recent years as communities across the state, including Beaumont, struggle to meet the housing needs of all their residents. State Housing Element Law, established in 1969, recognizes the vital role local governments play in the supply and affordability of housing and requires all cities and counties in California establish a long-range plan to meet their fair share of regional housing needs. Cities are charged with planning for the welfare of their citizens, including ensuring that the existing and projected demands for housing are adequately met.
High housing costs — and related housing instability issues — increase health care costs (for individuals and the state), decreases educational outcomes (affecting individuals, as well as the state’s productivity), and makes it difficult for California businesses to attract and retain employees.
– State of California 2025 Statewide Housing Assessment The Housing Element is the primary tool used by the State to ensure local governments are appropriately planning for and accommodating enough housing across all income levels. This 695
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Housing Element covers the planning period 2021-2029. The Housing Element is a mandatory part of a jurisdiction’s General Plan but differs from other General Plan elements in two key aspects. The housing element must be updated every eight years for jurisdictions within a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) on a 4-year regional transportation plan (RTP) cycle, such as the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). The housing element must also be reviewed and approved (i.e., certified) by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
At the time of publication, COVID-19 has impacted Beaumont in significant ways. This has made the issue of housing security even more acute as residents face job loss, housing cost pressures and disparate health impacts from the pandemic. On a practical level, the housing element has had to respond to these conditions by transitioning the public outreach process to reflect the limitations brought on by COVID-19. These actions are detailed in this report. From a policy perspective, the impact on housing security has shown how some of Beaumont’s residents have only tenuous access to housing and the need to secure more housing alternatives for all members of Beaumont’s populations.
I.C Organization of the Housing Element
Per California Government Code §65580-65589, a housing element must consist of the following components:
• Review of the Previous Housing Element: An evaluation of the results of the goals, policies, and programs adopted in the previous Housing Element that compares projected outcomes with actual achieved results.
• Housing Needs Assessment: An analysis of the existing and projected housing needs of the community. It provides a profile of socio- demographic information, such as population characteristics, household information, housing stock, tenure, and housing affordability. The assessment also considers local special housing needs, such as, seniors, farmworkers, homeless, large households, and female-headed households.
• Inventory of Adequate Sites: An inventory listing adequate sites that are suitably zoned and available within the planning period to meet the City’s fair share of regional housing needs across all income levels.
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• Housing Resources: An identification of resources to support the development, preservation, and rehabilitation of housing.
• Housing Constraints: An assessment of impediments to housing production across all income levels covering both governmental (e.g., zoning, fees, etc.) and nongovernmental (e.g., market, environmental, etc.).
• Housing Plan: This section provides a statement of the community’s goals, quantified objectives, and policies to maintain, preserve, improve, and develop housing, as well as a schedule of implementable actions to be taken during the planning period to achieve the goals, objectives, and policies. Quantified objectives for new construction, rehabilitation, and conserved units by income category (i.e., very low, low, moderate, and above moderate) are included to make sure that both the existing and the projected housing needs are met, consistent with the City’s share of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).
Section II provides a summary of the projected housing need. Section III summarizes the adequacy of housing sites and identifies housing resources. Section IV contains the housing plan.
The comprehensive research and analysis supporting the development of Section IV, Housing Plan, are compiled in appendices to this Housing Element. These appendices contain the full set of information used to inform the City’s goals, policies, and programs:
• Appendix A: Housing Needs Assessment
• Appendix B: Sites Inventory and Methodology
• Appendix C: Housing Constraints
• Appendix D: Existing Programs Review
• Appendix E: Public Participation Summaries
• Appendix F: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
I.D Data Sources and Methods
This Housing Element was updated in accordance with California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) guidelines for the 6th Housing Element Cycle, incorporating additional considerations required under new State housing-related legislation. Specific documents are referenced throughout the Housing Element, including but not limited to the 697
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Beaumont General Plan, Zoning Code, and specific plans. The analyses and findings in this document relied on data compiled from various sources, including:
• US Census Bureau (American Community Survey)
• California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) • California Department of Finance (DOF)
• US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
• Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) pre-certified data This document was also informed by information provided by residents, business groups, local organizations, City staff, and elected and appointed officials.
I.E Summary of Public Participation
Public participation is crucial in shaping Beaumont’s housing strategy. Understanding the needs of the community enables the development of housing strategies that are most appropriate and effective. Public outreach also allows the City to identify concerns unique to certain stakeholders that may not have been initially apparent. As part of the development of this Housing Element, the City’s public participation program included community-wide meetings, public meetings with the Planning Commission and City Council, direct outreach to local organizations and neighborhoods representing different economic segments of the community, and community-wide notifications through various communication outlets (e.g., email, social media, news releases, etc.). For detailed public outreach summaries and meeting materials, please see Appendix E.
Public Outreach Events
In addition to be available via direct contact (e.g., email, phone, in person by appointment consistent with COVID-19 protocols), the City conducted the following public outreach events to solicit input on the Housing Element update:
• Public Workshop (Introductory, Information Gathering): Thursday, March 18, 2021 (Virtual 6:00 p.m.).
• City Council Study Session (Draft Housing Element): Tuesday, July 20, 2021 (Hybrid In- Person/Virtual 6:00 p.m.)
• Planning Commission Workshop (Draft Housing Element): Tuesday, August 10, 2021 (Hybrid In-Person/Virtual 6:00 p.m.)
• Planning Commission Public Hearing: XXXX (tentative)
• City Council Public Hearing: XXXX (tentative)
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The goal of the first outreach meeting was informing the public of the purpose and update process for the Housing Element, providing an overview of the city’s demographics and housing needs, and offering an opportunity to provide input at a very early stage in the process. The next set of meetings was focused on the analysis and draft recommendations for the Housing Element. Prior to the City Council and Planning Commission meetings, the City prepared staff reports summarizing the draft Housing Element to facilitate review and understanding of key aspects in the draft Housing Element. These meetings provided an opportunity for elected and appointed officials with a role in adoption of the Housing Element to give feedback ahead of public hearings.
Since these were also public meetings, community members and stakeholders were encouraged to attend and were provided an opportunity to give input. In addition to Council and Commission comments, various public comments were received during the public meetings on the draft Housing Element.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, all community events were offered virtually or in hybrid format (both virtual and in-person). Additionally, after the City’s recent General Plan Update effort, the City found that online outreach was more effective for community members than in-person events. The City offered a QR code with an online feedback form to submit comments during the Housing Element Update process. Notifications of the community events were distributed through the City’s email database of over 1,000 individuals in addition to outreach efforts conducted by the City’s Public Information Officer via news releases and social media.
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Targeted Outreach In addition to be previously listed outreach efforts, the City conducted targeted outreach to solicit input on the affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) analysis (Appendix F). The City distributed 1,135 letters in both English and Spanish, contacting the following for input and feedback to inform the development of the Housing Element:
• Beaumont Senior Center
• Area Agency on Aging
• Community Access Center
• State Independent Living Center
• Inland Regional Center
• Homeless Programs Unit – County of Riverside Department of Public Social Services • Affordable and market rate apartment managers
• Housing Authority of the County of Riverside
• Riverside County Economic Development Agency
• Residents in the El Barrio Neighborhood
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• Residents in the Town Center
• Churches
• Beaumont Unified School District
While some of these contacts were also directly notified of the public outreach meetings, this more expansive list was necessary to broaden the public engagement effort and reach all communities and populations within city. These contacts are located, or represent households that are located, across the city. Specific attention was given to contacting households in areas with lower access to opportunity (e.g., El Barrio and Town Center neighborhoods) (see Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Analysis, Appendix F).
These groups were directly contacted via mail with follow up emails and/or telephone calls based on the contact information the City had on file. Letters communicated that feedback could be submitted via email, mail, phone, in person, or through an online comment form with the QR code provided. Letters were distributed in both English and Spanish. Comments received during this effort are summarized in the following section.
Comments
During the Housing Element update process, the City received comments in both oral and written formats, including comments submitted via the webpage. Comments were provided prior to drafting the technical analysis to support development of the Housing Element, during public review of the draft Housing Element, during revisions of the draft Housing Element, and throughout the process.
Comments received are summarized below.
• Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) can be used to meet the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The City‘s ADU standards are not up to date, but the City will prepare an ADU ordinance that is consistent with State regulations immediately following the Housing Element update process. Some comments were supportive of ADUs and others expressed concern about ADUs and the State’s approach (i.e., one-size-fits-all). • One commentor identified that seniors are as a major victim of the affordable housing crisis and supported ADUs to help address this problem. • Support for the proposed rezone program and the program to facilitate housing in the Urban Village.
• Support for transit-oriented development (TOD) and identification of housing sites in the TOD Overlay.
• Request to rezone some vacant single-family parcels to multi-family. • Multiple comments provided identified that there is high demand and need for rental apartments in Beaumont.
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• There is not enough housing for lower income residents. • Support for condominium and townhome development as single-family home prices increase.
• Residents lack information, resources, and the opportunity for affordable housing. • Concerns were raised about impacts of more housing on traffic, infrastructure, schools, emergency services, and emergency access and evacuations. • Comment to make all sidewalks six to eight feet wide and ADA accessible.
Integration of Comments into the Housing Element
Comments provided have been incorporated in the updated Housing Element, typically through programs. The following summarizes how the feedback received during the process was incorporated into the Housing Element:
• The ADU program facilitates the production of ADUs consistent with State law through an updated ADU Ordinance and pre-approved ADU plans.
• The rezone program remained as proposed with increasing allowed densities in high resource areas along transportation corridors where higher densities are already allowed (i.e., 22 units per acre).
• Lower-income sites identified in the TOD Overlay remained in the sites inventory. • Programs to facilitate lower income housing have been added or expanded, including affordable housing developer outreach and affordable housing density bonus programs. • Various programs encourage the development multi-family development, either as apartments or condominiums, such as the rezone program; program for minimum densities; density bonus programs; and mixed-use parking incentives. • Programs to distribute information on resources and programs to support access to affordable housing have been added or expanded, including promotion of the first-time homebuyers program, rental assistance program (housing choice vouchers), and fair housing services program. Also, a landlord education and outreach program has been added.
• The Safety Element is being updated concurrently with the Housing Element to address hazards and evacuation routes consistent with State law. • An infrastructure grant program is included to help facilitate the provision of infrastructure to support development of moderate and lower-income housing sites. • The CDBG funding program identifies that the City will continue to use CDBG funds for place-based improvements (e.g., ADA sidewalk improvements, parks improvements, etc.).
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I.F Relationship to Other General Plan Elements
The Housing Element is one of seven mandatory elements of the City’s General Plan, a long- range vision document that provides guidance for future development in Beaumont. City Council adopted the Beaumont General Plan in 2020. For the General Plan to provide effective guidance on land use issues, the goals, policies, and programs of each element must be internally consistent with other elements. This Housing Element builds upon the existing General Plan and is consistent with its goals and policies. Various Housing Element programs require Zoning Code amendments, and some will require amendments to the General Plan for consistency (e.g., rezone program). As Housing Element programs are implemented, the General Plan will be amended concurrently to ensure consistency across planning documents. In the event an element of the General Plan is amended, the City will consider the impacts of the amendment on the other elements to maintain consistency across all documents.
I.G Other Statutory Requirements
Water and Sewer Priority
Government Code §65589.7 requires each public agency or private entity providing water or sewer services to grant a priority for the provision of these services to proposed developments that include lower income housing units. In Beaumont, sewer services are provided by the City and water services are provided by the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District (BCVWD). The City has not denied, applied conditions, or reduced the amount of sewer service for a development that includes housing affordable to lower-income households consistent with State law. The City will adopt written policies and procedures that grant a priority for sewer hook-ups and service to developments that help meet Beaumont’s share of the regional need for lower-income housing.
Government Code §65589.7 also requires adopted housing elements to be immediately delivered to all public agencies or private entities that provide water or sewer services for municipal and industrial uses, including residential. The City will provide the adopted Housing Element to the BCVWD immediately upon adoption.
Flood and Fire Hazards
Although the City updated its General Plan, including the Safety Element, in 2020, new State legislation requires additional considerations related to hazards to be addressed. Together with the Housing Element Update, the City is amending the Safety Element to incorporate additional information regarding evacuation routes and the Resilient Inland Empire’s Community Vulnerability Profile for Beaumont.
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Section II Projected Housing Need
II.A Introduction/Overview of SCAG Methodology
State Housing Element law (Government Code §65580 et. seq.) requires regional councils of governments to identify for each member jurisdiction its "fair share allocation" of the Regional Housing Needs Assessment provided by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). In turn, each city and county must demonstrate the capacity to accommodate their local share of regional housing needs in the community’s housing element.
Each jurisdiction’s responsibility for meeting the overall regional housing need is established as a Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the council of governments for the Beaumont area, adopted its 6th cycle RHNA allocation methodology in March 2020. SCAG considered several factors in preparing the methodology, which weighed both projected and existing need. Projected need was informed by household growth, future vacancy need, and replacement need, while existing need considered transit accessibility, job accessibility, residual need in disadvantaged communities. The distribution of the RHNA across the four income categories factored in a social equity adjustment, which allocated a lower proportion of lower- income RHNA to jurisdictions that already had a high concentration of such households in comparison to the County, as well as the goal to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH), which adjusted the distribution of RHNA in jurisdictions considered either very low or very high resource areas.
II.B Riverside County Income Limits
The projected housing needs are broken down by income category based on definitions in the California Health and Safety Code (§50079.5). HCD calculates “extremely low”, “very low”, “low”, “median”, “moderate”, and “above moderate” income limits, and publishes these limits at the county level. Riverside County’s 2021 income limits for households of one to four persons are shown in Table II-1. See Appendix A, Table A-4, for a table listing income limits for households of up to eight persons.
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Number of Persons in Household 1 2 3 4
Extremely Low $16,660 $19,000 $21,960 $26,500
Very Low $27,650 $31,600 $35,550 $39,500
Low $44,250 $50,600 $56,900 $63,200
Median $54,250 $62,000 $69,750 $77,500
Moderate $65,100 $74,400 $83,700 $93,000
II.C Regional Housing Needs Allocation
The RHNA for Beaumont is shown in Table II-2. The City has a total allocation of 4,210 units for the October 2021 to October 2029 planning period.
Table II-2: 6th Cycle RHNA
Beaumont Riverside County SCAG
Area/Income Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Total 4,210 100% 167,351 100% 1,341,827 100%
Very Low1 1,229 29.2% 41,995 25.1% 351,796 26.2%
Low 721 17.1% 26,473 15.8% 206,807 15.4%
Moderate 723 17.2% 29,167 17.4% 223,957 16.7%
Above Moderate 1,537 36.5% 69,716 41.7% 559,267 41.7%
1 The City estimates 50% of the Very Low RHNA households would qualify as extremely low income (i.e., 614 extremely low-income units).
Source: SCAG, City of Beaumont, LWC
The City of Beaumont is not responsible for the actual construction of these units. Beaumont is, however, responsible for creating a regulatory environment in which the private market could build unit types included in their State housing allocation. This includes the creation, adoption, and implementation of General Plan policies, zoning standards, and/or economic incentives to encourage the construction of various types of units.
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Section III Housing Resources
III.A Introduction
There are a variety of resources available to support the City in implementation of its housing strategy, landowners and developers seeking to provide housing, and residents in need to housing assistance in Beaumont. This section provides a summary of land available to accommodate future housing in the city. The full site inventory analysis is contained in Appendix B. This section also includes a list of local, regional, state, and federal programs that provide financial and related assistance to support the City in meeting its housing goals.
III.B Land Resources
A critical part of the Housing Element is the sites inventory, which identifies a list of sites that are suitable for future residential development. State law mandates that each jurisdiction ensure availability of an adequate number of sites that have appropriate zoning, development standards, and infrastructure capacity to meet its fair share of regional housing need (i.e., RHNA) at all income levels. The inventory is a tool that assists in determining if the jurisdiction has enough land to meet its RHNA given its current regulatory framework.
Identification of Sites Suitable for Housing
The sites identified in the site inventory (Appendix B) are comprised of parcels located in various areas and zones within the City. Critical areas for moderate and lower-income housing are the Urban Village, Transit Oriented District Overlay, Residential Multiple Family, Sixth Street Mixed Use, and Downtown Residential Multifamily zones. Each site has undergone an assessment to determine development potential and residential unit capacity given zoning standards and development trends. For detailed information, please see Appendix B.
Summary of Adequate Sites
Table III-1 summarizes the City’s methods for satisfying its RHNA. Based on accessory dwelling unit (ADU) projections, entitled and proposed projects, and available 6th Cycle sites, the City has excess capacity in moderate and above-moderate income categories. The City has a small shortfall (49 units) in the lower income categories, and the City has identified potential parcels for rezoning to address this shortfall (see Table B-9 for specific parcels and Section IV, Housing Plan, Program 1 for more details). Assumptions and methodology for this determination and a detailed list of sites are included in Appendix B.
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Extremely
Low Very Low Low Moderate Above
Moderate Total
RHNA See Very Low 1,229 721 723 1,537 4,210
ADUs 1 1 4 4 1 11
Entitled/Proposed
Projects1 - - 48 - 3,257 3,305
Remaining RHNA See Very Low 1,227 669 719 (1,721) N/A
Site Inventory1 See Very
Low/Low 1,847 3,889 5 5,741
Surplus / (Shortfall) See Very
Low/Low (49) 3,170 1,726 N/A
1 Considers net new units only.
Source: City of Beaumont, LWC
III.C Financial and Administrative Resources
The following section contains a list of financial, administrative, and other resources to help the City address its housing needs. Availability of these resources is dependent on governmental priorities, legislation, and continued funding, which may be subject to change at any time.
Regional Resources
• Riverside County Economic Development Agency Programs o First Home Buyer Down Payment Assistance (FTHB) Program: This program provides down payment assistance to lower income persons in the purchase of their first home.
o Mortgage Credit Certification: This program allows qualified home buyers to reduce the amount of their federal income tax liability by an amount equal to a portion of the interest paid on a home mortgage, qualifying them more easily for a loan by increasing the effective income of the buyer through a tax credit. Funding for this program is provided by the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC).
• Housing Authority of the County of Riverside Programs o Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program: This program assists families receiving rental assistance move to economic independence. This program includes workshops on financial assistance for higher education, credit repair/home ownership, self-esteem, resume writing, parenting, and stress management. 706
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o Homeownership Program: This program assists with cleaning up credit problems for eligible residents and works closely with the FSS program to obtain the goal of homeownership while earning an escrow account. This Program has reached maximum capacity, and applications are not being accepted at this time. o Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8): While the Housing Choice Voucher Program is a federally funded program, it is administered locally by public housing agencies, such as the Housing Authority of the County of Riverside. The program provides assistance to very low-income families to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Participants find their own housing to rent in the open market and pay a portion of their income towards rent. The Housing Authority subsidizes the balance of the monthly rent in direct payments to the owner. • Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc. (NPHS) Renaissance Home Repair Loan: Offers up to $20,000 for each eligible lower income household in the Inland Valley to be used for financing any desired home improvements including health and safety repairs, beautification projects, and energy efficiency upgrades. Eligible homeowners must occupy their homes at the time of loan application.
State Resources
• Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (AHSC): Administered by the Strategic Growth Council, this program provides grants and/or loans to fund land- use, housing, transportation, or land preservation projects that support infill and compact development that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• CalHome: HCD provides grants to local public agencies and non-profit housing developers to assist first-time homebuyers with down payment assistance through deferred-payment loans, rehabilitation, homebuyer counseling, self-help mortgage assistance, or other technical assistance. $57 million available in State CalHome program. • California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH): This program provides funds for a variety of activities to assist persons experiencing or at risk of homelessness, such as housing relocation and stabilization services (including rental assistance), operating subsidies for permanent housing, flexible housing subsidies, emergency housing operating support, and homeless delivery systems.
• Homekey: This program provides funding to protect Californians experiencing homelessness who are impacted by COVID-19.
• Housing for a Healthy California (HHC) Program: This program creates supportive housing for recipients of or those eligible for health care provided through the California Department of Health Care Services’ Medi-Cal program.
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• Infill Infrastructure Grant Program (IIG): This program promotes infill housing development by providing grant funding, in the form of gap assistance, for infrastructure improvements required for qualifying multi-family or mixed-use residential development. • Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant (FWHG) Program: This program provides deferred payment loans for both owner-occupied and rental housing for agricultural workers, with a priority for lower income households.
• Local Housing Trust Fund (LHTF) Program: This program provides matching funds to local or regional housing trust funds for the creation, preservation, and rehabilitation of affordable housing, transitional housing, or emergency shelters. • Mobilehome Park Rehabilitation and Resident Ownership Program (MPRROP): This program provides financing to support the preservation of affordable mobilehome parks through conversion of the park to an ownership model.
• Multifamily Housing Program (MHP): This program provides deferred payment loans for the construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of permanent and transitional rental housing for lower-income households.
• National Housing Trust Fund: This program provides deferred payment or forgivable loans for the construction of permanent housing for extremely low-income households.
The covenant is for 55 years.
• Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program: This program provides a permanent source of funding to all local governments in California to help cities and counties implement plans to increase affordable housing stock. Funding for this program is provided through a $75 recording fee on real estate transactions. • Predevelopment Loan Program (PDLP): This program provides financing to cover pre- development costs to construct, preserve, or rehabilitate assisted housing. • Supportive Housing Multifamily Housing Program (SHMHP): This program provides low interest deferred loan payments to developers building affordable rental housing that contain supportive housing units.
• Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Housing Program: This program provides low- interest loans as gap financing for higher density affordable rental housing near transit. • Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program (VHHP): This program supports the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable multi- family housing for veterans and their families.
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• Golden State Acquisition Fund: This $93 million fund provides low-cost financing aimed at supporting the creation and preservation of affordable housing across the state. • California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA): CalHFA offers a variety of low-cost loan programs to support the development of affordable multi-family rental housing, mixed- income housing, and special needs housing.
• California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA), Mortgage Credit Certificate Program:
The MCC program is a homebuyer assistance program designed to help lower‐income families afford home ownership. The program allows home buyers to claim a dollar‐for‐ dollar tax credit for a portion of mortgage interest paid per year, up to $2,000. The remaining mortgage interest paid may still be calculated as an itemized deduction. • Elderlink: A senior care referral service licensed by the Department of Public Health. This organization provides independent and free personalized senior care placement services to fully screened and approved nursing home, board and care, and assisted living facilities.
Federal Resources
• HOME Program: Participating jurisdictions may use HOME funds for a variety of housing activities, according to local housing needs. Eligible uses of funds include tenant-based rental assistance; housing rehabilitation; assistance to homebuyers; and new construction of housing. HOME funding may also be used for site acquisition, site improvements, demolition, relocation, and other necessary and reasonable activities related to the development of non-luxury housing. Funds may not be used for public housing development, public housing operating costs, or for Section 8 tenant-based assistance, nor may they be used to provide non-federal matching contributions for other federal programs, for operating subsidies for rental housing, or for activities under the Low-Income Housing Preservation Act.
• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): Federal funding for housing programs is available through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Beaumont participates in the CDBG program through the County of Riverside, which applies to HUD for funds on behalf of the City and other non-entitlement jurisdictions. The City anticipates receiving $163,900 in grant funds for the 2021-2022 program year, which are reserved for ADA improvements in the downtown.
• Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program: Allows CDBG entitlement jurisdictions to leverage their annual grant allocations to access low-cost financing for capital improvement projects. Eligible activities include housing, economic development, public facility, and infrastructure. This program is often used to catalyze private investment in underserved communities or as gap financing.
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• Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program: This program provides funding for cities, counties, and states to (1) engage homeless individuals and families living on the street; (2) improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; (3) help operate these shelters; (4) provide essential services to shelter residents, (5) rapidly rehouse homeless individuals and families, and (6) prevent families/individuals from becoming homeless.
• Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Program: HUD-VASH is a collaborative program between HUD and VA combines HUD housing vouchers with VA supportive services to help veterans who are homeless and their families find and sustain permanent housing.
• Low-Income Housing Preservation and Residential Home Ownership Act (LIHPRHA): This program requires all eligible HUD Section 236 and Section 221(d) projects at risk of conversion to market-rate rentals from mortgage pre-payments be subject to LIHPRHA incentives, which include subsidies to guarantee an eight percent annual return on equity.
• Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: Administered through the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC), the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) subsidizes the acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of affordable housing by providing a tax credit to construct or rehabilitate affordable rental housing for low-income households. • Continuum of Care (CoC) Program: The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote communitywide commitment towards ending homelessness. It provides funding to nonprofits, State, and local governments to provide shelter and services to people experiencing homelessness.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Housing Programs: This program provides homeownership opportunities for individuals and below market-rate loans/grants to public and non-profit organizations for new construction, preservation, or rehabilitation of farmworker/rural multi-family rental housing.
III.D Opportunities for Energy Conservation
The cost of energy can greatly impact housing affordability, as energy costs can constitute a significant portion of total housing costs. High energy costs also particularly impact low-income households that are less likely to have the ability to cover increased expenses.
Southern California Edison (SCE) provides electricity services for the City of Beaumont. Southern California Edison assists low-income customers through several programs including:
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• CARE (California Alternate Rates for Energy): This program reduces energy bills for eligible participants by about 30 percent. Qualifications are based on whether any person living in the home participates in a list of public assistance programs or household income guidelines.
• FERA (Family Electric Rate Assistance): Family Electric Rate Assistance is SCE’s rate reduction program for large households of three or more people with low- to middle- income. Qualifications are based on household income guidelines. • Arrearage Management Plan (AMP) Program: This program is a debt forgiveness payment plan for residential CARE and FERA customers who have past due bills (at least 90 days old) totaling $500 or greater. In exchange for making on-time payment on the current monthly bill, AMP will forgive 1/12 of the eligible total past due amount. • Capitation Fee Program: This program reimburses organizations helping income- qualified customers gain assistance through the CARE or FERA program. Organizations dedicating resources to enrolling individuals and families in these programs can be entitled to capitation fees to offset expenses.
• California LifeLine Program: This program may provide a discount on phone services to residents receiving energy bill discounts through the CARE program. • Grid Alternatives’ Energy for All Program: This program provides no-cost solar for single family homeowners with limited or fixed incomes.
Additionally, the City has a Climate Action Plan (CAP), called Sustainable Beaumont, which was updated in October 2015. Sustainable Beaumont establishes a roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and conserve energy. The Sustainable Beaumont goals and policies are coordinated with and implemented through the Safety Element of the General Plan. The City is currently participating in the Regional Climate Action Plan, led by Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG), and will update the City’s CAP accordingly.
Other conservation programs available on the regional, state, and federal level are described below.
Regional Energy Resources
• Community Action Partnership of Riverside County Programs o Weatherization Assistance Program: This program provides free home energy conservation services to low-income Riverside County homeowners and renters. o Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: This program provides grants and one-time assistance payments to low-income families and individuals for electric bills in Riverside County.
• Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc. (NPHS) Sojourner Solar Purchase Program: Program provides the sales, installation, and financing of solar panel systems for homeowners.
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• California Department of Community Services & Development Programs Low- Income Weatherization Program (LIWP): California’s Low-Income Weatherization Program (LIWP) provides low-income households with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and energy efficiency upgrades at no cost to residents. LIWP is the only program of its kind in California that focuses exclusively on serving low-income households with solar PV and energy efficiency upgrades at no cost. The program reduces greenhouse gas emissions and household energy costs by saving energy and generating clean renewable power. LIWP currently operates three program components: Multi-Family, Community Solar, and Farmworker Housing. According to CDS’s Nov. 2020 Low-Income Weatherization Program Impact Report, LIWP has received $212 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund since 2014. Note: The multi-family energy efficiency & renewables program component is estimated to end in June 2022. • California Public Utilities Commission Energy Savings Assistance Program (ESA):
ESA provides no-cost weatherization services to low-income households who meet the CARE income guidelines. Services provided include attic insulation, energy efficient refrigerators, energy efficient furnaces, weatherstripping, caulking, low-flow showerheads, water heater blankets, and door and building envelope repairs which reduce air infiltration.
Federal Energy Resources
• Federal Housing Administration Energy Efficient Mortgage Program (EEM): This program helps families save money on their utility bills by enabling them to finance energy efficient improvements with their FHA-insured mortgage. The EEM program recognizes that an energy-efficient home will have lower operating costs, making it more affordable for the homeowners. Cost-effective energy improvements can lower utility bills and make more income available for the mortgage payment.
Section IV Housing Plan
IV.A Introduction
The housing plan of the Housing Element serves as the City’s strategy for addressing its housing needs. This section describes the housing goals, policies, and programs of the Housing Element for the City of Beaumont.
Goals are aspirational purpose statements that indicate the City’s direction on housing-related needs. Each goal encompasses several policies, which are statements that describe the City’s preferred course of action among a range of other options.
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which refer to the number of units that are expected to be constructed, preserved, or rehabilitated through the program during the planning period. These quantified objectives represent measurable outcomes that can be used to benchmark the success of each program.
This Housing Element contains institutional changes intended to significantly increase the amount and type of housing for all income levels in Beaumont. These efforts are expected to be initiated throughout the planning period, which is from October 15, 2021 to October 15, 2029. In accordance with State law, the City will also evaluate the progress and effectiveness of these programs on an annual basis. Together, these initiatives reflect the City’s commitment to increasing affordable housing and improve existing housing conditions.
IV.B Goal A: Facilitate the Development of Housing to Accommodate the RHNA
Policies:
• Implement the Land Use and Community Design Element, Zoning Ordinance, and adopted Specific Plans to achieve adequate sites for all income groups. • Provide adequate sites, zoned at appropriate densities and development standards, to facilitate residential development and affordability goals set forth in the 2021-2029 RHNA. • Maintain a vacant and underutilized residential sites inventory, and assist residential developers in identifying land suitable for residential development. • Promote housing options that allow residents to age in place such as multi-generational housing, multi-family housing, senior housing, and residential care.
Programs:
1. RHNA Housing Sites Implementation; Rezone Program
To accommodate the remaining lower-income RHNA of 49 units, the City will identify and rezone a minimum of 2.5 acres of vacant land or land with redevelopment potential to a maximum density of 30 units per acre and a minimum density of at least 20 units per acre by October 15, 2024. Rezoned sites will permit owner-occupied and rental multi-family uses by-right for developments in which 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower-income households pursuant to Government Code §65583.2(i). Rezoned sites shall allow 100 percent residential use and shall require residential use to occupy at least 50 percent of the floor area in a mixed-use project. Each potential rezone site has the capacity to accommodate at least 16 units, already allows multi-family uses by right, and will be available for development in the planning period where water, sewer, and dry utilities can be provided.
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Table IV-1: Sites Available to be Rezoned to Lower-Income APN Zone Vacant/Existing
Use Re-Used Site? Parcel Size (ac) Lower Income Units
Capacity Assumption1
419160017 SSMU Vacant YES 1.6 31
419160019 SSMU Vacant YES 0.5 10
419160020 SSMU Vacant YES 0.8 16
419170031 SSMU Vacant - 4.2 83
419170034 SSMU Vacant - 1.0 20
419170035 SSMU Vacant - 1.0 21
419222020 DMF Vacant YES 1.3 26
419222021 DMF Vacant YES 1.0 20
419170016 DMF Vacant YES
Site E (4.4
acres) 88 419170017 DMF Vacant YES
419170018 DMF Vacant YES
419170022 DMF Vacant YES
419170027 DMF Vacant YES 2.8 55
419160005 DMF Vacant YES Site F (3.7 acres) 74 419160024 DMF Vacant YES 4192130392 SSMU-R
Single-family
house
(abandoned)
- 1.8 35
Total 24.1 479
1 A minimum of 20 units per acre assumed per Program 1. 2 Not included as a housing site in Appendix B, as it has a current entitlement for a church; however, the City is receiving developer interest for multi-family projects on this parcel.
Source: City of Beaumont, LWC
• Time frame: Sites rezoned by October 15, 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
• Objectives: Create opportunity for at least 49 units of housing for lower income households
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2. Housing Facilitation in the Urban Village
To facilitate the development of housing for lower- and moderate-income households in the Urban Village Zone, the City will offer the following incentives for the development of affordable housing, including but not limited to: priority processing of subdivision maps that include affordable housing units; expedited review for the subdivision of larger sites into buildable lots where the development application can be found consistent with the General Plan and Zoning Code; financial assistance (based on availability of federal, state, local foundations, and private housing funds); and modification of development requirements, such as reduced parking standards for seniors, assisted care, and special needs housing.
• Time frame: As development applications are submitted and through annual outreach to affordable housing developers (also see Program 16 (Affordable Housing Developer Outreach)
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
3. No Net Loss Program
Pursuant to SB 166 (No Net Loss) passed in 2017, the City will develop a procedure to annually track:
• Unit count and income/affordability assumed on parcels included in the sites inventory.
• Actual number of units achieved and income/affordability when parcels are developed.
• Net change in capacity and summary of remaining capacity in meeting remaining RHNA.
The City will report on the number of extremely low, very low, low and moderate income units constructed annually. lf the inventory indicates a shortage of available sites, the City will rezone sufficient sites to accommodate the City's RHNA. Current unit count and income/affordability of available sites are identified in the inventory (see Appendix B). • Time frame: Process established by 2022; Evaluation will be ongoing • Responsible Agency: Planning Department
4. Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
The City will adopt an ADU ordinance consistent with the most current State laws to streamline the permitting and production of ADUs. The City will also prepare ADU standard plans to facilitate ADU permitting and encourage property owners to construct ADUs. The City will publicize and promote the availability of ADU standard plans and available funding for ADUs, such as the CalHFA ADU Grant Program that provides up to $25,000 to reimburse homeowners for predevelopment costs necessary to build and occupy an ADU. Promotional materials will be available in in English and Spanish. Also, the City will monitor ADU production and affordability and implement additional action to incentivize ADU production if target ADU numbers are not being met.
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• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
• Objectives: Adopt ordinance and create standard ADU plans (2022); bilingual promotion (annually); evaluate and determine if additional actions are needed to facilitate ADU production (June 2025); implement additional actions to facilitate ADUs (if needed) (December 2025)
5. Minimum Densities
The City will update the Zoning Code to establish minimum densities on housing sites identified in the sites inventory where minimum densities do not currently apply, ensuring sites are developed at densities to meet realistic unit estimates. • Time frame: 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
• Objectives: Update Zoning Code to include minimum densities for housing sites IV.C Goal B: Promote Affordable Housing Development and Rental Opportunities to Meet the Needs of Lower- and Moderate-Income Households
Policies:
• Continue to facilitate rental assistance to lower-income households through programs administered by the County of Riverside Housing Authority. • Facilitate the construction of new housing affordable to lower-income households. • Encourage the development of density bonus affordable housing units. • Ensure the affordability of new affordable housing developments through long-term affordability covenants.
• Support programs that offer down payment assistance to first time homebuyers. • Encourage programmatic support for extremely low-income households. • Cooperate with and seek the advice of developers, builders, financial institutions, community groups, nonprofit agencies, and interested community members on housing needs and the solutions to housing problems.
Programs:
6. Rental Assistance Program
The Housing Choice Voucher Program assists lower-income households in renting privately owned existing housing. The City will coordinate with the Housing Authority by transmitting any relevant information on apartment complexes in Beaumont and commenting on the Authority’s draft Action Plans. The City will also advertise availability of the Housing Choice Voucher Program on its website, newsletters, email blasts, social media, cable television channel as well as handouts at City Hall and other public buildings and facilities.
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In 2020, the Housing Authority assisted 95 householders. The objective maintains this number of assisted households given the uncertainty of funding in the future for the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
• Time frame: Provide link on City website (2022); promote the Program annually • Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Housing Authority of the County of Riverside
• Objectives: 95 households (60 VLI, 35 LI)
7. First Time Homebuyer Program
The First Time Homebuyer (FTHB) Program provides HOME funds for down-payment assistance to eligible lower income households. The Economic Development Agency of the County is responsible for implementation. In order to contribute to program implementation during the planning period, the City will continue to take the following actions:
• Advertise the program through the City’s communication outlets (e.g., newsletters, email blasts, social media, etc.)
• Provide handouts and brochures describing and advertising the FTHB Program at City Hall and other public buildings and facilities
Because the FTHB Program may be utilized to purchase a home in Riverside County’s unincorporated area and 13 participating cities, only a few households can be assisted in any one city. The quantified objective is three lower income households, an estimate that is based on the number of households assisted in the prior planning period. • Time frame: Ongoing
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Riverside County Economic Development Agency
• Objectives: 3 LI households
8. Mortgage Credit Certificates Program
First time homebuyers in Beaumont can obtain financial assistance through the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) Program. The MCC offers qualified applicants the ability to take an annual tax credit against their federal income taxes of up to 15 percent of the annual interest paid on the applicant’s mortgage. Each year, the County of Riverside submits an application to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC) for tax exempt private activity bonds for conversion to MCC’s.
The City will continue to take the following actions:
• Advertise the program through the City’s communication outlets (e.g., newsletters, email blasts, social media, etc.)
• Provide handouts and brochures describing and advertising the MCC Program at City Hall and other public buildings and facilities
Because the MCC Program may be utilized in Riverside County’s unincorporated area and 13 participating cities, only a few households can be assisted in any one city. The quantified objective is 12 lower income households, an estimate that is based on the number of households assisted in the prior planning period. • Time frame: Ongoing
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• Objectives: 12 LI households
9. Transitional and Supportive Housing
The City will amend the Zoning Code to include definitions for transitional and supportive housing and allow transitional and supportive housing consistent with State law, including AB 2162 as appropriate.
• Time frame: 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
10. Emergency Shelters
The City will amend its Zoning Code to explicitly regulate emergency shelter parking requirements. Specifically, said requirements will ensure that emergency shelters do not impose more parking than required for other residential or commercial uses within the same zone and that they require sufficient parking for emergency shelter staff (e.g., one parking space per employee and agency vehicle).
• Time frame: 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
11. Low Barrier Navigation Centers
AB 101 amended State law (Government Code Section 65660) so that Low Barrier Navigation Centers must be allowed by-right in all areas zoned for mixed-uses and nonresidential zones permitting multi-family uses. Low Barrier Navigation Centers are Housing First, low-barrier, service-enriched shelters focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing. The City will amend the Zoning Code to allow Low Barrier Navigation Centers by-right in these areas consistent with AB 101.
• Time frame: 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
12. Affordable Housing Density Bonus Program
AB 2345, which took effect on January 1, 2021, revised the State density bonus law (Government Code Section 65915-65918) to increase the maximum density bonus to up to 50 percent. Beaumont will update its Zoning Code to be consistent with State law to encourage the development of affordable and senior housing.
In addition, in order to promote this program, the Planning Department will:
• Prepare a user-friendly brochure explaining density bonus provisions • Hold at least two workshops for landowners and developers after the brochure is prepared
The quantified objective is construction of 30 density bonus units during the planning period.
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• Time frame: Amend density bonus provisions (2022-2023); develop user-friendly brochure (2023); hold at least two workshops with landowners and developers (2023-2024)
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
• Objectives: 30 affordable density bonus units
13. Enhanced Density Bonus
The City will evaluate increasing density bonus provisions for projects that include affordable housing above that required by State law (e.g., above the 50 percent bonus pursuant to AB 2345). Unless constrained by infrastructure or other limitations determined through the City’s evaluation, the City will proceed with adopting an enhanced density bonus program.
• Time frame: 2022-2023
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
• Objectives: Adopt an enhanced density bonus program if analysis shows it would facilitate housing production
14. Employee/Farmworker Housing
The City will amend the Zoning Code and to allow employee/farmworker housing consistent with Health and Safety Code §17021.5 and 17021.6. • Time frame: 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
15. Housing for Extremely Low-Income Persons
The City will promote the development of housing for extremely low-income persons by offering incentives for developments that include units designated for ELI households, such as SROs, supportive and transitional housing, and deed restricted multi-family units, through priority processing, regulatory concession such as reduced parking standards, and financial assistance based on availability of funds through various sources (federal, state, local foundations, etc.). Also see Program 25 (Infrastructure Grants) and Program 16 (Affordable Housing Developer Outreach Program) below. • Time frame: Offer incentives when projects are submitted with ELI units and promote those incentives during communications with applicants prior to submittal • Responsible Agency: Planning Department
16. Affordable Housing Developer Outreach Program
The Planning Department will implement an Affordable Housing Developer Outreach Program to promote housing for lower- and moderate-income households.
The City will:
• Update the list of affordable housing developers to include any new regional developers
• Solicit developers’ input regarding the types of incentives and assistance that the City can offer to most effectively support and facilitate affordable housing in Beaumont.
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• Assist with funding applications for developments with lower and moderate-income units (see Program 25 (Infrastructure Grants)).
The goal of this program is to encourage developers to address a variety of Beaumont’s housing needs.
• Time frame: 2022-2029
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
• Objectives: Contact at least eight residential developers with development experience (ideally affordable housing development experience) in the region (2023-2024); approve at least one below market rate housing development by 2029
17. Developmentally Disabled Outreach Program
The Inland Regional Center (IRC) provides housing support and services for persons with developmental disabilities in Beaumont.
The City will take the following actions:
• Advertise the program through the City’s communication outlets (e.g., newsletters, email blasts, social media, etc.)
• Provide handouts and brochures describing and advertising the IRC at City Hall and other public buildings and facilities
• Provide information on services on the City’s website
The goal of this program is to increase visibility and support to the existing services provided by the IRC.
• Time frame: Provide information on website (2022) and review annually to ensure up-to-date; provide handouts/brochures at City facilities annually; advertise through various City communication outlets annually
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
IV.D Goal C: Remove Governmental Constraints to the Maintenance, Improvement, and Development of Housing
Policies:
• Affirmatively further housing goals through City codes, ordinances, and policies that enhance the housing quality of life experienced by residents. • Permit developers of senior housing affordable housing to submit requests for reduced parking requirements based on parking demand studies.
• Defer development fees in order to facilitate and encourage the development of affordable housing.
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• Continue the processing of new housing developments designed to address the needs of the entire range of income groups.
• Achieve coordination and uniformity in all regulations relating to housing to expedite the construction of homes for low and moderate-income households. • Continue to expedite the processing and review time by the City to the maximum extent possible, while also providing special processing assistance for affordable housing projects.
Programs:
18. Mixed-Use Parking Incentives
The City will analyze parking requirements in mixed use zones (e.g., downtown, urban village, and transit-oriented development areas, etc.) to determine if reductions in required parking rates and/or strategies that allow for parking reductions should be considered and included in the Zoning Code. A Parking Management Master Plan (PMMP) is underway, which will include recommendations for parking strategies and required parking rates in downtown. The Zoning Code will be amended to reflect appropriate PMMP recommendations.
• Time frame: 2021-2023
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
19. Objective Design Standards
The City will adopt Objective Design Standards for residential and mixed-use projects.
The purpose of these standards is to expedite the approval process for such projects and support the City in meeting its housing goals. The City will also update required findings for housing developments, including licensed and unlicensed group homes and community care facilities, to ensure findings as well as applicable standards are objective. • Time frame: 2021-2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
20. Manufactured Housing
Amend the Zoning Code to remove manufactured housing requirements that apply only to manufactured homes and not single-family homes unless allowed by State law. • Time frame: 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
21. Permit Streamlining
Amend the Municipal Code to remove outdated permit streamlining provisions (i.e., Chapter 15.40) which could confuse development project proponents. • Time frame: 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
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22. Group or Community Care Facilities
Amend the Zoning Code to allow group or community care facilities for seven or more persons to be permitted by-right in zones where multi-family is permitted by-right (i.e., RTN, RMF, UV, TOD, DMU, SSMU, SSMU-R, and DMF). Additionally, amend the Zoning Code to ensure these uses are allowed without any discretionary review (also see Program 19). • Time frame: 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
23. SB 35 Processing
The City will develop an application form and checklist and written policy or project review and approval guidelines to specify the SB 35 (2017) streamlining approval process and standards for eligible projects as set forth under Government Code §65913.4 and consistent with HCD Updated Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process Guidelines. • Time frame: 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
24. Water and Sewer Providers
In accordance with Government Code §65589.7, immediately following City Council adoption, the City will deliver to all public agencies or private entities that provide water or sewer services to properties within Beaumont a copy of the 2021-2029 Housing Element.
The City will also adopt written policies and procedures that grant priority for sewer hook- ups to developments that include lower-income housing units. • Time frame: 2022
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
25. Infrastructure Grants
Infrastructure must be expanded to support housing development for moderate and lower- income households. The City will pursue grant funding for infrastructure that facilitates development of moderate and lower-income housing sites (e.g., Infill Infrastructure Grant, etc.).
• Time frame: Annually evaluate notices of funding availability; submit at least one grant application every two years until an award is received • Responsible Agency: Planning Department
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IV.E Goal D: Conserve and Improve the Condition of the Existing Affordable Housing Stock
Policies:
• Continue to implement the Housing Code Enforcement Program. • Continue to participate in the County Housing Improvement Program. • Encourage the County to allocate more funding to home modifications.
Programs:
26. Housing Code Enforcement
The City follows the State’s Abatement of Dangerous Buildings manual in evaluating substandard housing. The City uses the State Health and Safety Code as a guideline for correcting substandard housing conditions. The City uses various methods for addressing substandard housing: complaints; code enforcement; referral system; and mandated inspections (e.g., Fire Department). Upon notification of a potential code violation, or suspected substandard housing conditions, the Quality-of-Life Team (i.e., Planning, Building, Community Enhancement, Police, and Fire Department staff) completes a thorough investigation using the guidelines discussed above. Owners are required to correct the code violations. The Quality-of-Life Team informs owners of the available housing improvement programs. In addition, quantified objectives from this Program are integrated into the Housing Improvement Program (Program 27). • Time frame: Ongoing
• Responsible Agency: Quality-of-Life Team (i.e., Planning, Building, Community Enhancement, Police, and Fire)
• Objectives: 800 housing units investigated
27. Housing Improvement Program
This program involves the rehabilitation of housing with substandard conditions and is coordinated with the City’s community enhancement efforts (Program 26 (Housing Code Enforcement)). Grants and loans provide financial assistance for owner housing through County of Riverside programs. While funds for the following programs have currently been exhausted, the City will promote and advertise these and other programs as soon as funding is available:
Home Repair Loan Program (HRLP): HRLP provides up to $10,000 for home repair services in the form of a deferred loan. This program is designed to address a broader scope of repairs. Work approved under HRLP is determined by EDA based on scope of eligible repairs per program guidelines. Household must meet low-income guidelines.
Senior Home Repair Grant (SHRG): The SHRG Program provides one-time grants of up to $6,000 to qualified very low-income senior homeowners (62 years or older) or low-income handicapped persons of any age to repair or improve their homes. • Time frame: Ongoing
• Responsible Agency: County Economic Development Agency; Building and Safety Department; Planning Department; Finance Department
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28. Rehabilitation Grants
Periodically review City eligibility for various federal and State programs that will provide rehabilitation and maintenance assistance for lower-income units and special needs groups. The City shall submit applications for programs for which the City is eligible, as appropriate.
• Time frame: Annually
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
IV.F Goal E: Promote Fair Housing Access and Opportunity Policies:
• Continue to promote fair housing opportunities through the City’s participation in the County’s Community Development Block Grant Program.
• Promote fair housing through the provision of information and referral services to residents who need help in filing housing discrimination complaints. • Support development and distribution of consolidated materials outlining anti- displacement resources, tenants’ rights information, and fair housing services. • Enforce the right of first refusal for residents displaced through redevelopment of existing housing stock as required by Government Code §66300(d)(2)(D)(ii). • Promote representative citizen participation on the implementation of programs. • Take action to create equitable neighborhoods and improve access to opportunities while promoting housing stability.
Programs:
29. Fair Housing Services Program
The Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. is the County of Riverside’s fair housing provider. The City will support and promote the Fair Housing Council’s existing resources and workshops for the public, which include housing discrimination investigation, landlord/tenant mediation, and informational workshops. City will actively advertise these services through the City website, flyers or brochures in public buildings, and on social media. These advertisements will emphasize common tenant protection needs and anti- discrimination actions, such as tenant/landlord remediation and the promotion of legal services to prevent source of income discrimination. Materials will be provided in English and Spanish.
• Time frame: 2022-2029
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Communications Department • Objectives: Prepare and distribute bilingual promotional materials (annually); track awareness of the Fair Housing Council through surveys of the community, adjusting outreach methods if the survey results do not show an increase in awareness (first survey 2023 and every two years following). 724
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30. Fair Housing Information Program
The City will provide residents with fair housing information by posting links to a variety of fair housing resources including, but not limited, to:
• California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
• U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) • Fair Housing/Equal Opportunity (HUD)
• Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc.
• National Fair Housing Advocate
• A Guide to Residential Tenants’ and Landlord Rights and Responsibilities The City will post links to these documents on the Planning Department webpage and make copies available at the Senior Services Department, Beaumont Library, Community Access Center (official County of Riverside Independent Living Center), and public facilities. The City will also promote these resources and services through City social media accounts and other channels (e.g., newsletters, press releases, email blasts, mailers to apartment residents, etc.) in English and Spanish. • Time frame: 2022-2029
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Communications Department • Objectives: Provide links to resources on City’s website (2022); provide bilingual flyers at target locations (annually); promote resources via social media and other methods (annually)
31. Landlord Education and Outreach
The City will work with the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. (Fair Housing Council) to conduct landlord education workshops for Beaumont landlords and property managers. The City will promote these workshops and associated Fair Housing Council information and resources through various channels and in multiple languages to encourage target audience participation.
• Timeframe: 2023 (first workshop); 2025 (second workshop) • Responsible Agency: Community Development Department; Fair Housing Council • Objectives: Coordinate two Fair Housing Council landlord education workshops attended by Beaumont landlords and property managers
32. Target Housing Development in High Resource Areas
The City will outreach to property owners of housing sites in the high resource areas (i.e., TCAC composite score). In this outreach, the City will provide written material to property owners of identified sites describing potential residential capacity for the site, available incentives, including density bonuses and available funding. • Time frame: 2022 (initial outreach); 2024 (follow up outreach) • Responsible Agency: Planning Department
• Objectives: Approve at least one below market rate housing development of at least 10 units in a high resource area during the 2021-2029 planning period
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33. Identify Additional Potential Sites in High Resource Areas The City will conduct technical and spatial analysis to determine underutilized (nonvacant) properties that may be suitable for lower and moderate-income housing development.
Where additional sites are identified, the City will outreach to those property owners to encourage housing development and inform property owners of potential residential capacity for the site, available incentives, including density bonuses and available funding.
If sites are identified where zoning is not consistent with densities appropriate for lower and moderate-income housing, the City will inform property owners of the potential for rezoning and target rezoning of sites in high resource areas (i.e., TCAC high resource opportunity area).
• Time frame: 2022-2023 (analysis and outreach); 2024-2025 (rezoning of potential sites in highest/high resource areas, if necessary) • Responsible Agency: Planning Department
• Objectives: Identify at least three additional housing sites in high resource areas
34. CDBG Funding in Low or Moderate Resource Areas
Beaumont participates in the County’s CDBG Program. The City currently expends funds on parks and sidewalk projects, as well as making ADA improvements in the Downtown area. The City will continue to use CDBG for place-based improvements, as well as more actively target infrastructure investment in areas of lower or moderate resource. This may result in funding for parks improvements resulting from Program 37. • Time frame: 2022-2029
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Public Works Department • Objectives: Determine infrastructure needs in lower and moderate resource areas that would be eligible for CDBG funding (2022-2023); secure funding for improvements in lower and moderate resource areas (2024-2029); complete improvements (2025-2029)
35. Intergovernmental Collaboration for Air Quality Mitigation The City will coordinate with other governmental agencies, including Caltrans, to contain traffic emissions and mitigate air quality impacts, such as through sound walls or other measures along Interstate 10 and State Routes 79 and 60. • Time frame: 2022-2029
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Public Works Department • Objectives: Contact Caltrans to begin discussion (2022); continue collaborating with Caltrans or other agencies on mitigation measures (annually) (also see Program 36)
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36. Environmental Justice Implementation
Implement the Environmental Justice Element to further the goals of remediating negative environmental conditions in the vicinity of existing residential neighborhoods and housing sites identified in the Housing Element. This includes:
• Lead Abatement Programs (HEJ17) – Work with the Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS-PH) to adopt a lead testing and abatement program in El Barrio and Town Center, the neighborhoods with the highest concentration of pre-1978 homes.
• Idling Ordinance (HEJ19) – Update municipal code to support an idling ordinance that reduces emissions from on-road heavy-duty vehicles. • Particulate Mitigation (HEJ20) – Adopt mitigation measures that limit vehicular and construction-related particulate emissions.
These implementation programs directly address environmental conditions faced in neighborhoods with lower access to opportunities (i.e., the two census tracts with the lowest 2022 TCAC opportunity scores).
• Time frame: 2022-2029
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department
• Objectives: 2022-2024 (work with RUHS-PH to adopt lead testing and abatement program); 2022-2023 (adopt idling ordinance); 2022-2023 (adopt particulate emissions mitigation measures); 2024-2029 (implement lead abatement program and complete lead abatement in at least five homes located in the El Barrio and/or Town Center neighborhoods)
37. Park Improvements and Access for El Barrio Neighborhood To promote access to affordable and safe opportunities for physical activity for the El Barrio neighborhood (located in the census tract at the intersection of the I-10 and SR-79), the City will work with El Barrio residents to identify and implement improvements to Rangel Park, located adjacent to the El Barrio neighborhood. • Time frame: 2022-2027
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Parks and Recreation Department, Public Works Department
• Objectives: Identify priority improvements to Rangel Park based on El Barrio residents’ input (2022-2023); secure funding for park improvements (2024- 2025); complete park improvements (2026-2027)
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Policies:
• Encourage energy conserving techniques in the siting and design of new housing. • Enforce all state energy conservation requirements for new residential construction. • Encourage the use of rehabilitation assistance funds to make residences more energy efficient.
Programs:
38. Energy Conservation Program
Local energy efficiency programs are often provided by local utility purveyors to offer incentives for energy conservation and efficiency. To promote energy conservation, the City will:
• Work with Southern California Edison to implement an outreach program that provides the community with useful information regarding energy efficiency and available rehabilitation programs.
• Continue to implement the strategies to reduce greenhouse gases as outlined in Sustainable Beaumont, the City’s Climate Action Plan (CAP).
The City will post links to existing resources on the Planning Department webpage.
• Time frame: Ongoing
• Responsible Agency: Planning Department; Building and Safety Department IV.H Quantified Objectives
Table IV-1 presents the City’s quantified objectives for construction, preservation, and rehabilitation for the 2021 – 2029 planning period that will be achieved through the policies and programs described above.
Table IV-1: Quantified Objectives
Program Type/Affordability Very Low1 Low Moderate Above Moderate Total
New Construction 1,229 721 723 1,537 4,210
Rehabilitation 10 15 - - 25
Conservation/Preservation 60 35 - - 95
Total 1,299 771 723 1,537 4,330
1 The City estimates 50% of the Very Low households would qualify as extremely low income (i.e., 614 extremely low-income units).
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-1 Appendix A: Housing Needs Assessment
Contents
Appendix A: Housing Needs Assessment ................................................. 1 Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Section A.1 Introduction and Summary .................................................................................... 2 A.1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 2 Section A.2 Population Characteristics ..................................................................................... 2 A.2.1 Population ............................................................................................................. 2 A.2.2 Age ........................................................................................................................ 3 A.2.3 Race/Ethnicity ....................................................................................................... 4 A.2.4 Employment .......................................................................................................... 5 Section A.3 Household Characteristics..................................................................................... 6 A.3.1 Household Type .................................................................................................... 6 A.3.2 Household Size ..................................................................................................... 7 A.3.3 Overcrowding ........................................................................................................ 7 A.3.4 Household Income ................................................................................................ 8 A.3.5 Special Housing Needs ....................................................................................... 11 Section A.4 Housing Stock Characteristics............................................................................. 22 A.4.1 Housing Type and Vacancy ................................................................................ 22 A.4.2 Housing Tenure ................................................................................................... 23 A.4.3 Housing Units Permitted ...................................................................................... 25 A.4.5 Housing Age and Condition ................................................................................. 26 Section A.5 Housing Costs and Affordability .......................................................................... 27 A.5.1 Ownership Costs ................................................................................................. 27 A.5.2 Rental Costs ........................................................................................................ 28 A.5.3 Overpayment ....................................................................................................... 28 A.5.4 At-Risk Housing Assessment .............................................................................. 33
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A-2 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Section A.1 Introduction and Summary
A.1.1 Introduction
This section forms the foundation for understanding Beaumont’s housing needs.
It analyzes a range of demographic, economic, and housing-related variables to determine the extent and context of the City’s housing-related need. Information gathered through this section provides a basis from which to build housing goals, policies, and programs to address those needs.
This section includes an analysis of the City’s population, special needs groups, employment, housing stock, and housing affordability.
The main source of data used to form the majority of this section is HCD pre-certified local housing data provided by SCAG, which relies primarily on the American Community Survey 2014-2018, California Department of Finance, HUD’s Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (“CHAS”) data, and California Department of Developmental Services.
Section A.2 Population Characteristics
A.2.1 Population
Beaumont had a total population of 51,475 in 2020, including 474 living in group quarters according to the California Department of Finance. The chart below illustrates the population trend in Beaumont over the past 20 years. During this period, Beaumont’s population grew by 352 730
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-3 percent while the SCAG region grew by 15 percent (or an annual growth rate of 7.5 percent compared to 0.7 percent for the region).
Figure A-1: Population Trend, 2000-2020
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (CA DOF E-5 Population and Housing Unit Estimates)
A.2.2 Age
Age is an important factor that impacts a city’s housing needs, as preferences and requirements change when people get older. In addition, different age groups will have different housing needs depending on a variety of factors, such as household size, income level, and living preferences.
A city with a large population of children relative to the adult population will need more housing for large households, while a city with a large population of young adults might require more affordable studio and one-bedroom units. Similarly, having a larger senior population may indicate the need for housing that is ADA accessible or smaller units for seniors who seek to down-size.
The share of Beaumont’s population which is under 18 years of age is 28.8 percent while the seniors (65 and above) make up 13.6 percent of the population. The median age in Beaumont is
35.0 years, slightly lower than that of Riverside County (35.3 years). The population of Beaumont is 48.3 percent male and 51.7 percent female.
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Beaumont 11,384 20,090 36,877 43,108 51,475
SCAG 16,516,703 17,541,873 18,051,534 18,731,901 19,021,787
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A-4 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Figure A-2: Current Population by Age and Sex
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates) A.2.3 Race/Ethnicity
The largest racial group in Beaumont is White, representing 69 percent of the total population. 43 percent of the population of Beaumont is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), compared to 48 percent of the population of Riverside County.
Figure A-3: Race and Ethnicity
Note: “Hispanic or Latino” can be defined as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-5 A.2.4 Employment
There are 19,385 workers living within Beaumont who work across 13 major industrial sectors made up of groupings of two-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes.
The chart below provides more detailed employment information. The most prevalent industries are Education & Social Services, which includes Health Care, with 5,714 employees (29.5 percent of total) and Retail trade with 2,593 employees (13.4 percent of total). Agriculture is the least prevalent employment industry, employing approximately 1 percent of employees.
Figure A-4: Employment by Industry
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates using groupings of 2-digit NAICS codes)
In addition to understanding the industries in which the residents of Beaumont work, it is also possible to analyze the types of jobs they hold. Of all job types, the most prevalent occupational category in Beaumont is Management, in which 6,623 (34.2 percent of total) employees work.
The second-most prevalent type of work is in Sales, which employs 4,594 (23.7 percent of total) residents of Beaumont.
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A-6 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Figure A-5: Employment by Occupation
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates using groupings of SOC codes)
Section A.3 Household Characteristics
A.3.1 Household Type
Of the 13,592 total households in Beaumont, 8,396 (or 62 percent) consist of married-couple families, 2,301 (or 17 percent) consist of “Other” family, and 2,895 (or 21 percent) consist of non- family households. “Other” family represents households with one or more related persons with no spouse present. This can include single parent households or grandparents with children.
Figure A-6: Household Type
Source: ACS 5-year estimates (2018), S2501
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Beaumont 34.2%18.8%23.7%9.4%14.0%
SCAG 34.2%19.6%22.8%8.8%14.6%
Beaumont SCAG
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Married-couple family Other family Non-family household 734
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-7 A.3.2 Household Size
In Beaumont, the largest share of households (37 percent) consists of a household with four or more people, while the lowest share of households (14 percent) consists of three or more people.
Beaumont has a lower share of single-person households than the SCAG region overall (16 percent compared to 23.4 percent).
Table A-1: Household Size
Total Percent
1-person household 2,171 16%
2-person household 4,524 33%
3-person household 1,889 14%
4-or-more person household 5,008 37%
Total occupied units 13,592 -
Source: ACS 5-year estimates (2018), S2501
A.3.3 Overcrowding
Overcrowding is defined by the Census as a unit in which more than one person occupies a room (excluding bathrooms and kitchens), while units occupied by more than 1.5 people are considered severely overcrowded. These circumstances can occur due to a lack of adequate affordable housing and housing costs becoming greater relative to household income. Families, especially larger ones and those with lower income, may choose to double-up or rent rooms in order to alleviate the financial burden and allocate more income for other necessities. Overcrowding can result in poor living conditions and lead to more rapid deterioration of the property. Therefore, maintaining proper levels of occupancy by preventing overcrowding can improve overall quality of life for all residents.
In Beaumont, renter-occupied households are more likely to be overcrowded than owner- occupied households. 6.7 percent of renter households are overcrowded, and 2.5 percent are severely overcrowded; while 2.2 percent of owner-occupied households are overcrowded, and
0.3 percent are severely overcrowded. Rates of overcrowding are lower in Beaumont than the SCAG region across both renter- and owner-occupied households. 735
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A-8 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Figure A-7: Overcrowding by Extent and Tenure
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year) A.3.4 Household Income
Household income is a critical component of housing affordability. Income impacts the decision to rent versus own, the size of unit, and location of housing. Beaumont’s median household income in 2018 was $78,111, which is 22 percent higher than the County’s median income of $63,948. The mean income in Beaumont is 5 percent higher than in Riverside County, indicating a more concentrated range of household incomes in the city compared to the region.
Table A-2: Household Income
Beaumont Riverside County
Median Income $78,111 $63,948
Mean Income $88,701 $84,391
Source: ACS 5-year estimates (2018), S2501
The RHNA addresses housing challenges for four income categories defined by their respective proportion of the county area median income (AMI). The below table defines these income categories.
Table A-3: Income Categories as a Percentage of AMI
Percent of AMI
Extremely Low 0-30%
Very Low 30-50%
Low 50-80%
Moderate 80-120%
Above Moderate > 120%
Source: Department of Housing and Community Development, 2020
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1.0+/room 1.5+/room 1.0+/room 1.5+/room
Owner Owner Renter RenterPercent of Total HouseholdsBeaumont SCAG 736
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-9
The following table shows the 2021 income limits for the four income categories in Riverside County. The above moderate category includes all households earning above the upper limit of the moderate-income category.
Table A-4: Riverside County 2021 Annual Income Limits by Household Size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Riverside County Area Median
Income: $77,500
Extremely
Low
16,660 19,000 21,960 26,500 31,040 35,580 40,120 44,660 Very Low 27,650 31,600 35,550 39,500 42,700 45,850 49,000 52,150 Low 44,250 50,600 56,900 63,200 68,300 73,350 78,400 83,450 Median
Income
54,250 62,000 69,750 77,500 83,700 89,900 96,100 102,300 Moderate 65,100 74,400 83,700 93,000 100,450 107,900 115,300 122,750 Source: Department of Housing and Community Development, 2021
Using data from the American Community Survey (ACS), HUD compiles a dataset called the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) that allows local governments to more easily analyze their regional housing issues. The most recently available CHAS dataset indicated that of the 12,750 total households in Beaumont, approximately 10 percent of households (1,240 households) are extremely low income, and a third (33 percent, or 4,195 households) of all households in Beaumont earn less than 80 percent of AMI, or are lower income households (this includes the “low”, “very low”, and “extremely low” income categories). Lower income households in Beaumont are fairly evenly split between owners and renters, have higher housing cost burdens, experience various housing problems (e.g., incomplete kitchen or plumbing facilities, experience overcrowding), and 37 percent of lower income households (460 households) are elderly and may have needs related to accessibility and/or care. The City has added Program 15, Housing for Extremely-Low Income Persons, to facilitate the development of housing for such persons.
As shown below in Figure A-8, the distribution of household income levels is similar to that of the County’s.
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A-10 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Figure A-8: Household Income Distribution
Source: HUD CHAS, 2012-2016
Because income is one of the main components of housing stability, ensuring adequate housing for households considered extremely low-income (below 30 percent of AMI) can be especially challenging. According to the CHAS data, 9.7 percent of households in Beaumont are extremely low-income. The race/ethnicity with the highest share of extremely low-income households is Black, non-Hispanic (16.6 percent). In the SCAG region, the race/ethnicity with the highest share of extremely low-income households is also Black, non-Hispanic (27.1 percent versus 17.7 percent of total households). Note that the total number of households in the table below differs slightly because the CHAS data uses ACS 2012-2016 data while the rest of this appendix uses ACS 2014-2018 data.
Programs are included to facilitate housing to meet the needs of extremely low-income households, including offering incentives to developments that include units for extremely low- income households (Program 15), allowing emergency shelters and Low Barrier Navigation Centers (Programs 10 and 11), and rehabilitation grants for lower-income units and special needs households (Program 28).
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Beaumont Riverside County
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-11 Table A-5: Extremely Low-Income Housing Needs
Total Households Households below 30% HAMFI Share below 30% HAMFI White, non-Hispanic 6,565 570 8.7%
Black, non-Hispanic 658 109 16.6%
Asian and other, non-Hispanic 1,251 102 8.2%
Hispanic 4,269 454 10.6%
TOTAL 12,743 1,235 9.7%
Renter-occupied 3,375 665 19.7%
Owner-occupied 9,375 585 6.2%
TOTAL 12,750 1,250 9.8%
Note: HAMFI refers to Housing Urban Development Area Median Family Income Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (HUD CHAS, 2012-2016)
A.3.5 Special Housing Needs
Certain segments of the population encounter more difficulty in finding decent, affordable housing due to special circumstances. Special needs may be related to one’s employment type and income, family characteristics, medical condition or disability, or household characteristics. These households may require special accommodations, such as on-site supportive services, unique building design, or spatial accommodations. The special needs categories assessed in this section include large families, seniors, female-headed households, people with disabilities, farmworkers, and people experiencing homelessness. The City provides residents with fair housing information (Programs 29 and 30) to ensure tenants/prospective homeowners are not discriminated against on account of age, disability, race, color, national origin, religion, marital or familial status, or disability, among other protected classes.
Large Families
Large families are family households that consist of five or more people. Larger households require larger dwelling, such as three-, four-, or five-bedroom units. Because this housing type is in shorter supply and costs more than smaller units, housing affordability can be a challenge.
Lower-income large families may also opt to live in smaller units to save money, putting them at risk of overcrowding.
The following chart illustrates a larger range of household sizes in Beaumont by housing tenure.
The most common household size consists of two people (33.3 percent) and the second-most common household consists of four people (17.6 percent). Beaumont has a lower share of single- person households than the SCAG region overall (16 percent compared to 23.4 percent) and a lower share of 7+ person households than the SCAG region overall (2.7 percent compared to 3.1 percent).
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A-12 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment
Figure A-9: Households by Household Size
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
Per the chart above, 19.3 percent of all households in Beaumont, or about 2,600 households, are considered large households (those that contain five or more members). Adequate housing for such households would consist of at least a 3-bedroom unit, assuming the unit has a living room and dining room. According to the table below, 70 percent of Beaumont’s housing units are 3- bedrooms are more. Therefore, the housing mix in Beaumont is considered adequate to accommodate larger household sizes.
Table A-6: Housing Units by Number of Bedrooms
Housing Units Percent
No bedroom 108 1%
1 bedroom 701 5%
2 bedrooms 3,584 25%
3 bedrooms 4,201 29%
4 bedrooms 4,115 29%
5 or more bedrooms 1,685 12%
Total 14,394 -
Note: 16% of households are 1-person households (see Table A-1) Source: American Community Survey 2014-2018, 5-year estimates, Table DP04
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-13 Senior Households
Elderly households are defined as households consisting of at least two people who are either or both at least 62 years of age. Senior households are defined as households with one or more persons over the age of 65 years. These households have particular housing needs, such as housing affordability, as the elderly typically live on a fixed or limited income and incur higher healthcare costs. Seniors are also more likely to have a physical disability and require specific accommodations. Adequate housing for these households includes housing that is:
• Safe
• Accessible
• Able to accommodate live-in caretakers or provide on-site services • In proximity to shopping, medical services, and transportation There are several different types of housing appropriate for seniors, including:
• Senior Apartment: Age-restricted housing for older adults who are able to live without assistance.
• Independent Living: Housing that provides assistance such as meal preparation, housekeeping, and transportation. These facilities typically provide residents with convenient access to medical care if needed.
• Assisted Living: A residential community that provides similar services as above, as well as assists residents with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), such as bathing, dressing, and eating.
• Nursing Home: A licensed facility that provides 24-hour nursing care, room and board, and custodial care. Nursing homes typically provide the highest level of care outside of hospitals.
• Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF): A nursing home that provides in-patient rehabilitation staffed by trained medical providers. Patients do not typically require long-term care.
Although there are a variety of housing options, many of the choices that provide higher levels of care can be out of reach for people living on limited means. Therefore, lower-income seniors are more likely to live in housing that does not adequately meet their needs.
Over a third of Beaumont’s senior population is considered low-income. Of Beaumont's 3,455 elderly households, 37.5 percent earn less than 80 percent of AMI. 13.3 percent of the elderly population are considered extremely low-income and earn less than 30 percent of AMI (compared to 24.2 percent in the SCAG region), while 23.9 percent of these households earn less than 50 percent of AMI (compared to 30.9 percent in the SCAG region). 741
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A-14 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Table A-7: Elderly Households by Income and Tenure
Owner Renter Total Percent of Elderly
Households:
Income category, relative to surrounding
area:
100% HAMFI 1,560 245 1,805 52.2%
Total 2,875 580 3,455 -
Note: HAMFI refers to Housing Urban Development Area Median Family Income Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (HUD CHAS, 2012-2016)
Female-headed Households
Female-headed households are households that do not have a male adult present. They can consist of both family and non-family households and may or may not have children. Female- headed households are considered special needs because they are more likely than the overall population to be in poverty. Because income is typically lower than a two-parent household with two income earners, single-parent households can experience more challenges finding affordable housing for their family. Consequently, high-quality childcare can be more difficult to secure when household income is already limited.
Beaumont has a lower share of female-headed households than the SCAG region overall. Of Beaumont's 13,592 total households, 12 percent are female headed, compared to 14.3 percent in the SCAG region. 6.1 percent are female-headed and with children (compared to 6.6 percent in the SCAG region) and 0.4 percent are female-headed and with children under six years old (compared to 1.0 percent in the SCAG region).
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-15 Figure A-10: Female Headed Householders (FHH)
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
Persons with Disabilities
People are considered to have a disability if they have one of more of the following:
• Difficulty seeing or hearing, such as blindness or deafness • Difficulty performing basic physical activities, such as walking, climbing stairs, and lifting • Difficulty learning, remembering, or concentrating
• Difficulty dressing, bathing, or getting around inside the home • Difficulty going outside the home alone to shop or visit a doctor’s office • Difficulty working at a job or business
People with disabilities can face many barriers to securing accessible and affordable housing, including living on fixed and limited incomes, limited housing choices offering accessibility features, higher healthcare expenses, and potential discrimination. The need for adequate and accessible housing outstrips supply and availability. The majority of housing in most communities lack even basic mobility accessibility features such as ramps, extra-wide doors, raised toilets, and lowered counters.
Adequate housing for these households include but are not limited to, housing that is:
• Safe
• Accessible
• Able to accommodate live-in caretakers or provide on-site services • In proximity to shopping, medical services, and transportation • Designed to facilitate mobility and independence
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Total Households
Total FHH
FHH w/children
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A-16 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Disability data can provide valuable context for assessing current and future need for accessible housing units. Since some disability types are not recorded for children below a certain age, calculating disability as a percentage of total population may not be accurate. The most common types of disabilities in Beaumont in 2018 were ambulatory disabilities followed by cognitive disabilities.
Figure A-11: Disability by Type
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
Of the total senior population in Beaumont, the most common types of disabilities in 2018 were ambulatory disabilities (20.0 percent of the total senior population) and hearing disabilities (13.6 percent of the total senior population).
Figure A-12: Disability by Type – Seniors (65 and over)
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
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Hearing Vision Cognitive Ambulatory Self-care Independent LivingPercent of Senior Population Beaumont Percent SCAG Region Percent 744
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-17 Persons with Developmental Disabilities
According to Section 4512 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code, a "developmental disability" means a disability that originates before an individual attains age 18 years, continues or can be expected to continue indefinitely, and constitutes a substantial disability for that individual, which includes cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism.
Many developmentally disabled persons can live and work independently within a conventional housing environment. More severely disabled individuals require a group living environment where supervision is provided. The most severely affected individuals may require an institutional environment where medical attention and physical therapy are provided. Because developmental disabilities exist before adulthood, the first issue in supportive housing for the developmentally disabled is the transition from the person’s living situation as a child to an appropriate level of independence as an adult.
The California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) currently provides community- based services to approximately 350,000 persons with developmental disabilities and their families through a statewide system of regional centers, developmental centers, and community-based facilities. DDS also provides data on developmental disabilities by age and type of residence. These data are collected at the ZIP-code level and were joined to the jurisdiction-level by SCAG. Totals may not match as counts below 11 individuals are unavailable and some entries were not matched to a ZIP code necessitating approximation. According to DDS, there are about 438 residents with a development disability in Beaumont, most of whom are able to live in their own home with their parent or guardian.
Table A-8: Development Disabilities
Beaumont
By Residence: Home of Parent/Family/Guardian 371
Independent/Supported Living 20
Community Care Facility 17
Intermediate Care Facility 11
Foster/Family Home 15
Other 5
By Age: 0 - 17 Years 243
18+ Years 195
Total 438
Note: This table has been modified due to correct an error in the pre-certified data Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data
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A-18 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Understanding the employment status of people with disabilities may also be an important component in evaluating specialized housing needs. In Beaumont, 32 percent of the population with a disability is employed, compared to 74 percent of the non-disabled population. Over half of people with disabilities (64 percent) are not in the labor force.
Table A-9: Disability by Employment Status
With a Disability Percent of Total No Disability Percent of Total Employed 747 32% 17,616 74%
Unemployed 81 3% 977 4%
Not in Labor Force 1,492 64% 5,156 22%
TOTAL 2,320 - 23,749 -
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
Housing for People with Disabilities
There are a variety of housing types appropriate for people with disabilities, such as licensed and unlicensed single-family homes, group homes, and transitional and supportive housing. The design of housing-accessibility modifications, proximity to services and transit, and the availability of group living opportunities represent some of the types of considerations that are important in serving this need group. The Housing Constraints Appendix (Appendix C) discusses how the City permits various housing types, including the allowance for reasonable accommodations. While there are no housing facilities in Beaumont strictly for people with disabilities, various resources are available. The Inland Regional Center (IRC), which serves both Riverside and San Bernardino counties, is one of 21 regional centers in California that provides point of entry to services for people with developmental disabilities. The IRC, located in San Bernardino, is a nonprofit agency that contracts with DDS to coordinate services for people with developmental disabilities 1. Under Program 17, the City will promote and provide information regarding the IRC’s housing support and services.
Residents Living Below the Poverty Level
For individuals living below the poverty level, housing stability can be precarious as their low incomes make them very high risk for homelessness. Poverty thresholds, as defined by the ACS, vary by household type and size. In 2018, a single individual under 65 was considered in poverty with an income below $13,064 per year while the threshold for a family consisting of two adults and two children was $25,465 per year. In Beaumont, 6.0 percent of total households are experiencing poverty, compared to 7.9 percent of households in the SCAG region.
1 https://www.inlandrc.org/about-irc/
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-19 Figure A-13: Households by Poverty Status
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
Farmworkers
Farmworkers are considered a special needs group because these workers traditionally earn low- paying wages while frequently live in overcrowded and substandard housing conditions. While only a small share of SCAG region jurisdictions has farmworkers living in them, they are essential to the region's economy and food supply. Because of their predominantly low incomes, housing affordability is an acute need for farmworkers.
Farmworkers account for less than one percent of all workers in Beaumont in 2018. However, there are 11,365 total hired farm workers in Riverside County. Although Beaumont only has 85 farmworkers employed in the city, the regional context could indicate a higher need. Because of this, the City has added Program 14 to amend the Zoning Code to allow employee/farmworker housing consistent with Health and Safety Code §17021.5 and 17021.6.
Farmworker households are among the existing households counted as part of the CHAS housing needs and estimates of existing and projected housing needs produced by SCAG. Consequently, resident low-income farmworker households would be included among all households. Resident farmworker housing needs would be counted as part of lower income households experiencing problems of overpaying, overcrowding, and substandard housing.
Table A-10: Farmworkers by Occupation
Beaumont
Percent of total Beaumont
workers: SCAG Total
85 0.44% 57,741 Total jobs: Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
64 0.46% 31,521 Full-time, year-round jobs: Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates using groupings of SOC codes)
6.0%; 812
1.9%; 262
1.4%; 190
0.4%; 54
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
Total households in poverty
Female-headed
Female-headed with children
Female-headed with 3 or more children
Percent of total households; Number of households
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Table A-11: Employment in the Agricultural Industry
Beaumont
Percent of total Beaumont
workers: SCAG Total
154 0.79% 73,778 Total in agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
159 1.14% 44,979 Full-time, year-round in agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates using groupings of NAICS codes)
Homeless Persons
People experiencing homelessness are one of the most vulnerable special needs groups assessed due to the diversity of causes and difficulty in providing sufficient and coordinated treatment. Homelessness can result from a wide range of factors, such as housing unaffordability, job loss, and lack of services and treatment for mental illness and/or substance abuse. Despite the variety of causes, the provision of affordable housing, especially subsidized units for single individuals, can greatly contribute to the long-term solution of addressing homelessness.
As part of a community-wide effort to address homelessness, Beaumont is part the County of Riverside Continuum of Care (CoC), which is a regional planning body funded by HUD that coordinates housing and services funding across its partner jurisdictions. In order to estimate the number of people experiencing homelessness in a region, HUD requires each CoC to conduct an annual or biannual count of its sheltered and unsheltered population known as the Point-in-Time (PIT) count. Though one of the most important tools in combatting homelessness, the PIT count is likely to undercount the number of people experiencing homelessness as this effort is volunteer-driven and the count may miss people who are not visible at the time of the survey.
Because of the precariousness of people experiencing homelessness, the count of these individuals can vary over the course of the year and over extended periods of time. According to the PIT count, there were an estimated 15 persons experiencing homelessness in Beaumont in 2019. The 2020 PIT count identified 16 persons experiencing homelessness in Beaumont. An additional discussion on homelessness is included in Appendix F (Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Section F.2.5). 748
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People Experiencing Homelessness
Figure A-14: People Experiencing Homelessness
Note: Sheltered population (and thus total) counts were not available in Riverside County.
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data
Emergency Shelters/Transitional Housing
At this time, there are currently no emergency shelters or shelters for domestic violence victims located in Beaumont. The Governmental Constraints section describes how the City permits emergency shelters in certain zones.
Resources for People Experiencing Homelessness
The County of Riverside Continuum of Care (CoC) is a network of private and public sector homeless service providers, designed to promote community-wide planning and the strategic use of resources to address homelessness. The CoC seeks to improve access to and effect utilization of mainstream programs by people who are experiencing or are at-risk of becoming homeless.
Additionally, the CoC seeks to improve and expand the collection of data countywide, develops performance measurements, and allows for each community to tailor its program to the particular strengths and challenges within that community.
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Beaumont
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A-22 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Section A.4 Housing Stock Characteristics
A.4.1 Housing Type and Vacancy
The chart below provides information on the housing stock in Beaumont, which has a total of 16,909 housing units. The most common housing type in Beaumont is single-family detached with 14,577 units. The share of all single-family units in Beaumont is 87.6 percent, which is greater than the 61.7 percent share in the SCAG region. Of the total housing units in Beaumont, 16,049 are occupied, which equates to a 5.1 percent total vacancy rate. The average household size (as expressed by the population to housing unit ratio) is 3.178.
Figure A-15: Housing Type
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (CA DOF E-5 Population and Housing Unit Estimates)
Over the past two decades, there has been substantially more construction of single-family residential units than multi-family residential units in Beaumont. From 2000 to 2020, single-family residential units increased by 417 percent (or 11,954 units), multi-family residential units increased by 50 percent (or 521 units), and mobile units increased by 51 percent (or 176 units). 14,577
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-23 Figure A-16: Housing Type Trend
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (CA DOF E-5 Population and Housing Unit Estimates) A.4.2 Housing Tenure
Housing security can depend heavily on housing tenure (i.e., whether homes are owned or rented).
In addition, lower-income rental households tend to experience a higher degree of housing problems as defined by the Census, such as overpaying, overcrowding, and substandard housing.
Renters are also more economically vulnerable than homeowners as they can be displaced more quickly if prices increase, and renters do not build equity through asset ownership like homeowners do. Communities with higher rental populations should therefore consider the unique needs of renters versus owners.
Of Beaumont’s total housing stock, 76.7 percent are owner-occupied and 23.3 percent are renter- occupied. Amongst extremely low-income households, home ownership drops to 46.8 percent (580 households), whereas 53.2 percent (660 households) of extremely low income households rent. To encourage homeownership among lower income groups, the City will continue to promote the First Time Homebuyer Program (see Program 7). In addition, first time homebuyers in Beaumont can obtain financial assistance through the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) Program (see Program 8). Beaumont has a lower share of renters than the SCAG region overall, which is expected given the City’s higher share of single-family homes. Compared to the region, Beaumont has a smaller proportion of residents who are more likely to experience housing problems due to housing tenure as many residents are accruing wealth through homeownership.
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A-24 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Figure A-17: Housing Tenure
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
In many communities, housing tenure varies substantially based on the age of the occupants. In Beaumont, the only age group in which renters outnumber owners is 15-24 (by 62.1 percent). The age group in which owners most outnumber renters is 75-84 (by 82.4 percent).
Figure A-18: Housing Tenure by Age
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
Across the SCAG region, the most common move-in period was 2010-2014 (31.9 percent) followed by 2000-2009 (26.1 percent). Similarly, in Beaumont, the period during which most people started living in their current residence was 2010-2014 (40.6 percent) followed by 2000- 2009 (36.9 percent). As expected, the group with the most distant move-in period has the highest proportion of owners, who are less likely to move from home to home.
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-25 Figure A-19: Housing Tenure by Year Moved to Current Residence
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates A.4.3 Housing Units Permitted
Housing Units Permitted
From 2000 to 2018, Beaumont permitted a total of 6,105 units, the majority of which were single- family units. Total permits issued decreased during the Great Recession and have not recovered to similar levels of permit activity since. Compared to the larger SCAG region, Beaumont permitted more units per 1,000 residents. In 2018, Beaumont had six times the rate of permit activity per 1,000 residents compared to the SCAG region.
Figure A-20: Housing Units Permitted
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (Core Logic/Data Quick)
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A-26 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment A.4.5 Housing Age and Condition
The age of housing stock is a key indicator of the community’s overall housing condition. As homes get older, there is a greater need for maintenance, repair, and/or replacement of key infrastructure systems. If not properly addressed, an aging housing stock can represent poorer living standards, incur more expensive repair costs and, under certain conditions, lower overall property values.
Only 9.1 percent of all units in Beaumont are older than 60 years old, compared to 32.1 percent of units in the SCAG region. The greatest share of Beaumont's housing units was built between 2000 to 2009, while in the SCAG region more units were built between 1970 to 1979 than any other time. Therefore, Beaumont’s housing stock is generally newer than that of the overall SCAG region.
Figure A-21: Housing Units by Year Structure Built
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
The ACS includes surveys with three factors of what may be considered substandard housing.
Of all the housing units in Beaumont, 6.7 percent (909 units) lack telephone service, 0.3 percent (38 units) lack plumbing facilities, and 0.4 percent (50 units) lack complete kitchen facilities. Amongst extremely low-income households, 910 have at least one of the following housing problems: incomplete kitchen or plumbing facilities, more than one person per room, or a cost burden greater than 30 percent.
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-27 Figure A-22: Substandard Housing
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
The City’s Code Enhancement (Code Enforcement) Division and Planning Department estimate that up to eight residential units in Beaumont require major rehabilitation. This estimate is based on the Code Enforcement and Planning Department staff’s processing of code compliance cases and familiarity with Beaumont neighborhoods and buildings. The City will implement programs to address substandard housing conditions, including continued residential code enforcement and the housing improvement program (Programs 26 and 27) and seeking funding for rehabilitation and maintenance assistance for lower income and special needs housing (Program 28).
Section A.5 Housing Costs and Affordability
A.5.1 Ownership Costs
In 2018, Beaumont’s median home sales price was $344,250. The highest home sale price between 2000 and 2018 was $400,000 in 2006. Between this time period, the median home sales price in Beaumont increased 260 percent while median sales price in the SCAG region increased 151 percent. Compared to the SCAG region, prices in Beaumont have ranged from a low of 42.9 percent of the region median in 2000 and a high of 72.9 percent in 2006.
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A-28 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Figure A-23: Median Homes Sales Prices for Existing Homes
Note: SCAG median home sales price calculated as household-weighted average of county medians Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (SCAG Local Profiles, Core Logic/Data Quick) A.5.2 Rental Costs
Beaumont rents are slightly lower than rents in Riverside County. As shown below, the median rent paid in Beaumont in 2019 was $1,320. Over the past 10 years, rents in Beaumont have increased 45 percent while rents in Riverside County have increased 23 percent.
Figure A-24: Median Rent
Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2010-2019
A.5.3 Overpayment
A standard measure of housing affordability can be determined by comparing the cost of market rate housing to the price residents can afford to pay for housing based on their income levels.
State and federal standards specify that households spending more than 30 percent of gross annual income on housing are considered to have a housing cost burden. Severe overpaying occurs when households pay 50 percent or more of their gross income for housing. When a
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-29 household is overpaying for housing costs, the household has less disposable income for other necessities, including health care, food, and clothing. In the event of unexpected circumstances, such as loss of employment and health problems, lower-income households with a burdensome housing cost are more likely to become homeless or be forced to double-up with other households.
Homeowners with a housing cost burden have the option of selling their homes and becoming renters. Renters, on the other hand, are vulnerable and subject to constant changes in the housing market.
Beaumont residents experience a lower rate of housing overpayment than the overall SCAG region. More than four out of ten renters in Beaumont are housing cost-burdened. Across Beaumont's 3,164 renter households, 1,375 (43.5 percent) spend 30 percent or more of gross income on housing cost, compared to 55.3 percent in the SCAG region. Additionally, 611 renter households in Beaumont (19.3 percent) are severely cost-burdened and spend 50 percent or more of gross income on housing cost, compared to 28.9 percent in the SCAG region.
Figure A-25: Spending on Rent
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data
Housing overpayment can affect households across all income levels. However, a lower- income household spending the same percentage of income on housing as a higher-income household will likely experience a more acute sense of cost burden. The below table indicates the number of households in Beaumont by their income category and their share of income spent on housing. As expected, lower-income households are more likely to be housing cost- burdened than higher-income households. For example, 77 percent of extremely low-income households are severely cost burdened and 12 percent are cost burdened; only 11 percent of such households are not cost burdened. To address some of these issues, the City is implementing Program 6, Rental Assistance.
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A-30 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment Table A-12: Cost Burden by Income
Households by Share of Income spent on Housing Cost
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100% HAMFI 6,325 85% 1,019 14% 99 1%
Total Households 7,762 100% 2,644 100% 2,118 100%
Note: HAMFI refers to Housing Urban Development Area Median Family Income Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (HUD CHAS, 2012-2016)
The below chart provides an analysis of Beaumont's renter households (for which income data is available) by spending on rent by income bracket. Similar to the above trends by income level, lower-income households spend a higher share of income on housing (e.g., over 50 percent) while high-income households are more likely to spend under 20 percent of income on housing.
Figure A-26: Spending on Rent by Income
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-31 Figure A-27: Household Income by Total Rent (Cash)
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates
While renter households receive much of the focus when it comes to housing cost analysis, owner households make up 76.7 percent of Beaumont households (compared to 52.5 percent in the SCAG region). The most commonly occurring mortgage payment in Beaumont is $2,000 to $3,000 per month, which is the same in the SCAG region.
Figure A-28: Monthly Owner Costs for Mortgage Holders
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data (American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates)
Mortgage-holding households in Beaumont can be broken down by income and the percentage of income spent on mortgage costs. As expected, lower-income households spend a higher share of income on housing costs, while high-income households spend a lower share of income on housing. The income category representing the largest share of mortgage-holders is $75,000 or more (5,132 households), and the most prevalent share of income spent on mortgage costs is 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
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A-32 | City of Beaumont Housing Needs Assessment over 30 percent (2,874 households), which means that a large share of mortgage-holders is cost- burdened.
Figure A-29: Costs for Mortgage Holders by Income
Source: SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data
Table A-13: Beaumont Ability to Pay for Housing for Extremely Low, Very Low-, Low-, and Moderate-Income Households and Fair Market Rents
Number of Persons in Households
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Annual Income Limit $15,850 $18,100 $21,720 $26,200
Monthly Income $1,321 $1,508 $1,810 $2,183
Max. Monthly Gross Rent $396 $453 $543 $655
Max. Purchase Price 5% down2 $69,750 $80,350 $97,250 $118,250 Max. Purchase Price 20% down3 $104,250 $104,250 $126,000 $153,250 Very Low
Annual Income Limit $26,400 $30,150 $33,900 $37,650
Monthly Income $2,200 $2,513 $2,825 $3,138
Max. Monthly Gross Rent $660 $754 $848 $941
Max. Purchase Price 5% down2 $119,000 $136,750 $154,250 $171,750 Max. Purchase Price 20% down3 $154,500 $177,250 $203,750 $227,750 Low
Annual Income Limit $42,200 $48,200 $54,250 $60,250
Monthly Income $3,517 $4,017 $4,521 $5,021
Max. Monthly Gross Rent $1,055 $1,205 $1,356 $1,506
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Housing Needs Assessment City of Beaumont | A-33 Max. Purchase Price 5% down2 $195,500 $225,000 $254,500 $284,000 Max. Purchase Price 20% down3 $257,250 $296,000 $335,000 $373,750 Median
Annual Income Limit $52,700 $60,250 $67,550 $75,300
Monthly Income $4,392 $5,021 $5,629 $6,275
Max. Monthly Gross Rent $1,318 $1,506 $1,689 $1,883
Max. Purchase Price 5% down2 $247,000 $284,000 $320,000 $358,000 Max. Purchase Price 20% down3 $325,250 $373,750 $421,250 $471,250 Moderate
Annual Income Limit $63,250 $72,300 $81,300 $90,350
Monthly Income $5,271 $6,025 $6,775 $7,529
Max. Monthly Gross Rent $1,581 $1,808 $2,033 $2,259
Max. Purchase Price 5% down2 $298,750 $343,250 $387,500 $431,800 Max. Purchase Price 20% down3 $393,250 $452,000 $510,000 $568,500 Notes:
1 30% of income devoted to maximum monthly rent or mortgage payment, including utilities, taxes, and insurance 2 Assumes 95% loan (i.e., 5% down payment) @ 2.875% annual interest rate and 30-year term 3 Assumes 80% loan (i.e., 20% down payment) @ 2.875% annual interest rate and 30-year term Source: Zillow Mortgage Calculator
A.5.4 At-Risk Housing Assessment
“At-risk” assisted housing units are multi-family rental housing units that receive government assistance and are eligible to convert to market-rate units due to termination of a rent subsidy contract, mortgage prepayment, or other expiring use restrictions within 10 years of the beginning of the housing element planning period (2021 – 2031). Beaumont has no rental complexes assisted by public funds 2. Therefore, the City has no multi-family rental complexes at risk of conversion to market rate.
2 SCAG 2020 Pre-Certified Local Housing Data
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Sites Inventory and Methodology City of Beaumont | B-1 Appendix B: Sites Inventory &
Methodology
Contents
Appendix B: Sites Inventory & Methodology .............................................. 1 Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Section B.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 2 B.1.1 Overview and Purpose .......................................................................................... 2 B.1.2 Regional Housing Needs Allocation ...................................................................... 2 B.1.3 Data ....................................................................................................................... 3 Section B.2 Future Residential Development Potential ............................................................ 3 B.2.1 Accessory Dwelling Units ...................................................................................... 3 B.2.2 Entitled and Proposed Developments ................................................................... 4 B.2.3 Assumptions .......................................................................................................... 6 B.2.4 Methodology .......................................................................................................... 8 Section B.3 Adequacy of Residential Sites in Meeting RHNA .................................................. 9 B.3.1 Housing Sites Map .............................................................................................. 10 B.3.2 Housing Sites Table ............................................................................................ 12
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B-2 | City of Beaumont Sites Inventory and Methodology Section B.1 Introduction
B.1.1 Overview and Purpose
According to California Government Code §65580-65589, the housing element must include an inventory of adequate sites that are zoned and available within the planning period to meet the jurisdiction’s fair share of regional housing needs across all income levels. The sites inventory, in addition to projected accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and entitled or in process development projects, assists in determining if the jurisdiction has enough developable land to meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), given its current regulatory framework and market conditions. This Appendix details the sites inventory and supporting analysis methodology and assumptions.
B.1.2 Regional Housing Needs Allocation
Jurisdictions must provide sufficient land to accommodate enough housing for all economic segments of the community. Compliance is determined by the jurisdiction’s ability to provide adequate development capacity through appropriate development regulations and land use policies. The number of new units that must be accommodated is established through each jurisdiction’s share of the region’s projected housing needs for the planning period. This share for each jurisdiction is called the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), a regional planning agency, is responsible for distributing the RHNA to each jurisdiction within its six-county region (including the County of Los Angeles).1 The RHNA is distributed by income category. For the 2021-2029 Housing Element update, the City of Beaumont is allocated a RHNA of 4,210 units as follows:
• Very Low Income (less than 50 percent of AMI): 1,229 units (29.2 percent) • Low Income (50 to 80 percent of AMI): 721 units (17.1 percent) • Moderate Income (80 to 120 percent of AMI): 723 units (17.2 percent) • Above Moderate Income (greater than 120 percent of AMI): 1,537 units (36.5 percent) For this Housing Element planning period, October 15, 2021 through October 15, 2029, the City must ensure the availability of adequate residential sites to accommodate these units. This Appendix provides an overview of the methodology used to evaluate the adequacy of sites within
1 Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) covers a six-county region, including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, and Imperial. 764
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Sites Inventory and Methodology City of Beaumont | B-3 Beaumont and identifies such sites for future residential development to fulfill the City’s share of regional housing needs.
B.1.3 Data
The sites inventory analysis used data provided by the City, such as GIS data and building permit/entitlement information. The following is an overview of the data used:
• City and County-level parcel GIS data, including General Plan land use designation, zoning district, ownership, parcel size, assessed improvement value, etc. • ADU applications
• Entitled projects and projects in the entitlement phase • Stakeholders’ input
• Prior housing element site inventories
• Annual Progress Reports to HCD during the 5th Cycle
• Zoning Code density standards
Section B.2 Future Residential Development Potential
B.2.1 Accessory Dwelling Units
New State laws in effect since January 1, 2018 have significantly eased the development standards and streamlined the approval process for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). As a result, the City has experienced an increase in ADU applications in recent years. Table B-1 shows the number of ADU applications approved in Beaumont over the past three years.
Table B-1: Approved ADU Applications
Year Approved ADUs
2018 0
2019 1
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Annual Average 1.33
Source: City of Beaumont
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B-4 | City of Beaumont Sites Inventory and Methodology In 2021, the City approved six ADU applications. However, to be conservative, using data from 2018 to 2020, the City assumes an average approval of 1.33 ADUs per year, resulting in 11 ADUs over the eight-year planning period. Under Program 4 (Accessory Dwelling Units), the City will adopt an updated ADU Ordinance, consistent with State law and prepare ADU standard plans to encourage ADU production.
SCAG conducted a regional ADU affordability analysis to provide local governments in the region with assumptions for ADU affordability that can be used to assign projected ADUs to income categories. SCAG’s analysis relies on a survey of rents of 150 existing ADUs conducted between April and June 2020. The ADU affordability assumptions identified in the SCAG analysis for San Bernardino/Riverside Counties region was applied to ADU projected over the planning period.
Table B-2: SCAG ADU Affordability Assumptions
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Very Low 7.7% 1
Low 34.8% 4
Moderate 34.8% 4
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B.2.2 Entitled and Proposed Developments
Because the RHNA projection period for the 2021-2029 Housing Element begins on June 30, 2021, housing developments that have already been proposed or received entitlement but are not expected to be issued a certificate of occupancy until July 1, 2021 or after can be credited toward the RHNA. Table B-3 lists the site address for those projects that can be credited toward the 6th Cycle RHNA. Most of these projects provide above moderate housing units, and most of the units are within approved specific plan areas that are being constructed by merchant builders.
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Sites Inventory and Methodology City of Beaumont | B-5 Table B-3: Entitled and Proposed Developments
APN / Address / Location Units by Income Level
Very Low Low Moderate Above Moderate
419-222-003 / 1341 E. 8th
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419-150-050 - 481 - -
428-010-018 / Manzanita
Park (TM32850) - - - 95
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Sunny Cal Specific Plan - - - 560
Noble Creek Vistas Specific
Plan - - - 274
Kirkwood Ranch Specific
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Altis Senior Community - - - 400
Heartland Specific Plan –
Olivewood - - - 600
Subtotal - 48 - 3,257
Net New Total - 48 - 3,257
1 This is a transitional housing project by LINC Housing that will be deed restricted and is being processed consistent with AB 744 and AB 2162 guidelines. It contains 24 two-bedroom units, 23 three-bedroom units, and one three-bedroom managers unit. The project is currently in building permit plan check.
Source: City of Beaumont
Entitled and proposed developments would result in 3,257 above-moderate income units during the planning period, exceeding the City’s 1,537 above-moderate income RHNA for the 6th Cycle.
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B-6 | City of Beaumont Sites Inventory and Methodology B.2.3 Assumptions
Density
Table B-4 summarizes density standards for multi-family and mixed-use zones that allow residential.
Table B-4: Density for Zones that Allow Residential
Zone Dwelling Units Per Acre
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SSMU Max. 22
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Source: City of Beaumont Zoning Code
Realistic Capacity and Development Trends
Table B-5 summarizes assumptions for realistic residential development capacity based on required minimum densities and recent development trends from multi-family projects in the entitlement process or approved within Beaumont where minimum densities are not established.
Beaumont has one multi-family project in the entitlement process and another that is approved.
Since only two projects informed the development trends capacity, a lower realistic capacity was assumed for zones that do not have a minimum density. Program 5 (Minimum Densities) requires the City to establish minimum densities on housing sites where minimum densities do not currently apply, ensuring sites are developed at densities to meet realistic unit estimates.
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Sites Inventory and Methodology City of Beaumont | B-7 Table B-5: Zones Realistic Residential Development Capacity Assumptions Zone Minimum Density Development Trends Capacity Realistic Capacity Assumption RTN 4 units/acre N/A 4 units/acre
DMF N/A 82% 50% (11 units/acre)
SSMU N/A 82% 50% (11 units/acre)
SSMU-R N/A 82% 50% (11 units/acre)
UV 12 units/acre N/A 12 units/acre
RMF 12 units/acre N/A 12 units/acre
TOD Overlay 18 units/acre N/A 18 units/acre
Source: City of Beaumont Zoning Code, City of Beaumont, LWC
Since the new mixed-use zones were adopted (December 2020), the City has not received any new development applications in these zones. However, the City is receiving developer interest for residential mixed use projects in these zones, particularly in the eastern portion of the city around Xenia Avenue and Sixth Street, where some housing sites are identified. The City is not receiving any interest for new 100 percent commercial projects in the mixed-use zones.
Additionally, prior to adoption of the new mixed-use zones, the City had an overlay to allow housing on certain parcels in commercial zones. The LINC transitional housing project, currently in building permit plan check, is located on one of those parcels, demonstrating housing production in mixed-use areas. No applications for 100 percent commercial projects were proposed on commercial parcels with the housing overlay from 2017 to 2020 (the last three years in effect prior to adoption of new mixed-use zones).
The LINC Housing lower-income transitional housing project with 48 housing units is in the Local Commercial Zone, does not contain a commercial component, and is currently in building permit plan check. With the declining trend of brick-and-mortar retail coupled with COVID-19 pandemic impacts and continued demand for housing, the likelihood of 100 percent commercial projects is not expected to increase in the near future. In fact, development trends from throughout the regional market suggest that developers are pursuing projects in mixed use zones with either minimal or no commercial component. The realistic capacity assumptions for mixed-use zones identified in Table B-5 are conservative, reflecting required minimum densities or lower densities than demonstrated trends. As previously mentioned, Program 5 (Minimum Densities) requires the establishment of minimum densities on sites where minimum densities do not currently apply (i.e., DMF, SSMU, SSMU-R zones) to ensure sites are developed at densities to meet realistic unit projections. Additionally, Program 1 requires rezoned sites to allow 100 percent residential uses.
Projects that are below maximum density are driven by market demand for larger units. The City’s recent Zoning Code amendments removed a minimum floor area requirement based on unit size that could have impeded achieving maximum density. The LINC Housing lower-income transitional housing project received a density bonus, and therefore exceeded maximum allowed 769
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B-8 | City of Beaumont Sites Inventory and Methodology density (30 units per acre on a 1.6-acre site). Various programs are included to reduce potential constraints to housing development, including mixed-use parking incentives (Program 18), objective design standards (Program 19), and permit streamlining (Program 21) programs.
B.2.4 Methodology
To create the adequate sites inventory, the City developed a comprehensive, iterative methodology to screen parcels for near-term development potential. The methodology is described below.
Phase 1: Available Vacant Sites and Initial Categorization The City analyzed the 5th Cycle vacant sites to determine which are still available for development (e.g., were still available for entitlement, were not precluded by future freeway on/off ramp preliminary design, etc.). The City also queried vacant sites in higher density zones to assess potential sites. Each vacant parcel was identified to potentially be able to accommodate a specific income category given its maximum allowable density standards. Income level determinations are identified in Table B-6. The lower income category threshold is consistent with the default density for Beaumont pursuant to Government Code §65583.2.
Table B-6: Income Levels by Density
Density Allowed by Zone Income Level
< 20 dwelling units/acre Above moderate
20 – 29 dwelling units/acre Moderate
30+ dwelling units/acre Lower
Source: LWC, HCD
Phase 2: Screening for Potential Lower Income Sites
Per HCD guidance, sites accommodating lower-income housing should be between 0.5 and 10 acres. The City screened the available vacant sites with the potential for lower income (i.e., zoning allows 30 units per acre) for the following:
1. Lot size is greater than or equal to 0.5 acres
2. Lot size is no greater than 10 acres
All sites originally considered lower income but whose lot sizes are smaller than 0.5 or larger than 10 acres were categorized for moderate housing.
Phase 3: Site-by-Site Assessment
Following the screening analysis, a site-by-site assessment and refinement of sites was conducted using additional information from direct observation or firsthand experience from City staff. During this analysis, some potential sites were found to have other conditions (e.g., irregular shape, accessibility issues/landlocked, etc.) that could preclude them from the site inventory. This 770
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Sites Inventory and Methodology City of Beaumont | B-9 analysis included an evaluation of environmental and infrastructure constraints, which are described in Appendix C, Section C.4. All identified sites and housing development planned to satisfy RHNA have access to sufficient infrastructure and utilities. Minimum densities were applied on the few sites where a portion of the site may be located in the 100-year flood zone. Where parcels could be consolidated into sites to address conditions, namely accessibility, consolidated sites were identified. Consolidated sites have no more than two owners and are compliant with the size screening criteria (see Phase 2).
Phase 4: Parcels in Prior Housing Elements
Vacant parcels from both the 4th and 5th Cycles and non-vacant parcels from the 5th Cycle can be reused in this Housing Element (the 6th Cycle) to accommodate lower-income housing, but they must be rezoned to allow projects with at least 20 percent of the units affordable to lower income households to be by-right. Figure B-1 shows all 6th Cycle sites and any site previously identified as a site in the 5th Cycle. All 6th Cycle sites already allow multi-family housing by right based on the City’s 2020 General Plan update and Zoning Code amendments; therefore, no new program is required. Furthermore, various programs are included to facilitate housing, including housing on previously identified sites (e.g., Program 2 for Housing Facilitation in the Urban Village).
Section B.3 Adequacy of Residential Sites in Meeting
RHNA
The following table summarizes the City’s methods for satisfying its RHNA (Table B-7). Based on ADU projections, entitled and proposed projects, and available sites, the City has excess capacity in moderate and above-moderate income categories. The City has a small shortfall in the lower income categories, and the City has identified potential parcels for rezoning to address this shortfall (see Table B-9 and Section IV, Housing Plan, Program 1 for more details and specific parcels). The resulting rezoning would shift some of the projected moderate-income units into the lower income category. The rezoning would also result in some of these rezoned lower-income housing sites being reused from previous Housing Element site inventories. As such, Program 1 includes the requirement of all rezoned sites to allow multi-family uses by-right for developments in which 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower-income households pursuant to Government Code §65583.2(i).
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Table B-7: Residential Development Potential and RHNA
Extremely
Low Very Low Low Moderate Above
Moderate Total
RHNA See Very Low 1,229 721 723 1,537 4,210
ADUs 1 1 4 4 1 11
Entitled/Proposed
Projects1 - - 48 - 3,257 3,305
Remaining RHNA See Very Low 1,227 669 719 (1,721) N/A
Site Inventory1 See Very
Low/Low 1,847 3,889 5 5,741
Surplus / (Shortfall) See Very
Low/Low (49) 3,170 1,726 N/A
1 Considers net new units only.
Source: City of Beaumont, LWC
Table B-8: Residential Development Potential and RHNA – WITH POTENTIAL REZONING
Extremely
Low Very Low Low Moderate Above
Moderate Total
RHNA See Very Low 1,229 721 723 1,537 4,210
ADUs 1 1 4 4 1 11
Entitled/Proposed
Projects1 - - 48 - 3,257 3,305
Remaining RHNA See Very Low 1,227 669 719 (1,721) N/A
Site Inventory1 See Very
Low/Low 2,327 3,644 5 5,976
Surplus / (Shortfall) See Very
Low/Low 431 2,925 1,726 N/A
1 Considers net new units only.
Source: City of Beaumont, LWC
B.3.1 Housing Sites Map
The following map, Figure B-1, shows the inventory of sites by income category. Sites that were also included in the 5th Cycle Housing Element are identified with a bold border.
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Sites Inventory and Methodology City of Beaumont | B-11 Figure B-1: 6th Cycle Housing Element Site Inventory Map by Income Category
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Sites Inventory and Methodology City of Beaumont | B-12 B.3.2 Housing Sites Table
The following table lists the parcels in the City’s housing sites inventory with unit capacity by income category.
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Sites Inventory and Methodology City of Beaumont | B-13 Table B-9: Housing Sites Inventory
APN Parcel
Size (ac) Site Zone General Plan Vacant/Non-Vacant
(use)
4th & 5th
Cycle Site1
Income Category of Units Projected
per Realistic Capacity Total
Net New
Units Lower Moderate Above
Moderate
415301008 0.3 - RMF HDR Vacant YES - 4 - 4
415303004 0.4 - RMF HDR Vacant YES - 5 - 5
418043002 0.2 - RTN TN Vacant YES - - 1 1
418043019 0.3 - RTN TN Vacant YES - - 1 1
418053005 0.2 - RTN TN Non-vacant (shed) YES - - 1 1
418031010 0.2 - RTN TN Vacant YES - - 1 1
418031020 0.2 - RTN TN Vacant YES - - 1 1
419222022 0.5 - DMF DMF Vacant YES - 6 - 6
419222019 0.2 - DMF DMF Vacant YES - 2 - 2
419222020* 1.3 - DMF DMF Vacant YES - 14 - 14
419222021* 1.0 - DMF DMF Vacant YES - 11 - 11
419170016* 2.6 E DMF DMF Vacant YES - 28 - 28
419170017* 0.4 E DMF DMF Vacant YES - 4 - 4
419170018* 0.9 E DMF DMF Vacant YES - 10 - 10
419170022* 0.5 E DMF DMF Vacant YES - 5 - 5
419170026 0.4 - DMF DMF Vacant YES - 4 - 4
419170027* 2.8 - DMF DMF Vacant YES - 30 - 30
419160005* 3.2 F DMF DMF Vacant YES - 36 - 36
419160024* 0.5 F DMF DMF Vacant YES - 5 - 5
418123007 0.3 - SSMU SSMU Vacant YES - 4 - 4
419160013 0.3 - SSMU SSMU Vacant YES - 3 - 3
419160017* 1.6 - SSMU SSMU Vacant YES - 17 - 17
419160019* 0.5 G SSMU SSMU Vacant YES - 6 - 6
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APN Parcel
Size (ac) Site Zone General Plan Vacant/Non-Vacant
(use)
4th & 5th
Cycle Site1
Income Category of Units Projected
per Realistic Capacity Total
Net New
Units Lower Moderate Above
Moderate
419160020* 0.8 G SSMU SSMU Vacant YES - 9 - 9
414130011 1.2 - UV UV Vacant YES - 14 - 14
414130012 13.2 - UV UV Vacant YES - 159 - 159
414120035 100.1 - UV UV Vacant YES - 1201 - 1201
414120009 4.5 - UV UV Vacant YES - 54 - 54
414120016 5.0 - UV UV Vacant YES - 60 - 60
414120006 4.7 - UV UV Vacant YES - 57 - 57
414120033 13.2 - UV UV Vacant YES - 159 - 159
414120027 32.2 - UV UV Vacant YES - 386 - 386
414120026 28.0 - UV UV Vacant YES - 336 - 336
414120041 17.7 - UV UV Vacant YES - 212 - 212
414120042 4.1 - UV UV Vacant YES - 49 - 49
414120034 12.6 - UV UV Vacant YES - 152 - 152
414120038 24.6 - UV UV Vacant YES - 295 - 295
414120040 12.5 - UV UV Vacant YES - 151 - 151
414120029 1.0 - UV UV Vacant YES - 12 - 12
414090024 10.4 - UV UV Vacant YES - 125 - 125
414120031 1.8 - UV UV Vacant YES - 21 - 21
414120039 14.6 - UV UV Vacant YES - 176 - 176
419170031* 4.2 - SSMU SSMU Vacant - - 46 - 46
419170034* 1.0 - SSMU SSMU Vacant - - 11 - 11
419170035* 1.0 - SSMU SSMU Vacant - - 11 - 11
404190002 8.5 - RMF HDR Vacant - 101 - - 101
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Sites Inventory and Methodology City of Beaumont | B-15 Table B-9: Housing Sites Inventory
APN Parcel
Size (ac) Site Zone General Plan Vacant/Non-Vacant
(use)
4th & 5th
Cycle Site1
Income Category of Units Projected
per Realistic Capacity Total
Net New
Units Lower Moderate Above
Moderate
418240010 0.6 A TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 11 - - 11
418240011 6.3 A TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 113 - - 113
418351002 10.0 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 181 - - 181
418240009 9.7 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 175 - - 175
418250001 2.9 B TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 51 - - 51
418250006 2.5 B TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 44 - - 44
418250008 2.0 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 37 - - 37
418250009 5.6 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 101 - - 101
418310007 10.0 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 179 - - 179
418310008 8.2 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 147 - - 147
418320007 5.5 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 99 - - 99
418320008 6.6 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 120 - - 120
418320011 4.5 C TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 81 - - 81
418320012 1.0 C TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 18 - - 18
418330017 2.3 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 41 - - 41
418341009 4.8 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 87 - - 87
418342002 7.1 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 127 - - 127
418360003 6.3 - TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 114 - - 114
418330020 0.2 D TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 4 - - 4
418330008 0.3 D TOD GC/TOD Vacant - 6 - - 6
418330021 0.6 D TOD GC/TOD Non-vacant (single-
family residence) - 10 - - 9
Total 1,847 3,889 5 5,741
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B-16 | City of Beaumont Sites Inventory and Methodology Table B-9: Housing Sites Inventory
APN Parcel
Size (ac) Site Zone General Plan Vacant/Non-Vacant
(use)
4th & 5th
Cycle Site1
Income Category of Units Projected
per Realistic Capacity Total
Net New
Units Lower Moderate Above
Moderate
1 All parcels previously identified as housing sites in the 5th Cycle Housing Element are assumed to have also been included in the 4th Cycle Housing Element. * Potential parcels for rezoning to accommodate lower income units.
Source: City of Beaumont, LWC
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Appendix C: Housing Constraints
Contents
Appendix C: Housing Constraints .............................................................. 1 Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Section C.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 2 Section C.2 Governmental Constraints ..................................................................................... 2 C.2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 2 C.2.2 Land Use Controls ................................................................................................. 3 C.2.3 Building and Housing Codes and Enforcement ................................................... 17 C.2.4 Permits and Procedures ...................................................................................... 18 C.2.5 On and Off-site Improvements ............................................................................ 24 Section C.3 Non-Governmental Constraints ........................................................................... 25 C.3.1 Housing Supply/Conditions ................................................................................. 25 C.3.2 Development Costs ............................................................................................. 26 C.3.3 Availability of Financing ....................................................................................... 26 C.3.4 Summary ............................................................................................................. 28 Section C.4 Environmental and Infrastructure Constraints ..................................................... 28 C.4.1 Environmental Constraints .................................................................................. 28 C.4.2 Infrastructure Constraints .................................................................................... 28
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C-2 | City of Beaumont Housing Constraints Section C.1 Introduction
This Appendix covers local governmental, non-governmental, and environmental and infrastructure constraints to housing production in Beaumont.
Section C.2 Governmental Constraints
C.2.1 Introduction
Local policies and regulations can affect the quantity and type of residential development. Since governmental actions can constrain the development and the affordability of housing, State law requires the housing element to "address and, where appropriate and legally possible, remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing" (Government Code § 65583(c)(3)).
The City’s primary policies and regulations that affect residential development and housing affordability include: the General Plan, the Zoning Code, development processing procedures and fees, on and off-site improvement requirements, and the California Building and Housing Codes.
In addition to a review of these policies and regulations, an analysis of the governmental constraints on housing production for persons with disabilities is included in this Section. 780
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C.2.2 Land Use Controls
This section provides an overview of the City’s land use controls and their relation to the City’s housing supply.
General Plan Land Use Designations
The City adopted the Elevate Beaumont 2040 General Plan in 2020. Chapter 3 of the General Plan is the Land Use and Community Design Element which directs the location and form of future development in the city.
The General Plan includes nine land use designations that allow a range of residential development types (see Table C-1), at a variety of densities.
Table C-1: City General Plan Residential Land Use Designations General Plan Designation Description
Rural Residential 40 (RR40) Single family detached homes on 40 acre lots in a rural mountainous setting Rural Residential 10 (RR10) Single family detached homes on 10 acre lots in a rural setting Rural Residential 1 (RR1) Single family detached homes on 1 acre lots in a hillside setting Single Family Residential (SFR) Single-family residential (attached or detached). Neighborhood commercial in specified locations.
Traditional Neighborhood (TN) Single-family detached houses and small-scale multi-family housing.
Neighborhood commercial in specified locations.
High-Density Residential (HDR) Multi-family housing (townhomes, condominiums, apartments, etc.).
Neighborhood commercial in specified locations.
Urban Village (UV)
Variety of specialized land uses, including a regional serving commercial, higher density residential development, educational uses and abundant open space and recreation amenities.
Transit-Oriented District
Overlay (TOD Overlay)
Residential and supportive employment and commercial uses near the future transit station.
Downtown Mixed Use (DMX)
Mixed-use buildings with active ground floor retail uses, upper level professional office, service activities in conjunction with multi-family residential uses and live/work units.
Source: Beaumont General Plan, Table 3.3 (Land Use Designations) Zoning Districts
The Zoning Code, Title 17 of the Beaumont Municipal Code, was amended in December 2020 to be consistent with the recently updated General Plan. The Zoning Code and Zoning Map are available on the City’s website consistent with Government Code §65940.1(a)(1)(B). There are eleven zones that allow residential development. Table C-2 lists the zones that allow residential uses.
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C-4 | City of Beaumont Housing Constraints Table C-2: Zones Allowing Residential Uses
Zone Description
Residential, Rural
The Residential, Rural Zone is intended to provide for and encourage the development of agriculturally oriented low density residential development to take advantage of the rural environment.
Residential, Single
Family
The Residential, Single-Family Zone is intended to protect established neighborhoods of one-family dwellings and to provide space in suitable locations for additional residential, single-family development. To increase access to shopping, services, and amenities, the R- SF Zone allows for limited, appropriately located neighborhood supporting uses in specific locations.
Residential,
Traditional
Neighborhood
The Residential, Traditional Neighborhood Zone is intended to provide a range of housing choices, including single-family and multi-family development and supporting neighborhood service uses within a walkable and well-connected setting.
Residential, Multiple-
Family
The Residential, Multiple-Family Zone is intended to protect established medium density and high-density residential development in the City, and to facilitate further development of this land use type. This includes higher density housing that includes condominiums, townhomes, duplexes, patio apartments, senior housing and supporting ancillary facilities.
Urban Village
The Urban Village Zone applies to a specific area situated between Interstate 10 and State Route 60 Freeway corridors. Within this area, a variety of specialized land uses that capitalize on the area’s unique location are contemplated. These uses include a regional commercial center, higher density residential development, educational uses, and abundant open space and recreational amenities. The permitted uses and development standards are intended to be conducive to a compact, mixed use, and walkable environment.
Transit Oriented
District Overlay Zone
The Transit Oriented District Overlay applies to the area around a future Metrolink transit station. The permitted uses and development standards are intended to be conducive to a transit-friendly environment, including a mix of residential and commercial uses within a walkable and transit accessible setting.
Downtown Mixed Use
Zone
The Downtown Mixed Use Zone is intended to provide for a rich and diverse mixture of office, retail, commercial, civic, entertainment, and cultural activities in a lively, thriving, high-quality pedestrian environment which incorporates mixed use development. Active and retail uses are required along the Sixth Street (between California and Palm Avenues) and Beaumont Avenue (between 5th and 8th Street) street frontages to create a walkable, pedestrian‐oriented and vibrant environment. This Zone is also intended to allow for residential uses on the upper floors (residential uses are not permitted on the first floor along Sixth Street and Beaumont Avenue to ensure that the Downtown character is maintained).
Beaumont Mixed Use
Zone
The Beaumont Mixed Use Zone is intended to facilitate Beaumont Avenue corridor’s transition to a mixed-use district with a mix of professional office, limited commercial uses and residential uses that are compatible with the abutting single-family residences to the east and west. Development is intended to be less intense than the DMU zoning district in keeping with the scale of surrounding development.
Sixth Street Mixed
Use Zone
The Sixth Street Mixed Use Zone is intended to provide for commercial and multi-family residential uses along Sixth Street, east of Palm Avenue either as stand alone or in a mixed use setting. The permitted uses and development standards are intended to be conducive to a compact, mixed use, and walkable environment and supportive of the Downtown retail environment west of Palm Avenue.
Sixth Street Mixed
Use – Residential
Zone
The Sixth Street Mixed Use – Residential Zone is intended to provide for multi-family residential and commercial uses along the north side of Sixth Street, east of Palm Avenue.
Multi-family residential uses are required, either as stand alone or in a mixed use setting.
The permitted uses and development standards are intended to be conducive to a compact, mixed use, and walkable environment and supportive of the Downtown retail environment west of Palm Avenue.
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Table C-2: Zones Allowing Residential Uses
Zone Description
Downtown Residential
Multifamily Zone
The Downtown Residential Multifamily Zone is intended to encourage walkable, transit ready residential development in the proximity to Downtown, and to facilitate further development of this land use type. This includes higher density housing that includes condominiums, townhomes, duplexes, patio apartments, senior housing and supporting ancillary facilities.
Source: Beaumont Zoning Code, Chapter 17.03 (Zoning Map and Zone Districts) and Chapter 17.19 (Downtown Zone Districts)
Overlay Zone: The City’s sole overlay zone, the Transit-Oriented (TOD) Overlay Zone, applies to the majority of the Community Commercial Zone which does not allow residential uses, apart from Single Room Occupancy units. The TOD Overlay Zone allows many residential housing types that would not be permitted in the Community Commercial Zone, providing another area of the city with the potential for housing development. The City is being proactive in its approach to transit-oriented housing development by providing this mixed-use overlay zone in anticipation of a future Metrolink station.
Specific Plans: The City currently has 17 adopted specific plans, of which seven have been fully built-out. Table C-3 lists the specific plans that allow for residential development and are still in the process of being built out. The majority of the seven specific plans consist of single-family home developments, while two of the specific plans include some multi-family/higher density units.
Table C-3: Specific Plans – Residential, Not Built-Out
Specific Plan Description
Fairway Canyon/
Tournament Hills Single family residential community with a total buildout of 4,660 homes Sunny Cal Single family residential community with a total buildout of 560 homes Heartland Single family residential community with a total buildout of 1,224 homes Noble Creek Vistas Single family residential community with a total buildout of 648 homes Kirkwood Ranch Residential development including 470 single family homes and 60 multi-family units* Sundance Residential community with a mix of very low density to high density and a total buildout of 4,450 units
Potrero Creek
Estates Single family residential community with a total buildout of 1,028 homes Source: Beaumont General Plan, City of Beaumont
* Tentative tract map for Kirkwood Ranch has expired.
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C-6 | City of Beaumont Housing Constraints Development Standards
Development standards can constrain new residential development when the standards make it economically unfeasible or physically impractical to develop a particular lot, or there are no suitable parcels which meet the development criteria for building form, massing, height, and density in a particular zone.
Through its Zoning Code, the City enforces minimum site development standards for new residential uses. Table C-4 summarizes the basic standards for the City’s residential and mixed-use zones.
Table C-4: Development Standards in Zones that Allow Residential Development Zone Zone Min. Lot
Size
Density
(units/acre) FAR Min. Setbacks (ft.) Max. Height Max. Lot Coverage
Front Side Rear
Residential, Rural RR 40 acres N/A N/A 25 10 20 26 ft. or 2 stories, whichever is less N/A
Residential, Single
Family R-SF 7,000
sq.ft. N/A N/A 20
Single level, interior lots 70 ft.
wide: 10 on one side, 5 on the
other
Two level, interior side: 10
Street side: 10
20 35 ft. or 2 stories,
whichever is less N/A
Residential,
Traditional
Neighborhood
R-TN 5,000
sq.ft.1 Max: 12 2 N/A 15 Interior side: 5
Street side: 10 15 35 ft. N/A
Residential, Multiple-
Family R-MF 6,000
sq.ft.1
Min: 12
Max: 30 N/A 20 Interior side: 5
Street side: 10 15 35 ft. 70%
Urban Village UV 10,000
sq.ft.
Min: 12
Max: 24 3 N/A 5 N/A 10 50 ft. N/A
Transit Oriented
District Overlay Zone TOD 10,000
sq.ft. 4
Min: 18
Max: 30 N/A N/A N/A N/A 50 ft. 4 50% 4
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Size
Density
(units/acre) FAR Min. Setbacks (ft.) Max. Height Max. Lot Coverage
Front Side Rear
Downtown Mixed Use
Zone DMU N/A Max: 15 N/A N/A 15 when adjacent to single family residential use
20 when adjacent to
single family residential
use
45 ft. or 3 stories N/A
Beaumont Mixed Use
Zone BMU N/A Max: 10 N/A 5 5, 15 when adjacent to single family residential use
10, 20 when adjacent to
single family residential
use
35 ft. or 2 stories5 N/A
Sixth Street Mixed Use
Zone SSMU 10,000
sq.ft. Max: 22 N/A 5 5, 15 when adjacent to single
family residential use
10, 20 when adjacent to
single family residential
use
60 ft. or 4 stories N/A
Sixth Street Mixed Use
- Residential Zone
SSMU-
R
10,000
sq.ft. Max: 22 N/A 5 5, 15 when adjacent to single
family residential use
10,20 when adjacent to
single family residential
use
60 ft. or 4 stories N/A
Downtown Residential
Multifamily Zone DMF 6,000
sq.ft. Max: 22 N/A 10
Interior side: 5, 15 when adjacent
to single family residential use
Street side: 10
3-story building: 20
15, 20 when adjacent to
single family residential
use
35 ft. N/A
1 Smaller lots may be allowed consistent with 17.11.030.D (Small Lot Development) (see following page). 2 With an average density of six units per acre across the property. A studio or one-bedroom unit of no more than 750 square feet, excluding a garage, shall count as 0.5 of a unit.
Density below four units per acre may be allowed subject to conditional use permit approval, if the Planning Commission finds that the lower density does not jeopardize the City’s ability to satisfy its Regional Housing Needs Allocation. 3 No more than 21 acres in the Urban Village Zone shall be developed at a density below 20 units per acre. 4 Standards are contained in the Community Commercial base zone, which would apply in the TOD Overlay. 5 No housing sites are identified in the BMU Zone (see Appendix B).
Source: Beaumont Zoning Code
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C-8 | City of Beaumont Housing Constraints The dimensional standards listed in Table C-4 generally do not constrain the development of housing in city. For example, FAR limitations do not apply to residential developments or residential portions of mixed-use developments, and most zones do not have lot coverage/area standards. While the R-MF Zone has a maximum lot area requirement of 70 percent, this amount of coverage does not pose an undue constraint on the development of housing in Beaumont.
Small Lot Development: The City allows for residential development on lots less than the minimum lot size established in the R-TN and R-MF zones but requires approval through a conditional use permit, and the development must comply with the following standards:
1. Maximum and minimum density shall be consistent with the zone, and as may be modified through a density bonus (Chapter 17.10).
2. The minimum lot size shall be 2,000 square feet.
3. The minimum lot width shall be 25 feet.
4. The minimum lot depth shall be 50 feet.
5. The maximum area of the lot occupied by structures shall be 75 percent.
6. Setbacks:
• Side Yard Setbacks. The side yard setback shall be a minimum of three feet. For attached units, a minimum side yard setback of five feet shall be provided at the end of the row of attached units.
• Rear Yard Setbacks. Rear yard setbacks shall be a minimum of 10 feet. A minimum rear yard setback of five feet is required for this parcels that have a garage abutting an alley.
• Other Setbacks. Other setbacks shall be consistent with the zone, and as may be modified through a density bonus (Chapter 17.10).
The provision for small lot developments makes it feasible for residential development to occur on lots that would likely sit vacant under more restrictive standards. While a small lot development requires a conditional use permit, the findings for approval are objective and clear. These provisions make smaller single-family housing development more feasible, attainable for lower- income households, and promote more housing development overall.
Overall, the City’s development standards are comparable to those in other local communities and do not pose undue constraints on the development of housing in Beaumont.
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Parking Requirements
Table C-5 displays the parking rates for residential land uses, applicable to all zoning districts.
Table C-5: Parking Rates for Residential Land Uses
Residential Use Required Number of Spaces
Single-Family Residential Units 2 enclosed spaces/unit (accessory units that are rentals must provide 1 space, of which one shall be enclosed)
Attached Single Family and Duplex Units 2 enclosed spaces/unit Multi-Family (efficiency/1-bedroom units) 1.25 spaces per unit (spaces may be uncovered) Multiple-Family (2 or more bedrooms/unit) 2 spaces per unit (at least 1 space must be covered) Motels/Boarding Houses
1 space for each sleeping unit. 1 space per guest room or unit; plus, other spaces as required for auxiliary uses such as banquet facilities, bars, and restaurants
Source: Beaumont Zoning Code
Shared and Remote Parking: In addition to the standards in Table C-5, the City has parking reduction strategies in the Zoning Code. Section 17.05.080 (Shared and remote parking) provides procedures applicable for certain types of developments or combinations of land uses within a specific development that may be eligible for parking reductions, if it can be demonstrated that the development would benefit from shared parking. The procedures include providing a “Special Study” which constitutes a parking demand analysis for the uses proposed to share parking facilities. The study must demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Director, that the uses have different peak parking requirements, but the parking requirement cannot be reduced below the highest peak parking requirement of the use demanding the most parking. Lastly, an applicant may apply for remote parking for multi-family uses, provided that the parking facilities are located no more than 300 feet from the multi-family use. Additionally, Section 17.02.120 (Modification of Standards) allows required parking amounts to be reduced by a maximum of 20 percent, with certain findings, similar to a variance; however, modifications to standards are approved by the Community Development Director.
The parking requirements for each housing type are consistent across all zoning districts and are consistent with other jurisdictions in the region. However, since the City recently updated its General Plan and Zoning Code to provide for more mixed-use zones intended for walkable and transit-oriented development, parking reduction strategies should be expanded to include more options such as unbundling parking costs, reductions for the inclusion of bicycle parking, or reductions for proximity to transit. These strategies would be appropriate in mixed-use, walkable zones, particularly in the Downtown, Urban Village, and Transit Oriented District Overlay.
Additional parking reduction strategies could allow for more area to be used to build housing instead of parking. Program 18 (Mixed-Use Parking Incentives) will result in further revisions to parking requirements based on the City’s Parking Management Master Plan effort, expected to lower parking rates for mixed-use projects.
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C-10 | City of Beaumont Housing Constraints Provisions for a Variety of Housing
The City has adopted provisions in its Zoning Code that facilitate a range of residential development types. Table C-6 provides a list of housing types and the zones in which they are permitted, require a conditional use permit, or are not permitted.
Table C-6: Housing Types Permitted by Zone
Housing Type Citywide Zones Downtown Zones
RR RSF RTN RMF UV TOD DMU BMU SSMU SSMU-R DMF
Accessory Guest Houses P P P P P P P P P P P
Accessory Dwelling Units P P P P P P P P P P P
Boarding or Rooming
Houses C C C C P N C N C C C
Caretaker's Unit P N P P P P P P P P P
Congregate Care
Facilities N N C C P C N N C C C
Duplexes N N P P P P P P P P P
Group or Community
Care Facilities—6 or
fewer persons)
P P P P P P P2 P P P P
Group or Community
Care Facilities—7 or more
persons)
C C C C C C C2 C C C C
Mobile Home Parks N N C C N N N N N N N
Mobile Home or
Manufactured Housing
Units Single Lot
P P P P P P N P N N P
Multiple-Family,
Apartment &
Condominiums
N N P P P P P2,3 N P3 P3 P3
Planned Residential
Developments P P P P P P P P P P P
Senior Housing
Developments P P P P P P P P P P P
Single-Family Dwellings P P P P P P N P3 N N P3
Farmworker Housing N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Emergency Shelters4 N N N N N C N N C C N
Single-Room Occupant
(SRO) Facilities N N N N N C P2 C P P N
Transitional Housing N N C C N C P2 C P P N
Unlicensed Group Home N S S S N N N N N N N
P = Permitted
C = Conditionally Permitted
N = Not Permitted
N/A = Not Specified
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Table C-6: Housing Types Permitted by Zone
Housing Type Citywide Zones Downtown Zones
RR RSF RTN RMF UV TOD DMU BMU SSMU SSMU-R DMF
S = Special Use Permit
1 Only allowed for properties on Sixth Street.
2 Use is allowed only on upper floor locations on parcels fronting Sixth Street and Beaumont Avenue. Limited lobby or entry areas are allowed on the ground floor.
3 A live/work unit is only permitted in the primary structure. 4Both the Community Commercial (CC) and Local Commercial (LC) zones allow emergency shelters by right with ministerial approval consistent with State law.
Source: Beaumont Zoning Code
Supplemental Use Standards
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs): Multiple sections in the Zoning Code (e.g., Section 17.03.060.D,
17.03.070.G, etc.) contain supplemental standards for detached ADUs, attached ADUs, and Junior ADUs, all of which are limited to one per single-family residence. Zones where ADUs are allowed have been updated, but the standards for ADUs do not reflect current State law and should be brought into compliance accordingly. Examples of conflict with current State law arise include the 15-foot setback required from the rear property line and a parking requirement of one space per ADU (see Table C-5). Current State ADU law lessens the regulatory burden of many development standards applied to ADUs such as setbacks and parking.
Multi-Family: Section 17.03.065.J (Supplemental Multiple Family Development Standards) contain supplemental standards that only apply to multi-family residential developments. The standards include provisions for building entrances, building facades, building roofs, pedestrian access, and private storage spaces. All standards in this Section are objective and do not pose a constraint to the development of multi-family housing.
Single Room Occupancy (SROs): A Single Room Occupancy (SRO) unit is considered a small, affordable housing unit that can serve as an entry point into the housing market for people who previously experienced homelessness. Chapter 17.16 (Single Room Occupancy Facilities) provides supplemental standards for single room occupancy (SRO facilities as well as standards for SRO units. Notably, SROs are not limited to the density standards dictated in the General Plan, giving this housing type more flexibility within its respective zoning districts. In addition to the zones listed in Table C-6, SROs are allowed with a conditional use permit in the Commercial, Neighborhood (CN) and Community Commercial (CC) zones. Chapter 17.16 contains facility standards for common areas, laundry facilities, cleaning supply rooms, as well as standards for individual units including unit size, occupancy thresholds, bathrooms, kitchens, closets, and Code compliance. The facility and unit standards are objective and do not present a constraint to the development of SROs.
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C-12 | City of Beaumont Housing Constraints Manufactured Homes: Section 17.11.120 (Manufactured homes on foundations) prescribes seven specific conditions for manufactured homes that may be installed on a foundation in any zone that allows single-family dwellings. The conditions are listed below:
1. The manufactured home shall be certified under the national Mobilehome Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Section 5401 et seq.) and shall bear a California insignia or Federal label as required by Section 18550(b) of the Health and Safety Code.
2. The foundation system shall meet the requirements of Section 18551 of the Health and Safety Code.
3. The manufactured home shall contain a minimum of 1,100 square feet of living area within a minimum width of 20 feet. On all lots less than 60 feet in width the manufactured home shall contain a minimum of 950 square feet of living area with a minimum width of 20 feet.
Porches, garages, patios and similar features, whether attached or detached, shall not be included when calculating the floor living area.
4. The manufactured home shall have a roof overhang of not less than 16 inches with a minimum 12-inch gable overhang, unless it is determined that it is not compatible to the neighborhood in which the manufactured home is being located.
5. The manufactured home shall have non-reflecting roofing material and siding material that is compatible with the neighborhood in which the manufactured home is to be located.
6. A garage compatible to the neighborhood in which the manufactured home is being installed shall be constructed.
7. The manufactured home shall be used only as a single-family residential use and shall comply with all the setback and height requirements of the zone in which it is located.
While State law does allow for supplemental standards such as condition #4, condition #3 only applies to manufactured homes and is not applied to single-family homes citywide. Condition #3 should be removed because it treats manufactured homes on a foundation differently than non- manufactured single-family homes which is inconsistent with the intent of State law and could present a constraint to the development of manufactured homes (see Program 20 (Manufactured Housing)).
Mobile Homes: Section 17.11.130 (Mobilehome parks) provides supplemental standards for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of mobile home parks in Beaumont. Mobile home parks are subject to the following development standards:
1. Minimum Gross Area: 10 acres
2. Maximum Density: Seven units per gross acre
3. Minimum Access Frontage: 250 feet continuous frontage on a dedicated public street
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5. Maximum Height: 35 feet
This Section also contains specific classifications of mobile home parks: pre-existing mobile home parks, planned residential mobile home parks, and integrated mobile home parks. A pre-existing mobile home park shall not be deemed nonconforming if it does not comply with standards in the Zoning Code, allowing existing mobile home parks to make improvements and continue operations without triggering additional requirements that may be financially burdensome.
Additionally, multiple interior site standards apply to mobile home parks, including those relating to access drives, sidewalks, landscaping, community recreation areas, and electrical and television service. These standards would not apply to pre-existing mobile home parks and do not pose a constraint to the development of mobile homes in Beaumont.
Emergency Shelters: Emergency shelters 1 are allowed as a permitted by-right use without discretionary review in the CC and Local Commercial (LC) zones pursuant to Sections 17.03.150 and 17.19.120, respectively, of the Beaumont Municipal Code. The CC Zone is located along Oak Valley Parkway (near its intersection with Interstate 10), as well as south of Interstate 10 between California Avenue and the eastern city limits of Beaumont, north of Potrero Boulevard. The LC Zone is located at the eastern edge of Beaumont, between 8th Street and Interstate 10, west of Highland Springs Avenue. The above-described areas are serviced by the City’s transit priority network, operated by the Beaumont Pass Transit System bus service 2. Specifically, the bus system provides access on weekdays and weekends from many residential areas to amenities including schools, parks, churches, retail, groceries, a recreation center, the local hospital (San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital), and the local library (Beaumont Library), and provides transfers to commuter transit and Morongo Casino.3
According to the 2019 Point-in-Time (PIT) count, there were an estimated 15 persons experiencing homelessness in Beaumont (see Appendix A, Figure A-14). Many parcels in the CC Zone are vacant and therefore could be built upon to construct an emergency shelter (to serve homeless persons) by right. This is true of both the Oak Valley Parkway area zoned CC and the area south of Interstate 10, east of California Avenue zoned CC. Although said areas are not within walking distance of retail and supportive services such as schools, churches, groceries, hospital, or library, both areas have bus access to these amenities.
1 While the Beaumont Zoning Code does not define “emergency shelters”, California Health and Safety Code §50801(e) states that an emergency shelter is “housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.”
2 City of Beaumont General Plan, December 1, 2020.
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C-14 | City of Beaumont Housing Constraints In addition, an emergency shelter could be constructed on any number of vacant parcels zoned LC that have walking access to retail, hospitals, schools, churches, and grocery stores, as well as bus access to all of the above-described amenities within Beaumont. A transitional housing project located in the LC Zone (APN 419-150-050) is currently in building permit plan check, demonstrating the desirability of extremely low-income housing in this area. The minimum parcel size for both the CC and LC zones is 10,000 square feet, and many parcels in these zones meet or exceed this minimum threshold. The floor area ratio limits are 0.75 in the CC Zone and 0.70 in the LC Zone. Below is a list of vacant parcels in the LC Zone, which is most desirable for near- term emergency shelters due to surrounding existing uses:
• APN 419-150-026 (695 Highland Springs Ave.) – 0.79 acres • APN 419-150-027 (675 Highland Springs Ave.) – 0.79 acres • APN 419-150-034 (no situs address) – 2.08 acres
• APN 419-150-022 (790 Allegheny Ave.) – 0.34 acres
Therefore, considering existing vacant parcels, both the CC and LC zones provide opportunities for by-right emergency shelters that could accommodate the estimated homeless population in Beaumont with access to transit and services.
While the Beaumont Zoning Code does not specifically regulate parking requirements for emergency shelters, Beaumont Municipal Code Section 17.05.040(B) states that if parking for a land use (such as emergency shelters) is not specifically listed, the Community Development Director shall decide which standard most closely reflects the demand for parking that will be generated by the proposed project. Program 10 includes that the City revise parking standards to ensure they do not impose more parking than is required for other residential or commercial uses within the same zone, and also require sufficient parking for emergency shelter staff (e.g., require one parking space per employee and agency vehicle).
Low Barrier Navigation Centers: Low Barrier Navigation Centers are Housing First, low-barrier, service-enriched shelters focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing. Low Barrier Navigation Centers must be allowed by-right in all areas zoned for mixed-uses and nonresidential zones permitting multi-family uses. Program 11 (Low Barrier Navigation Centers) is included to amend the Zoning Code to allow Low Barrier Navigation Centers consistent with State law (AB 101, Government Code §65660).
Transitional Housing and Supportive Housing: Supportive and transitional housing should be allowed in all zones that allow residential uses and subject to the same development standards that apply to other residential uses of a similar type within these zones. The Zoning Code permits transitional housing in the DMU, SSMU, and SSMU-R zones; however, a conditional use permit is required for transitional housing in the RTN, RMF, and TOD zones, and transitional housing is 792
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not allowed in other zones that allow residential (e.g., RR, RSF, UV zones). Also, the Zoning Code does not define transitional or supportive housing and does not include supportive housing in the use tables. The City will amend the Zoning Code to fully address transitional and supportive housing consistent with State law, including AB 2162 as appropriate (Program 9). AB 2162 requires deed restricted supportive housing that meets certain criteria to be a permitted use in all zones where multi-family and mixed-use are permitted (Government Code 65651).
Employee/Farmworker Housing: The Zoning Code does not explicitly allow farmworker housing in any zone. The Zoning Code has not been amended to comply with Health and Safety Code §17021.5 and 17021.6. Section 17021.5 generally requires employee housing for six or fewer persons to be treated as a single-family structure and residential use. Section 17021.6 generally requires that employee housing consisting of no more than 36 beds in group quarters designed for use by a single family or household to be treated as an agricultural use. No conditional use permits, zoning variances, or other zoning clearance are to be required. As shown in Table A-10, there are 64 full-time year-round farming, fishing, and forestry occupations in Beaumont, which presents a low demand for this residential housing type. However, a program has been included for the City to amend the Zoning Code to allow employee housing consistent with Health and Safety Code §17021.5 and 17021.6 (Program 14).
Housing for Persons with Disabilities
The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Sections 5115 and 5116) of the California Welfare and Institutions Code declares that mentally and physically disabled persons are entitled to live in normal residential surroundings. This classification includes facilities that are licensed by the State of California to provide permanent living accommodations and 24 hour primarily non-medical care and supervision for persons in need of personal services, supervision, protection, or assistance for sustaining the activities of daily living. It includes hospices, nursing homes, convalescent facilities, and group homes for minors, persons with disabilities, and people in recovery from alcohol or drug addictions. The use of property as a licensed residential care facility for the care of six or fewer persons is considered a residential use that is permitted in all residential zones. No local agency can impose stricter zoning or building and safety standards on these homes than otherwise required for homes in the same district.
Persons with disabilities normally have a number of housing needs that include accessibility of dwelling units; access to transportation, employment, and commercial services; and alternative living arrangements that include on-site or nearby supportive services. Beaumont ensures that new housing developments comply with California building standards (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) and federal requirements for accessibility.
As displayed in Table C-6, Group or Community Care Facilities (6 or fewer persons and 7 or more persons) are permitted uses. Consistent with State law, facilities with six or fewer persons are permitted by-right in zones that allow residential uses, and facilities with seven or more are subject to conditional use permit approval.
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C-16 | City of Beaumont Housing Constraints Additionally, the Code includes provisions for Unlicensed Group Homes in Chapter 17.13. The intent of the Chapter is to provide standards for this residential use to further housing anti- discrimination laws while also preserving the residential character of single-family neighborhoods in which these group homes would be located. As shown in Table C-6, Unlicensed Group Homes are permitted by special use permit in three residential zones. The approval of the special use permit is at the discretion of the Community Development Director. Section 17.13.020 (Special use permit required) provides multiple standards in which an unlicensed group home must abide by, including the requirement for a house manager, that the home has six or fewer occupants (excluding the house manager, if the house manager resides on-site), that the group home is not located within 300 feet from any other State-licensed group home or group home issued a special use permit, prohibition of alcohol and non-prescription drugs, visitation policy, and on-site parking restrictions. The requirements associated with unlicensed group homes are typical of the residential use-type and do not present a constraint to their development in Beaumont.
In 2020, 17 people with developmental disabilities lived in community care facilities in Beaumont (Appendix A, Table A-8). All zones shown in Table C-6 allow community care facilities for seven or more persons with a conditional use permit, typically processed in two to four months (see Table C-8). However, to facilitate housing for persons with disabilities, Program 22 (Group or Community Care Facilities) would result in allowing community care facilities for seven or more persons as a permitted use where multi-family is permitted (i.e., RTN, RMF, UV, TOD, DMU, SSMU, SSMU-R, and DMF zones), instead of requiring a conditional use permit. Furthermore, Program 19 requires findings for approval of housing developments, including both licensed and unlicensed group homes and community care facilities to be amended to be objective, so that these uses are allowed without discretionary review regardless of whether they are permitted by right or require a conditional use permit (also see Program 22).
Lastly, the Zoning Code defines a “family” as “[o]ne or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit. A family includes the residents of residential care facilities and group homes for people with disabilities. A family does not include larger institutional group living situations such as dormitories, fraternities, sororities, monasteries or nunneries.” This definition does not require relation by blood or by marriage, and therefore does not present a constraint to housing for persons with disabilities.
Reasonable Accommodation
Municipal Code Chapter 15.26 (Reasonable Accommodations) establishes a formal procedure for individuals with disabilities seeking equal access to housing to request a reasonable accommodation and establishes criteria to be used when considering such requests. Section
15.26.030 (Procedures) states, “A written request for reasonable accommodations shall be made by any individual with a disability, or his or her representative, or a developer or provider of housing for individuals with disabilities when the application of a land use or zoning regulation or policy acts as a barrier to fair housing opportunities.” The Community Development Director must make a determination on a reasonable accommodation request within 45 days, and the 794
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Community Development Director’s determination may be appealed to the City Council. Over the last few years, the City received one reasonable accommodation request to widen a doorway and ramp, which the City approved. The City is not aware of any reasonable accommodation requests that were denied.
Incentives for Affordable Housing
Chapter 17.10 (Affordable Housing Incentives/Density Bonus Provisions) provides incentives for very low income, low income, moderate income, and senior housing. These provisions for affordable housing bonuses and concessions were adopted in 2010, and there have been substantial changes to State density bonus laws since 2010, including recent amendments that allow up to 50 percent density bonus (AB 2345). Chapter 17.10 (Affordable Housing Incentives/Density Bonus Provisions) will be updated to reflect current State law (Program 12).
Other Local Ordinances
The City does not have other ordinances, such as an inclusionary housing ordinance, short-term rental ordinance, or growth control ordinance or other growth control measures, that directly impact the cost and supply of residential development.
C.2.3 Building and Housing Codes and Enforcement
New construction in Beaumont, including additions, must comply with the 2019 California Building Code (CBC), which amends the International Building Code. The City adopted the California Building Code, Title 24, California Code of Regulations, Part 2, Volumes 1 and 2, including Chapter 1, Division II - Scope and Administration, and Appendix J - Grading with minor revisions.
Existing residences may be remodeled or expanded provided there are no obvious sanitary or safety hazards, all building code requirements have been met, and the necessary permits have been issued. Additions to existing buildings must comply with current building codes. Building code requirements are enforced through plan check review and inspections; while these requirements may add material and labor costs, they are required across the state and are necessary minimums to ensure the health and safety of Beaumont residents.
The City’s Community Enhancement Department is responsible for code enforcement. The Department ensures that properties within the city comply with all municipal, zoning, and building codes as well as assist with health and safety issues. Per Program 26 (Housing Code Enforcement), the City follows the State’s Abatement of Dangerous Buildings manual in evaluating substandard housing and uses the State Health and Safety Code as a guideline for correcting substandard housing conditions. The City uses various methods for addressing substandard housing: complaints; code enforcement; referral system; and mandated inspections (e.g., Fire Department). Most code complaints are regarding unmaintained yards, green pools, abandoned vehicles, and unpermitted structures. In addition, pursuant to Program 27, the City 795
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C.2.4 Permits and Procedures
Permits and Procedures
The time required to process a project varies greatly from one entitlement to another and is directly related to the size and complexity of the proposal, as well as the number of actions or approvals needed to complete the process. Table C-7 identifies approvals and/or permits that could be required for planning entitlements along with their corresponding approval body. It should be noted that each project would not have to obtain each permit/approval (e.g., small scale projects consistent with General Plan and zoning standards do not require General Plan Amendments, Zone Changes, or Variances).
Table C-7: Permit Approval Authority
Permit/Approval Approval Authority
Architectural Review City Staff
Modification of Standards City Staff
Plot Plan Planning Commission
Conditional Use Permit Planning Commission
Variance Planning Commission
Tentative Parcel Map City Council
Tentative Tract Map City Council
Final Map City Council
Zone Change City Council
Specific Plan City Council
General Plan Amendment City Council
Negative Declaration Planning Commission or City Council EIR Planning Commission or City Council
Source: Beaumont Zoning Code, City of Beaumont
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Table C-8 identifies estimated permit processing times for the most relevant application/permit types.
Table C-8: Permit Estimated Processing Time
Permit/Approval Type Typical Processing Time
Architectural Review 1 Month
Plot Plan 2-4 Months
Conditional Use Permit 2-4 Months
Variance 2 Months
Tentative and Final Parcel Map 3-5 Months
Tentative and Final Tract Map 4-6 Months
Zone Change 4-6 months
General Plan Amendment 4-6 Months
Negative Declaration 2-4 Months
EIR Varies
Source: City of Beaumont
Additionally, the lapse between approval and building permit submittal is quite short. Typically, the City experiences a period of no more than two months before building permits are submitted.
Building permits are reviewed within 10 businesses days and resubmittals are reviewed within five business days.
Plot Plan: Plot Plans are required for any new land use or new development assuming an existing use, in conformance with the zoning district. The Plot Plan permit is intended to implement the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance and to “protect the character and integrity of resident, commercial, and industrial areas in the City.” Administrative Plot Plans are processed by the Community Development Director, and residential projects of up to four units on one lot are subject to Administrative Plot Plan approval. Administrative Plot Plans are typically approved within two months. Any larger residential project requires Plot Plan approval by the Planning Commission with a public hearing and are typically approved within three to four months. Only one public hearing is required, and projects are typically approved with one hearing.
The approval authority may impose conditions as deemed necessary to “ensure that the public health, safety, and general welfare are protected and the proposed use is not a detriment to the community.” The required findings are that the project is consistent with the General Plan and Zoning Code; the City does not have any design guidelines. One finding is subjective (17.02.070.G.4: The location, size, design and operating characteristics of the proposed use is compatible with existing land uses within the general area in which the proposed use is located).
While this finding may be applied to non-housing developments, the City is limiting the application of subjective findings to housing developments consistent with State law (e.g., Housing Accountability Act). The City is underway with the development of objective design standards to 797
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While the potential for conditions at the discretion of the approval authority does present some uncertainty into the Plot Plan approval process, there are clear thresholds between Plot Plans that are administrative and those that require Planning Commission public hearings. Furthermore, a two to four-month processing time does not pose a constraint to the development of housing.
Conditional Use Permits (CUP): A CUP is required for certain uses that necessitate special review due to the nature of the use, intensity, or size to ensure the use is compatible with the surrounding uses or will be through the imposition of development and use conditions. The Planning Commission is the review authority for CUPs, and may approve and/or modify the development proposal with or without additional conditions provided that the following findings are made:
1. The proposed use is conditionally permitted within the subject zone and complies with the intent of all applicable provisions of the Zoning Ordinance;
2. The proposed use would not impair the integrity and character of the zone in which it is located;
3. The subject site is physically suitable for the type of land use being proposed;
4. The proposed use is compatible with the land uses presently on the subject property;
5. The proposed use would be compatible with existing and future land uses within the zone and the general area in which the proposed use is to be located;
6. There would be adequate provisions for water, sanitation, and public utilities and services to ensure that the proposed use would not be detrimental to public health and safety;
7. There would be adequate provisions for public access to serve the subject proposal;
8. The proposed use is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs of the City of Beaumont General Plan;
9. The proposed use would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare;
10. The proposed design and elevations preserve and maximize the image, character, and visual quality of the neighborhood; and
11. The proposed use does not have a disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effect on minority and low-income populations.
The Zoning Code provides clear direction on which uses require a CUP to be approved. However, the potential subjectivity in certain required findings (e.g., “the proposed design and elevations preserve and maximize the image, character, and visually quality of the neighborhood”) could result in uncertainty and lead to a protracted approval process. However, CUPs are only required for certain residential uses and are not required for multi-family housing (see Table C-6). 798
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Modification of Standards: The Modification of Standards procedure is intended to grant minor relief from development standards when such relief will provide for better design and function of the proposed development or addition. The procedure allows for the following deviations:
1. A decrease of not more than 20 percent of the minimum required setback area.
2. An increase of not more than 10 percent of the maximum permitted building height.
3. Any deviation in the permitted maximum height or location of a fence or wall.
4. An increase of not more than 10 percent of the maximum permitted lot coverage.
5. A decrease of not more than 20 percent of the minimum usable open space requirement.
6. Any deviation in the applicable development standards of not more than 20 percent to allow for improved productivity of solar energy systems.
7. A decrease of not more than 20 percent of the minimum number of required parking spaces.
Modification of Standards are approved by the Community Development Director. The Modification of Standards procedure provides valuable flexibility for applicants that could need it to make the development feasible, and therefore does not constrain the development of housing.
Permit Streamlining: Chapter 15.40 (Permit Streamlining), outside of the Zoning Ordinance, is intended to implement the Permit Streamlining Act (Chapter 4.5, commencing with Section 65920 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, as added by Assembly Bill 884 Chapter 1220, Statutes of 1977, and as subsequently amended). This ordinance was adopted in 1983 and is inconsistent with current State law. Chapter 15.40 (Permit Streamlining) should be deleted to avoid confusion for applicants (see Program 21 (Permit Streamlining)).
SB 35 Processing: The City does not have a process specific to SB 35 but would process such requests in compliance with State law and HCD guidelines. A program has been included for the City to prepare an SB 35 eligibility checklist and form identifying submittal requirements consistent with State law (Program 23 (SB 35 Processing)).
Permit and Development Fees
The City’s permit and development fees are available on the City’s website consistent with Government Code §65940.1(a)(1)(A).
Planning Fees
Table C-9 details the Community Development Department’s processing fees relevant to residential applications.
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Service/Permit Type Fee Amount
Appeals to the Planning Commission $642.46
Appeals to the City Council $1,945.98
Conditional Use Permit (CUP), Stand Alone $2,038.94
CUP Time Extension $829.42
CUP Large Family Daycare/Group Home $1,117.60
Condominium Conversion $10,548 (Deposit)
Density Bonus Application Agreement $2,994.38
Development Agreement $42,426 (Deposit)
Development Agreement Annual Review $3,027.43
Development Agreement Amendment $41,231 (Deposit)
Environmental Assessment/Notice of Exemption City Cost + Admin 20% Negative Declaration/EIR/Addendum City Cost + Admin 20% General Plan Amendments (Under 50 Acres) $3,368 (Deposit) General Plan Amendments (51 Acres and Over) $5,563 (Deposit) Ordinance Text Change $4,324 (Deposit)
Plot Plans $3,778 (Deposit)
Plot Plan Amendments $2,148 (Deposit)
Plot Plan Time Extension $565
Administrative Plot Plan $516.45
Minor Plot Plan $1,219.85
Pre-Application Meeting $907.92
Pick-A-Lot Site Plan Review $103.29
Planning Commission Hearing Required by Any
Action
$786.04
Specific Plan $11,081 (Deposit)
Specific Plan Amendment $2,686 (Deposit)
Tentative Parcel Map $1,723 (Deposit)
Tentative Parcel Map/Tentative Tract Map Time
Extension
$846.98
Tentative Tract Map $4,390 (Deposit)
Variance $1,530.76
Minor Variance/Modification of Standards $154.94
Zone Change/Pre-zoning $4,324 (Deposit)
Source: City of Beaumont Development Related Fee Schedule (7/01/2020)
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Impact Fees
Tables C-10, C-11, and C-12 detail the Impact and Pass Through fees that apply on a per-unit basis. The City does not establish the fee amounts for Pass Through fees.
Table C-10: Impact Fees 1
Impact Fee Single-Family Multi-Family Mobile Home
Fire Protection $584.74 $187.12 $280.68
Police Facilities $504.90 $424.76 $469.63
Recreation Facilities $735.70 $618.93 $684.32
Community Park (In-Lieu
and Impact)
$2,384.48 $2,005.99 $2,217.94
Neighborhood Park (In-
Lieu and Impact)
$2,885.62 $2,427.58 $2,684.08
Public Facilities $430.45 $362.12 $400.38
Streets and Bridges $2,496.20 $1,677.08 $1,455.11
Traffic Signal $274.17 $184.21 $159.82
Railroad Crossing $294.64 $197.96 $171.75
General Plan Fee $50 $50 $35
Emergency Preparedness $729.63 $729.63 $729.63
Recycled Water Facility
(Sewer EDU)
$786.64 $786.64 $786.64
Sewer Connection Fee $5,468.58 $5,468.58 $5,468.58
1. All fees are per dwelling unit.
Source: City of Beaumont Development Related Fee Schedule (7/01/2020)
Table C-11: Pass Through Fees (Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan) 1 Multiple Species Habitat
Conservation Plan
Residential (Less than 8
DU per acre)
Residential (8-14 DU per
acre)
Residential (>14 DU per
acre)
Fee Amount $2,234 $1,430 $1,161
1. Fees Subject to change per RCA. All fees are per dwelling unit.
Source: City of Beaumont Development Related Fee Schedule (7/01/2020)
Table C-12: Pass Through Fees (Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee) 1 Transportation Uniform Mitigation
Fee
Single-Family Multi-Family
Fee Amount $9,478 $6,389
1. Fees subject to change per WRCOG. All fees are per dwelling unit.
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Table C-13: Total Fee Amount Per Residential Type1
Single-Family Multi-Family Mobile Home
Total Fee Amount $17,625.75 $15,120.60 $15,543.56
1. All fees are per dwelling unit. Excludes Pass Through Fees.
When assessing the total City fee amounts in Table C-13, multi-family units are the least costly to develop on per unit basis while single-family units are the highest cost per unit. Since affordable housing is more likely to be in multi-family developments, the City’s fees do not present a constraint to the development of housing units in Beaumont.
C.2.5 On and Off-site Improvements
Section 17.11.050 (Off-site Improvements) dictates specific requirements regarding off-site improvements that must be completed prior to the issuance of a building permit for erecting a new structure, an enlargement or addition in excess of 300 square feet or more than 25 percent of the original area of an existing residential structure, or movement of a structure on any lot abutting a public street. This Section contains specific requirements regarding street dedication and other off-site improvements:
1. No building shall be erected, enlarged by more than 25 percent or moved to any lot or parcel of lots, which abuts or adjoining a street unless the one-half portion of such street adjoining or abutting the developed area has been dedicated and improved in accordance with the current standards and specifications on file in the Office of the City Engineer.
2. Curb and gutter in front of the lot upon which the building or structure is to be erected shall be provided as required by the City Engineer in compliance with the Standard Specifications of the City.
3. If sidewalks exist on 25 percent or more of the total frontage of the lots in the block on that side of the street adjoining the lot upon which the building or structure is to be erected or constructed, then a sidewalk shall be provided in front of said lot provided that the City Council may waive the provisions for sidewalks in front of single-family residences, if appealed by property owner.
4. The City Council may extend the time for improvements for a period of one year with a signed agreement.
The off-site improvements required for new development are typical improvements and similar in other jurisdictions. The required off-site improvements do not present a constraint to the development of housing.
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Section C.3 Non-Governmental Constraints
Market factors over which a local government has only limited ability to control can influence the jurisdiction’s capacity to develop more housing. These market-related constraints include land cost, construction cost, and the availability of financing. An assessment of these non- governmental constraints can inform the development of potential actions that can ameliorate its impact.
C.3.1 Housing Supply/Conditions
Market Overview: For-Sale
As shown in the Needs Assessment (Appendix A, Figure A-23), the financial crisis of 2007/2008 and the ensuing Great Recession caused home values in Beaumont to drop 51 percent from 2007 to 2011. Beaumont home values have since rebounded close to their pre-Recession levels. As of 2018, the median sales value for a single-family home in Beaumont was $344,250 compared to $270,000 in 2008 (28% increase). While Beaumont median home sales price is about 60% of the sales price in the SCAG region, the City and region price trends remain consistent over time.
Since the beginning of the recovery from the Great Recession in 2013, interest rates have been maintained at low levels of 3.5 to 4.5 percent. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, national 30-year mortgage rates have dropped to historically low levels, declining to 2.7 percent in late 2020. When interest rates are low, capital investment and housing production generally increase, and more people are likely to take out a mortgage than when interest rates are higher. In addition, consumers are able to borrow more money for the same monthly payment. Extremely low interest rates are one of the factors that has led to overall increased home values in Beaumont above what has been seen in the past several years. Coupled with the general desire during the pandemic to move from denser to more spacious neighborhoods, the housing market will likely continue to be competitive in the near future.
Market Overview: Rental
As shown in the Needs Assessment (Appendix A, Figure A-24), Beaumont rents are slightly lower than rents in Riverside County. The median rent paid in Beaumont in 2019 was $1,320. Over the past 10 years, rents in Beaumont have increased 45 percent while rents in Riverside County have increased 23 percent.
Per the Needs Assessment (Appendix A, Figure A-27), the most common rent category across all Beaumont renters is $500 to $1,000 per month, which represents 31.6 percent of renters. Rent categories range from less than $500 per month (8.9 percent of Beaumont renters) to more than $2,000 per month (21 percent of Beaumont renters). While lower-income households spend a larger proportion of their income on rent, they generally spend less on rent overall. 803
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Land Costs
Land cost was estimated through a review of vacant land sale transactions within the past year (2020 and 2021). Land in Beaumont is estimated to cost an average of $2.80 per square foot (PSF), or about $122,000 per acre. Individual lots ranged from $1.25 to $5.50 PSF, or about $53,650 to $239,130 per acre. These lots ranged in sizes from 10,000 to 200,000 square feet.
The cost differential is due to the level of site improvement required to develop the property. For new developments on unimproved land, Community Facilities Districts (CFDs) are often used to finance and maintain infrastructure investment. This use of CFDs, or Mello-Ross bonds, can add to the annual occupancy cost of housing.
Land is not considered a constraint to development, as there is availability of vacant land for future housing construction.
Construction Costs
According to a March 2020 report published by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, construction costs for multi-family housing in California have climbed 25 percent between 2009 and 2018. This increase is in part due to the higher cost of building materials, such as wood, concrete, and steel, as well as prevailing wage requirements. According to RSMeans, construction costs (including materials and labor but excluding soft costs such as fees) for a small apartment complex in the Riverside area ranged between $132 to $151 per square foot in 2021.
Construction costs can vary depending on the type of development, ranging from more expensive steel-frame Type I construction to more affordable wood-frame Type V. Due to the smaller scale, single family homes tend to be more expensive to construct on a per square foot basis than multi- family. This cost can fluctuate depending on the type and quality of amenities to the property, such as expensive interior finishes, fireplace, swimming pool, etc.
Soft costs are the costs that are not directly incurred by the physical construction of the development. These costs include services for architectural, consultant, and legal services, as well as permitting requirements and impact fees. They generally range from 15 to 30 percent of total development costs but can fluctuate depending on local fees and exactions. Please refer to the Permit and Development Fees section, above, for a discussion of the City’s required permit and development fees.
C.3.3 Availability of Financing
The availability of financing can impact rates of homeownership. The ability to secure financing can be influenced by several factors, including creditworthiness, debt-to-income ratio, and the restrictiveness of mortgage lending standards. Reviewing data collected through the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) can reveal the role the lending market has had on local home sales. Home purchase loans in 2019 are summarized in the table below. 804
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There was a total of about 1,200 loan applications for either government-backed or conventional loans in Beaumont in 2019. The approval rate for both types of loans was 80 percent. However, driven by continued low mortgage interest rates, there were over 1,800 applications for refinancing. These applications had a lower rate of approval at 57 percent.
In competitive housing environments when purchasing a new home may be out of reach for some, home renovations can be a desirable and more affordable way to add value to property. There were 137 home improvement applications in 2019. The approval rate for these types of applications was only 39 percent.
Table C-14: Total Home Loan Applications
Type Total Applications
Government-backed 461
Conventional 701
Refinancing 1,862
Home Improvement 137
5+ Units 3
Non-occupant 129
Source: HMDA, 2019
Figure C-1: Home Loan Application Disposition
Source: HMDA, 2019
80%80%
57%
39%
67%64%
47%
5%3%13%
53%
33%
9%
32%
15%17%
29%
9%0%
27%21%
Government-backed Conventional Refinancings Home Improvement 5+ Units Non-occupant Manufactured Homes % Approved % Denied % Withdrawn or Incomplete
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Despite lower for-sale prices and comparable market rents to the region, other economic conditions, particularly low land costs, are favorable for attracting new single-family and multi- family housing development in Beaumont. Most of the new construction, however, is expected to be for above-moderate income households while affordable housing projects are less common.
This tendency may be due to lower housing costs in Beaumont that result in fewer housing cost- burdened residents and therefore a greater proportion of residents who own their own home rather than need to rent.
Section C.4 Environmental and Infrastructure
Constraints
C.4.1 Environmental Constraints
Beaumont is located in the San Gorgonio Pass with an elevation of approximately 2,500 to 3,000 feet above mean sea level. The City certified an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for a General Plan Update (“Elevate Beaumont”) in December 2020 (EIR SCH No. 2018031022). The General Plan EIR also analyzed the impacts of revisions to the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map, which were adopted in 2020. There are no environmental constraints related to hazardous materials and soil that would impede the development of housing at the capacities identified in the sites inventory and analysis. Much of Beaumont is included in Multiple Specific Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) areas; MSHCPs streamline the biological-related authorization process on a project basis, and therefore, would not be a constraint to housing development. None of the identified housing sites are designated as Prime Farmland or Unique Farmland 4.
C.4.2 Infrastructure Constraints
Drainage
Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (RCFCWCD) provides flood control facility planning, design, operation, and maintenance within the City limits. Beaumont and surrounding area have experienced occasional flooding. Consistent with the RCFCWCD’s Master Drainage Plan for the Beaumont Area (MDP, July 1983), drainage and flood control facilities constructed by the City and the District aim to reduce nuisance flooding problems in much of Beaumont. Due to the age of the MDP, the alignment, location, and sizing of MDP facilities are general and are subject to more detailed analysis at the design stage. This will be evaluated on
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during the permitted process, but no drainage mitigation measures were required or included in the General Plan Update EIR.
Water
The Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District (BCVWD) is the water supplier to Beaumont. BCVWD provides an updated Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) every five years that details the current and future projected potable water supplies and customer demands. BCVWD also has a Potable Water System Master Plan Update (2015 WMP Update), which details water supplies and demands.
At present, water supplies available to support development within the City consist primarily of groundwater extracted from the Beaumont Basin and Edgar Canyon. BCVWD’s total well capacity as of 2015 is about 27.5 million gallons per day (mgd) and current maximum customer demand for water is estimated at 15.3 mgd.
The population served by BCVWD is expected to nearly double by 2040-2045. BCVWD is considering a “very aggressive” growth rate for Beaumont, which is appropriate for water supply planning purposes. No mitigation measures were required or included for water supply in the General Plan Update EIR.
Sewer
All sewage generated within the City, as well as some unincorporated areas in Cherry Valley, are treated at the City-owned Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 (WWTP). Built in 1929, the WWTP has a permitted capacity of 4.0 mgd and is receiving an average daily flow of approximately 3.1 mgd. The City is obligated to discharge a minimum of 1.8 mgd of treated effluent from the WWTP to Cooper’s Creek, located adjacent to the WWTP. The purpose of this discharge is to maintain the established riparian habitat.
Wastewater collection within the City is realized through a system of service lines connecting to trunk sewer lines implemented consistent with the approved City of Beaumont Master Sanitary Sewer Plan (1996). New development proposed will require trunk sewer system lines and service lines to be extended consistent with the Sewer Master Plan. The City also charges sewer impact fees to mitigate development’s impact on the City’s sewer infrastructure (see Table C-10).
The City is currently upgrading and expanding WWTP capacity in accordance with its Environmental Protection Agency National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Renewal pending before the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), and with Regional Board Order No. R8-2014-0005. Completion of the upgrade is expected in 2021. With the WWTP upgrade/expansion project, the City will increase permitted capacity to 6.0 mgd, which will handle the anticipated flows generated over the next 20 years, and upgrade various system components so that the effluent is of such quality to be distributed as recycled water and used for recharging the groundwater basins (Beaumont Basin and San Timoteo Subbasin).
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Southern California Edison (SCE) provides electricity services and additional dry utilities include telephone, cable TV, and internet (Frontier Communications and Spectrum (Charter Communications), mobile telecommunication (AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile), gas (Southern California Gas Company), and solid waste (Waste Management, Inc.). Future projects that require new connections would have to coordinate with responsible dry utility providers, and none have identified deficiencies or inability to provide utilities throughout Beaumont for any future development.
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Contents
Appendix D: Existing Programs Review ..................................................... 1 Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Section D.1 Existing Housing Programs Review ...................................................................... 2
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Section D.1 Existing Housing Programs Review
This Appendix documents the implementation status of the current Housing Element programs.
The main purpose is to evaluate which programs were successful and should be continued, and which programs were ineffective and should be eliminated or modified.
Many of the City’s current Housing Element programs were successfully completed or include effective ongoing City efforts. These programs have facilitated the development of housing during the planning period, such as the City’s General Plan Update and Zoning Code amendments that have increased allowed densities and expanded allowed uses, including allowing residential development by-right in many zones and residential mixed use. During the last planning period, the City also approved a 48-unit low-income transitional housing project with a density bonus.
Lastly, the City continues to support and promote available programs through the Housing Authority of Riverside County and the County Economic Development Agency, and highlights services on its website such as housing for the developmentally disabled as well as fair housing resources. The 2021-2029 Housing Element will enhance the effectiveness of existing programs and include new programs to address all housing needs, including special needs populations.
Please see Table D-1 for the analysis of existing programs.
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PROGRAM CATEGORY #1: Describe Actions to Make Sites Available to Accommodate the City’s Share of the Regional Housing Need and Encourage the Development of a Variety of Housing Types
1. RHNA Housing
Sites
Implementation
The City has sufficient sites to accommodate its
share of the regional housing. During the 2013-
2021 planning period, this program will continue
to implement the following four components:
• Community Development Element
Implementation
• Urban Village Specific Plan Implementation
• 8th Street Multi-Family Residential
Implementation
• 6th Street Mixed Use Implementation
In March 2007, the City Council adopted the
City of Beaumont General Plan. The
Community Development Element indicates the
location and extent of land uses, the type of
development permitted throughout the City, and
identifies those areas where existing land uses
and development will be maintained, as well as
those areas where new development or
recycling will be encouraged.
The Urban Village Specific Plan Overlay applies
to a specific area situated between the I-10 and
SR-60 Freeway corridors. This Overlay permits
the development of 1,800 units at a minimum
density of 20 dwelling units per acre and 336
units in the density range of 12-16 dwelling
units per acre. The City plans to increase the
number of acres designated in the density
range of 12- 16 dwellings per acre from 21 to
Maintain sites to
accommodate
RHNA.
Planning
Department
Ongoing
2013-2021
The City adopted
an updated
General Plan and
Zoning Code in
2020 that
includes revised
development
standards,
including
increased
densities for
certain zones
(e.g., RMF Zone
now allows 30
units per acre,
new TOD
Overlay allows
30 units per
acre).
Modify –
Update
program
language to be
consistent with
6th Cycle sites
inventory and
updated
programs (e.g.,
#2, 3, 4, etc.)
(see below).
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25. Housing capacity will be increased by 64
housing units.
Under the Multiple-Family Residential land use
designation, development densities of up to 22
housing units per acre are permitted. The
majority of the parcels included in this land use
designation are located in the area bounded by
6th Street, 8th Street, California Avenue and
Highland Springs Avenue. The housing capacity
of this area is 450 housing units.
The 6th Street Mixed Use area permits housing
at a density of 24 dwellings per acre. The
housing capacity of this area is 391 housing
units.
2. Large Sites for
Housing for
Lower Income
Households
To facilitate the development of housing for
lower income households (i.e., 2,160 units), in
the Urban Village Overlay the City will
encourage land divisions and specific plans
resulting in parcels sizes that facilitate
multifamily developments affordable to lower
income households in light of state, federal and
local financing programs (i.e., Low Income
Housing Tax Credits, HOME funds, and other
funding programs to be enacted during the
eight-year planning period).
The City will offer the following incentives for
the development of affordable housing including
but not limited to priority processing of
subdivision maps that include affordable
housing units, expedited review for the
subdivision of larger sites into buildable lots
where the development application can be
found consistent with the General Plan, Urban
Facilitate the
development of
housing for lower
income
households (i.e.,
2,160 units), in
the Urban Village
Overlay.
Planning
Department
Ongoing
2013-2021
The City
removed the
specific plan
requirement and
established an
Urban Village
base zone that
allows multi-
family housing
by-right in the
2020 Zoning
Code
amendments.
Modify –
“Housing
Facilitation in
the Urban
Village”.
Facilitate
housing of both
moderate and
low-income
households in
the Urban
Village Zone
through City
incentives
(e.g., expedited
processing,
reduced
parking, etc.).
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Village Specific Plan and master environmental
impact report, financial assistance (based on
availability of federal, state, local foundations,
and private housing funds) and modification of
development requirements, such as reduced
parking standards for seniors, assisted care,
and special needs housing on a case-by-case
basis.
3. 6th Street Lot
Consolidation
Program
The City will play an active role in facilitating lot
consolidation, particularly as it relates to the
mixed-use parcels along 6th Street between
California Avenue to Highland Springs Avenue.
The parcels are listed in Table A-25 (page A-
36) and shown on Exhibit A-4 (page A-35). For
example, the City will work with non-profit
developers and owners of small sites to identify
and consolidate parcels to facilitate the
development of housing affordable to lower-
income households. The lot consolidation
procedure also will be posted on the City’s
website and discussed with developers during
the preliminary review process. Lot
consolidation requests will be processed
ministerially. Incentives offered for lot
consolidation could include:
• Waiving of the application fee for parcel
mergers
• Development of conceptual plans on
consolidated lots
• Allowing higher densities for larger parcels
to encourage consolidation.
Program
established and
implemented on
an ongoing
basis.
Planning
Department
July 1,
2014
The City adopted
an updated
General Plan and
Zoning Code in
2020 that
includes revised
development
standards for 6th
Street focused
on facilitating
infill
development.
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4. 6th Street Mixed
Use Incentives
Program
A Mixed-Use Incentives Program specific to the
6th Street area will be implemented during the
2013-2021 planning period. Incentives to
encourage and facilitate mixed-use
development could include:
• Workshops with property owners
• Public infrastructure improvements
• Reduced and/or shared parking
• Expedited processing
• Fee deferrals, reductions or waivers
Program
established and
implemented on
an ongoing
basis.
Planning
Department
July 1,
2014
The City offers
expedited
processing for
these parcels.
The City adopted
an updated
General Plan and
Zoning Code in
2020 that
includes revised
development
standards for 6th
Street focused
on mixed-use
development.
Modify –
Analyze
parking
requirements in
mixed use
zones to
determine if
lower parking
rates or
additional
parking
reduction
strategies
should be
considered.
5. No Net Loss
Program
This is a model program developed by HCD
and that Department recommends inclusion of
this program in the Housing Element Update.
The program implements Government Code
Section 65863. The “no net loss” program is
described as follows:
To ensure adequate sites are available
throughout the planning period to meet the
City’s RHNA, the City will annually update an
inventory that details the amount, type and size
of vacant and underutilized parcels to assist
developers in identifying land suitable for
residential development.
The City will also report on the number of
extremely low, very low, low and moderate
income units constructed annually. lf the
inventory indicates a shortage of available sites;
the City will rezone sufficient sites to
accommodate the City's RHNA.
Procedure
established and
implemented on
an ongoing
basis.
Planning
Department
Procedure
established
by July 1,
2014;
ongoing
Ongoing Continue
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To ensure sufficient residential capacity is
maintained to accommodate the City's RHNA,
the City will develop and implement a formal
ongoing (project-by-project) evaluation
procedure pursuant to Government Code
Section 65863. Should an approval of
development result in a reduction of capacity
below the residential capacity needed to
accommodate the remaining need for lower
income households, the City will identify and
zone sufficient sites to accommodate the
shortfall.
6. Zoning
Ordinance
Amendments to
Encourage a
Variety of
Housing Types
In order to remove identified governmental
constraints, Zoning Ordinance amendments will
be adopted to provide for the following housing
types:
• Transitional Housing
• Supportive Housing
• Employee Housing
Amended zoning
requirements.
Planning
Department
July 1,
2014
Transitional
housing is
partially
addressed in the
Zoning Code, but
supportive
housing is not
explicitly
addressed.
Continue/
Modify –
Define and
allow
supportive and
transitional
housing and
employee
housing
consistent with
State law.
Program Category #2: Assist in the Development of Adequate Housing to Meet the Needs of Extremely Low-, Very Low-, Low-, and Moderate-Income Households
7. Section 8 Rental
Assistance
Program
The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher
Program assists very low and extremely low-
income elderly, disabled, and families in renting
privately owned existing housing. Rental units
are inspected for Housing Quality Standards
(HQS) and participants pay 30% to 40% of their
monthly, adjusted income towards rent. The
landlord or property owner is responsible for
tenant selection, rent collection, and
82 lower income
households
assisted with 62
of those being
ELI
Housing
Authority of
Riverside
County
Ongoing
2013-2021
Ongoing. In
2020, 95
households
assisted with
Housing Choice
Vouchers
Modify – City
to promote
participation of
eligible
residents in the
Housing
Choice
Voucher
program.
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maintenance of the unit. The Housing Authority
must certify the amount of rent charged by the
owner as reasonable in the rental market.
Rental assistance pays the difference between
what the tenant pays and the market rents for
these units. HUD annually sets rent ceilings by
bedroom size; the FY 2013 rent ceilings are:
Bedrooms - Rent
0 - $763
1 - $879
2 - $1,116
3 - $1,5,77
4 - $1,924
The Housing Authority assists 82 lower income
families, seniors and disabled householders.
The objective maintains this number of assisted
households given the uncertainty of funding in
the future for the Section 8 Housing Choice
Voucher Program.
The City will provide input to the Housing
Authority by transmitting the results of the
apartment housing survey completed in 2013.
The apartment survey has information on the
complexes with monthly rents below the Section
8 Fair Market Rents. The City also will review
and comment on the Authority’s 5-Year and 1-
year Action Plans. The City will encourage the
Housing Authority to ensure that 75% of the
families, elderly, and disabled assisted in
Beaumont be extremely low income
households. Currently, 62 extremely low income
resident households are receiving Section 8
rental assistance.
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8. First Time Home
Buyer Program
(FTHB)
This program provides HOME funds for down-
payment assistance to lower income (<80%
area median income) households that have not
owned homes within a three-year period. The
FTHB Program provides up 20% of the
purchase price with a 15-year affordability
period as a “silent second” loan. No payments
are required until the home is sold, transferred,
or ceases to be the buyer’s principal residence.
The Economic Development Agency of the
County is responsible for implementation. In
order to contribute to program implementation
during the planning period, the City will continue
to take the following actions:
• Advertise the program in the City’s
newsletter
• Provide at City Hall and other public
buildings, handouts and brochures
describing and advertising of the FTHB
Program.
Because the
program may be
utilized to
purchase a home
in Riverside
County’s
unincorporated
area and 13
participating
cities, only a few
households can
be assisted in
any one city. The
quantified
objective is 20
lower income
households, an
estimate that is
based on the
number of
households
assisted in the
prior planning
period.
County
Economic
Development
Agency
Ongoing
2013-2021
Ongoing. Three
lower income
households
assisted during
the planning
period.
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9. Mortgage Credit
Certificates
Program
First time homebuyers in Beaumont can obtain
financial assistance through the Mortgage
Credit Certificate Program (MCC). The MCC
offers qualified applicants with incomes up to
115% of the State median income to take an
annual tax credit against their federal income
taxes of up to 15% of the annual interest paid
on the applicant’s mortgage. An MCC,
therefore, reduces the amount of federal
income taxed owed by a qualified borrower by
15% of the annual interest paid on the
Because the
MCC program
may be utilized in
Riverside
County’s
unincorporated
area and 13
participating
cities, only a few
households can
be assisted in
County
Economic
Development
Agency
Ongoing
2013-2021
Ongoing. 12
households
assisted during
the planning
period.
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mortgage.
Through the tax credit, the homeowner’s
disposable income is increased thereby
allowing the household to afford higher housing
costs given their income. When using the MCC
tax credit, the borrower is still eligible to deduct
the remaining 85% of the annual mortgage
interest payment not claimed as a credit. Each
year, the County of Riverside submits an
application to the California Debt Limit
Allocation Committee (CDLAC) for tax exempt
private activity bonds for conversion to MCC’s.
The City will continue to take the following
actions:
• Advertise the program in the City’s
newsletter
• Provide at City Hall and other public
buildings, handouts and brochures
describing and advertising the MCC
Program.
any one city. The
quantified
objective is 20
lower income
households, an
estimate that is
based on the
number of
households
assisted in the
prior planning
period.
10. Affordable
Housing
Density Bonus
Program
The City has enacted an ordinance describing
its procedures for implementing the revised
density bonus law. SB 1818, which took effect
on January 1, 2005, revised the State density
bonus law – Government Code Section 65915-
65918. The law requires all cities to adopt
procedures that describe how compliance with
Section 65915- 65918 will be implemented.
Density bonuses may be given for affordable
housing, senior housing, land donations for
affordable housing, and child care facilities. The
City’s Density Bonus Ordinance (DBO)
facilitates the production of affordable housing
units.
Construction of
30 density bonus
units during the
planning period.
The City will
target that a
minimum of 5 of
the 30 density
bonus units
serve extremely
low income
households.
Planning
Department
Ongoing
2013-2021
During the
planning period
one low-income
housing project
was approved
with a density
bonus (APN 419-
150-050). That
project consists
of 48 low-income
units.
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bonus
provisions to
be consistent
with State law.
Continue to
promote
density bonus
provisions
through a
brochure and
supplemental
workshops.
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In order to promote this program, the Planning
Department will:
1. Prepare a user-friendly brochure explaining
the DBO
2. Hold annual workshops for land owners and
developers
11. Affordable
Housing
Developer
Partnership
Program
The Planning Department will implement an
Affordable Housing Developer Partnership
Program in order to promote housing for low-
and moderate-income households. The
Planning Department has already:
• Compiled a list of affordable housing
developers who have developed projects in
Beaumont and other cities located within
Riverside County
• Identified the type of affordable housing
developed (large family, senior, special
needs)
• Type of financing (HOME, Low Income
Housing Tax Credits)
• Developer contact information (addresses,
lead person(s))
The City will transmit a survey to the affordable
housing developers to:
• Determine the kinds of affordable housing
communities they believe could/should be
developed Beaumont.
• Identify the funding sources they intend to
apply for
• Identify the types of assistance that
could/should be provided by the City to
facilitate affordable housing development
Survey
affordable
housing
developers to
encourage
developers to
address
Beaumont’s
housing needs.
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2014
Ongoing;
however, no
formal outreach
to affordable
housing
developers has
been conducted
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regional
affordable
housing
developers and
conduct
targeted
annual
outreach to
inform
developers of
City incentives
for affordable
housing and
potential
available sites.
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(e.g. expedited processing; density bonus
units; fee waivers, reductions, or deferrals;
reduced parking, etc.)
• Annually conduct outreach by informing
developers of City initiatives to encourage
and facilitate affordable housing
development.
• Invite affordable housing developers to
workshops that would be held in 2015,
2017 and 2019.
The goal of this program is to encourage
developers to address a variety of Beaumont’s
housing needs.
12. Developmentally
Disabled
Outreach
Program
Chapter 507, Statutes of 2010 (SB 812), which
took effect January 2011, amended State
housing element law to require the analysis of
the disabled to include an evaluation of the
special housing needs of persons with
developmental disabilities.
HCD guidance indicates that there are a
number of housing types appropriate for people
living with a developmental disability: rent
subsidized homes, licensed and unlicensed
single-family homes, inclusionary housing,
Section 8 vouchers, special programs for home
purchase, HUD housing, and SB 962 homes.
The design of housing-accessibility
modifications, the proximity to services and
transit, and the availability of group living
opportunities represent some of the types of
considerations that are important in serving this
need group.
Coordinated City
and Inland
Regional Center
developmentally
disable outreach
program.
Planning
Department;
Inland
Regional
Center (IRC)
October
15,
2015
The City’s
website includes
a link to the IRC
resources.
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to support and
promote the
IRC’s
programs and
outreach.
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Through this program, the City will work with the
Inland Regional Center to implement an
outreach program that informs families within
Beaumont on housing and services available for
persons with developmental disabilities. The
program could include the development of an
informational brochure, including information on
services on the City’s website, and providing
housing-related training for individuals/families
through workshops. The City also will work with
the Inland Regional Center to identify funding
sources that can address the housing needs of
developmentally disabled persons.
13. Extremely Low
Income (ELI)
Program
The needs of extremely low-income households
are addressed within the framework of the
programs administered by the City and Housing
Authority of the County of Riverside. Each of
these entities addresses the needs of low- and
moderate-income households, including
extremely low-income households. The
quantified objectives for extremely low-income
households are based on individual programs
that address the existing and future needs of
extremely low-income households, as follows:
• Program #6 – Section 8 Rental Assistance -
62 ELI households
• Program #9 - Affordable Housing Density
Bonus Program - 5 ELI households
• Program #14– Housing Improvement
Program – 5 ELI households
• Beaumont Commons - 20 ELI households
Beaumont Commons is an approved affordable
housing development. The City will work with
the developer to help ensure that at least 20
Provide for
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extremely low-
income
households.
92 ELI
households
Housing
Authority of
the County of
Riverside;
County
Economic
Development
Agency;
Planning
Department
Ongoing
2013-2021
Ongoing; see
specific
programs listed
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housing units serve extremely low income
households.
PROGRAM CATEGORY #3: Address and, Where Appropriate and Legally Possible, Remove Governmental Constraints to the Maintenance, Improvement and Development of Housing
14. Parking
Mitigation
Program for
Special Needs
Populations
The 2008-2014 Housing Element included an
action program to accomplish:
• Reductions in the number of parking
spaces required for disabled persons such
as the physically and developmentally
disabled provided that the owners
demonstrate that there will be reduced or
no parking requirements. (The
developmentally disabled usually do not
possess driver’s licenses.)
• Reductions in the parking spaces for Single
Room Occupancy housing units which is
typically housing designed for occupancy
by one person.
As this action program was not accomplished it
will be carried forward into the 2013-2021
planning period.
The housing
program efforts
do not involve
the production or
rehabilitation of
housing.
Therefore,
quantified
objectives cannot
be set for this
Program
Category.
Planning
Department
July 1,
2014
The Zoning Code
includes lower
parking rates for
efficiency/1-
bedroom units
and reasonable
accommodations
for individuals
with disabilities.
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PROGRAM CATEGORY #4: Conserve and Improve the Condition of the Existing Stock of Affordable Housing
15. Housing Code
Enforcement
Program
The City also follows that State’s Abatement of
Dangerous Buildings manual in evaluating
substandard housing. The City uses the State
Health and Safety Code as a guideline for
correcting substandard housing conditions. The
City uses three methods for addressing
substandard housing: complaints; code
enforcement; and referral system.
Upon notification of a potential code violation, or
Investigate 800
housing units for
potential code
violations. (100
per year) - 100
corrected code
violations per
year
Police
Department;
Quality-of-
Life Team;
Code
Compliance
Ongoing
2013-2021
Ongoing; Code
enforcement
efforts have
addressed 136
life safety
violations since
2013; additional
mandated
inspections are
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suspected substandard housing conditions, the
Quality-of-Life Team completes a thorough
investigation using the guidelines discussed
above. Owners are required to correct the code
violations. The Quality-of-Life Team informs
owners of the available housing improvement
programs.
conducted by the
Fire Department
16. Housing
Improvement
Program
This program involves the rehabilitation of
housing with substandard conditions. The
program is coordinated with the City’s code
enforcement efforts. Grants and loans provide
financial assistance for owner housing through
four County of Riverside programs.
Home Rehabilitation Program (HRP): The HRP
provides one-time grants of up to $20,000 to
qualified low-income homeowners to repair or
improve the quality of their homes. The grant
allows homeowners to address both interior and
exterior health and safety issues, housing
quality standards (HQS) and enhance the
exterior appearance of their properties.
Home Improvement Program (HIP) Loan: The
Home Improvement Program (HIP) is an
auxiliary program to the HRP. The primary
purpose of HIP is to improve the living
conditions of low income homeowners. HIP
provides low interest loans for essential repairs
to low-income owner occupants of single-family
homes whose scope of work goes beyond the
HRP. The owner occupant must first apply to
the HRP grant. If the grant cannot address all
the substandard conditions of the dwelling, the
project may be considered for additional HIP
assistance. Assistance is provided in the form
The quantified
objective is 25
rehabilitated
housing units
during the
planning period.
The City will
target assistance
so that a
minimum of 5
extremely low-
income
households
obtain financial
assistance to
improve their
homes.
County
Economic
Development
Agency;
Building and
Safety
Department;
Planning
Department;
Finance
Department
Ongoing
2013-2021
Ongoing; funds
for the County
EDA home repair
programs have
currently been
exhausted
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communicate
relevant and
available home
improvement
programs to
the community.
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of a loan, secured by a Note and Deed of Trust
against the property, for the amount necessary
to meet minimum Housing Quality Standards
(HQS). Properties are considered on a case-by-
case basis.
Senior Home Repair (SHR) Program: The SHR
Program provides one-time grants of up to
$6,000 to qualified low-income senior
homeowners (62 years or older) or low-income
handicapped persons of any age to repair or
improve their homes. The grant requires that
the repairs and or enhancements address
health and safety issues exclusively. The
Riverside County Office on Aging, in a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), has
agreed to undertake and assist with community
development activities utilizing CDBG funds for
the purpose of SHR.
Enhanced Home Repair (EHR) Program: The
EHR Program provides grants to very low-
income households, up to $6,000, for home
repair or enhancement to address health and
safety issues. The program is available to all
homeowners regardless of age and it does not
require a specific disability.
PROGRAM CATEGORY #5: Promote Housing Opportunities for All Persons
17. Fair Housing
Services
Program
The Fair Housing Council of Riverside County,
Inc. is the County of Riverside’s fair housing
provider. Beaumont participates in the County’s
CDBG Program. The City of Beaumont, when
funds become available, will contract with the
Fair Housing Council to conduct:
• Fair housing training to City staff
Because the City
has no fair
housing provider,
quantified
objectives cannot
be estimated.
Planning
Department;
Fair Housing
Council of
Riverside
County, Inc.
Ongoing
2013-2021
Ongoing; the City
has not
contracted with
the Fair Housing
Council to
provide identified
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Support and
promote the
Fair Housing
Council of
Riverside
County, Inc.’s
resources and
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• Fair housing workshop for the benefit of
tenants
• Fair housing workshop for the benefit of
apartment managers
• Fair housing workshop for the benefit of the
real estate industry
training and
outreach
informational
workshops and
events.
18. Fair Housing
Information
Program
The City will provide residents with fair housing
information primarily by posting links to a variety
of fair housing resources including, but not
limited, to:
• California Department of Fair Employment
and Housing
• U. S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD)
• Fair Housing/Equal Opportunity (HUD)
• Fair Housing Council of Riverside County,
Inc.
• National Fair Housing Advocate
• A Guide to Residential Tenants’ and
Landlord Rights and Responsibilities
The largest number of housing discrimination
complaints are filed by disabled persons often
due to a lack of understanding by resident
apartment managers of the rules for granting
reasonable accommodations and reasonable
modifications. To continue its efforts at
disseminating fair housing information, the City
or Fair Housing Council will transmit to on-site
resident apartment managers the important
documents listed below:
• U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights
Division and U.S. Department of Housing
Because the City
has no fair
housing provider,
quantified
objectives cannot
be estimated.
Planning
Department
March
2014
Fair housing links
are provided on
the City’s
website.
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provide
updated fair
housing links
on the City’s
website.
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and Urban Development, Office of Fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity, Joint
Statement of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development and Department of
Justice, Reasonable Accommodations
Under the Fair Housing Act, May 17, 2004
• U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights
Division and U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Office of Fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity, Joint
Statement of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development and Department of
Justice, Reasonable Modifications Under
the Fair Housing Act, March 5, 2008
The City also will post links to these documents
on the Planning Department webpage and
makes copies available at the Senior Services
Department, Beaumont Library and Community
Access Center (official County of Riverside
Independent Living Center).
The accessibility requirements of the Fair
Housing Act are often misunderstood by
developers and builders. To increase a better
understanding of these requirements, the City
will post on its website the following document:
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Office of Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity and U.S. Department of
Justice, Civil Rights Division, Joint
Statement on Accessibility (Design and
Construction) Requirements for Covered
Multifamily Dwellings Under the Fair
Housing Act, April 30, 2013
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The City also will post links to these documents
on the Planning Department webpage, Building
and Safety Department webpage, and makes
copies available at the Senior Services
Department, Beaumont Library and Community
Access Center (official County of Riverside
Independent Living Center).
PROGRAM CATEGORY #6: Preserve Lower Income Assisted Housing Developments
19. At-Risk Housing
Preservation
Program
The program consists of the following actions:
Monitor Units at Risk: Maintain contact with
providers and owners to monitor the status of
the two existing at-risk developments (129
housing Units) since they may lose their
subsidies due to discontinuation of the Section
8 program at the federal level or opting out by
the property owner.
Work with Potential Purchasers: Where
feasible, provide assistance to public and non-
profit agencies interested in purchasing and/or
managing units at risk.
Tenant Education: The California legislature
extended the noticing requirement of at-risk
units opting out of low income use restrictions to
one year. Within 60 days of a notice of intent to
convert at-risk units to market rate rents, the
City will work with potential purchasers using
HCD’s current list of Qualified Entities
( http://www.hcd.ca.gov/ hpd/hrc/tech/presrv/).
Should a property owner pursue conversion of
the units to market rate, the City will ensure that
Preserve 129
affordable
housing units at
risk of conversion
to market rate
housing.
Planning
Department
Ongoing
2013-2021
The City has no
at-risk units (i.e.,
no units at risk of
conversions to
market rate in the
next 10 years).
The soonest an
affordable unit in
Beaumont could
convert to market
rate is 2038.
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tenants were properly noticed and informed of
their rights and that they are eligible to receive
Section 8 vouchers that would enable them to
stay in their units.
Assist Tenants of Existing Rent Restricted Units
to Obtain Section 8 Voucher Assistance:
Tenants of housing units with expired Section 8
contracts are eligible to receive special Section
8 vouchers that can be used only at the same
property. The City will assist tenants of "at-risk
“units to obtain these Section 8 vouchers from
the Housing Authority of the County of
Riverside.
PROGRAM CATEGORY #7: Encourage Energy Conservation
20. Energy
Conservation
Program
Local energy efficiency programs are often
provided by local utility purveyors to offer
incentives for energy conservation and
efficiency. The Gas Company offers rebates for
energy efficiency improvements involving
clothes washers, low-flow showerheads,
furnaces, insulation, water heaters, and
tankless water heaters. The following describes
the policies and implementation actions of the
Energy Conservation Program:
Policy:
Educate residents regarding the need for
energy conservation, techniques that can be
employed, and systems and resources
available.
Implementation:
• Develop an educational outreach
program that provides the community
Reduce energy
consumption.
Planning
Department;
Building and
Safety
Department
Ongoing
2013-2021
The City adopted
a Climate Action
Plan, called
Sustainable
Beaumont, in
2015. The City
updated the
Zoning Code in
2020, which
included
provisions for
solar energy
generation
facilities to
deviate from
standards to
increase
productivity.
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program to
reflect
Sustainable
Beaumont and
Zoning Code
update.
Continue to
promote
available
energy
conservation
programs.
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with useful information regarding energy
efficiency and conservation.
• Consider expanding the residential
rehabilitation program to include
improvements that promote energy
conservation.
Policy: Encourage the use of passive solar
design for new projects, to optimize sun
exposure and reduce energy consumption.
Implementation: Revise the Zoning
Ordinance to include guidelines to support
energy efficient residential and nonresidential
design.
Policy: Encourage the use of green building
techniques and sustainable building
practices in new residential and
nonresidential development.
Implementation: Revise the Zoning
Ordinance to include green building
guidelines for new residential and
nonresidential development.
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Public Participation Summaries City of Beaumont | E-1 Appendix E: Public Participation
Summaries
Contents
Appendix E: Public Participation Summaries ............................................. 1 Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Section E.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 2 Section E.2 Outreach Strategy ................................................................................................. 2 Section E.3 Outreach Process .................................................................................................. 3 E.3.1 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Targeted Outreach ..................................... 4 E.3.2 Presentations ........................................................................................................ 5 E.3.3 Housing Element Update Webpage ...................................................................... 5 E.3.4 Notifications ........................................................................................................... 6 Section E.4 Summary of Outreach Meetings ............................................................................ 7 E.4.1 Community Meeting .............................................................................................. 7 E.4.2 City Council Study Session ................................................................................. 11 E.4.3 Planning Commission Workshop......................................................................... 12 Section E.5 Documentation .................................................................................................... 14 E.5.1 E-Blast Notifications ............................................................................................ 14 E.5.2 Webpage Notification .......................................................................................... 17 E.5.3 Social Media Notifications ................................................................................... 17 E.5.4 Presentations ...................................................................................................... 19
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E-2 | City of Beaumont Public Participation Summaries Section E.1 Introduction
The City of Beaumont is currently in the process of updating its Housing Element, which will guide the City in planning to meet its housing needs through the planning period of 2021-2029. The Housing Element is one component of the City’s General Plan that provides the City with a roadmap for accommodating the projected number of housing units needed to safely and affordably house existing and future residents.
A key component of the Housing Element update process is robust public engagement to solicit information and feedback that will inform the City’s housing context and strategies. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting shelter-in-place orders, the community engagement for the Housing Element Update was held virtually to allow the public to attend meetings and workshops from the safety of their homes.
This Appendix summarizes both the outreach efforts and comments received. It includes four main sections:
• Outreach Strategy: Provides an overview of the outreach strategy throughout Housing Element Update process.
• Outreach Process: Provides information on notification methods, materials developed, and summary of outreach methods conducted.
• Summary of Outreach Meetings and Events: Provides an overview of the participants and public comments received.
• Documentation: Provides copies of the City’s noticing materials, presentations, and other documents produced to support the outreach efforts.
Section E.2 Outreach Strategy
Since March 2021, the City conducted outreach through a variety of methods to proactively engage key stakeholder and the community broadly in the Housing Element Update. The City held public outreach meetings, as well as hosted public Planning Commission and City Council meetings to solicit public feedback. Throughout the process, the City posted the presentation materials and supplemental information online on the project webpage, directly contacted representatives from all economic segments of the community, and provided broad notifications through various communication outlets (e.g., email, social media, news releases, etc.). The City was available to provide translation and interpretation services during all outreach and reasonable accommodation as needed.
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Public Participation Summaries City of Beaumont | E-3 Beaumont held a series of public meetings focused on the Housing Element Update. The goal of the first community workshop was informing the public of the purpose and update process for the Housing Element, providing an overview of the city’s demographics and housing needs, and offering an opportunity to provide input at a very early stage in the process. The meeting was also intended to gather input on housing goals to inform policies and programs, and to provide a forum for community concerns. The community workshop offered a different meeting structure than Planning Commission or City Council meetings, to encourage those who may not typically attend formal Commission or Council meetings to participate.
Public meetings with City Council and Planning Commission were held to discuss the draft Housing Element. Prior to the meetings, the City prepared staff reports summarizing the draft Housing Element to facilitate review and understanding of key aspects in the draft Housing Element. These meetings provided an opportunity for elected and appoint officials with a role in adoption of the Housing Element to give feedback ahead of public hearings. Since these were also public meetings, community members and stakeholders were encouraged to attend and were provided an opportunity to give input.
Interpretation services were available at each event upon request. The City has multiple staff that are bilingual (e.g., Code Enforcement Officer, Building Department staff, customer service staff, etc.).
A list of events are included in Section I.E (Summary of Public Participation). Throughout this engagement effort, the City gathered feedback about housing needs, opportunities, constraints, and priorities from community members. The City also solicited general comments regarding the Housing Element Update process, the current housing crisis, feedback on proposed goals, and related City policies and programs to successfully guide the draft Housing Element.
This summary documents the outreach activities completed to support the draft Housing Element.
Outreach materials, including notifications and presentations, for the community meetings are included for reference at the end of this Appendix.
Section E.3 Outreach Process
As part of the outreach process, the City developed a project webpage and determined objectives for each outreach event (see Outreach Strategy above). The City then prepared presentation materials and notifications to engage the public and provide opportunities for community involvement and feedback.
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E-4 | City of Beaumont Public Participation Summaries E.3.1 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Targeted Outreach In addition to be previously listed outreach efforts, the City conducted targeted outreach to solicit input on the affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) analysis (Appendix F). The City distributed 1,135 letters in both English and Spanish, contacting the following for input and feedback to inform the development of the Housing Element:
• Beaumont Senior Center
• Area Agency on Aging
• Community Access Center
• State Independent Living Center
• Inland Regional Center
• Homeless Programs Unit – County of Riverside Department of Public Social Services • Affordable and market rate apartment managers
• Housing Authority of the County of Riverside
• Riverside County Economic Development Agency
• Residents in the El Barrio Neighborhood
• Residents in the Town Center
• Churches
• Beaumont Unified School District
While some of these contacts were also directly notified of the public outreach meetings, this more expansive list was necessary to broaden the public engagement effort and reach all communities and populations within city. These contacts are located, or represent households that are located, across the city. Specific attention was given to contacting households in areas with lower access to opportunity (e.g., El Barrio and Town Center neighborhoods) (see Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Analysis, Appendix F).
These groups were directly contacted via mail with follow up emails and/or telephone calls based on the contact information the City had on file. Letters communicated that feedback could be submitted via email, mail, phone, in person, or through an online comment form with the QR code provided. Letters were distributed in both English and Spanish. Comments received during this effort are summarized in Section I.E.
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Figure E-1: Outreach Letter Excerpt
E.3.2 Presentations
The City prepared a PowerPoint presentation for the public events and public hearings. Each presentation included background information on the Housing Element, new legislation impacting the 6th cycle, housing needs and assessment, and an overview of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). Copies of the presentations are included at the end of this Appendix.
E.3.3 Housing Element Update Webpage
The Housing Element Update webpage ( https://www.beaumontca.gov/1089/Housing-Element- Update) was used to provide a resource for Housing Element information (e.g., meeting presentations, notices, and summaries, etc.) and additional information, such as links to local housing programs and fair housing information. The webpage is shown in Figure E-1. The project website was updated throughout the duration of the Housing Element Update to post new information about key milestones, presentation materials, and additional resources, among other Housing Element-related items. The City offered a QR code with an online feedback form to submit comments via the webpage during the Housing Element Update process. The City website, 835
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E-6 | City of Beaumont Public Participation Summaries including the Housing Element Update webpage, is available in multiple languages, including Spanish.
Figure E-1: Housing Element Update Webpage
E.3.4 Notifications
Utilizing the project database, email notifications reached approximately 1,020 stakeholder contacts with known or functional email addresses. The notifications provided a link to the public meeting and City contact information.
The City also posted notifications about the Housing Element Update on the City’s Housing Element Update webpage, as well as on its Facebook page. These materials are available at the end of the Appendix.
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E.4.1 Community Meeting
Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Zoom Webinar
Introduction
On March 18, 2021, the City of Beaumont hosted a virtual community meeting, the first of a series of public meetings for the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update. The meeting was opened by Christina Taylor, Community Development Director, who welcomed attendees, gave an introduction, and informed attendees about the City’s Housing Element Update webpage. Ms.
Taylor introduced Jennifer Murillo, Senior Associate at Lisa Wise Consulting, Inc. (LWC), who presented on the following topics:
• Housing Element Basics
• New State Legislation
• Housing Element Update Process
• What is Affordable Housing?
• Housing in Beaumont
• Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA)
The presentation included the purpose of the Housing Element, components of a Housing Element, additional State requirements during the 6th Cycle, and the project timeline. The presentation also provided an overview of socio-economic data of Beaumont that will provide context for future housing goals and programs.
The meeting then provided an opportunity for public comment to clarify any questions or provide any comments attendees might have about the Housing Element or the update process. The meeting was attended by approximately 6 members of the Beaumont community.
Format
The public meeting was facilitated by City staff, with assistance from LWC in responding to questions. Due to COVID-19 conditions, the meeting was held virtually via Zoom and streamed on the City’s YouTube channel, with the option to participate over the phone. Participants were encouraged to respond to the questions verbally and through the chat function.
Invitations to the public meeting were distributed by the City via email to 1,020 individuals who consist of residents, elected and appointed officials, and other stakeholders in Beaumont.
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Summary of Comments
The following is a summary of questions and comments received during the public meeting. • Participants were curious about how accessory dwelling units (ADUs) can be used to meet the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) and whether the City has rules and regulations regarding ADUs. LWC responded that ADUs can be used to meet the City’s RHNA. Though the City is experiencing an increase in ADU applications, annual ADU activity is still low (in the single digits), excluding newly built single-family homes with Junior ADUs (e.g., certain D.R. Horton homes). The City described that ADU standards in the Code are not up to date, but the City will prepare an ADU ordinance that is consistent with State regulations immediately following the Housing Element update process. Since the City’s ADU regulations are not consistent with State law, the City reviews ADUs against State regulations, which are more lenient that the City’s Code. • One participant asked if potential future units on underdeveloped property can be used to meet RHNA. These parcels will be considered and, if appropriate, be included in the City’s site inventory to meet RHNA.
• The City provided an overview of recent zoning changes alongside the 6th Street Corridor. • The City discussed the differences between residential mixed-use and non-residential mixed-use development.
• LWC discussed how applying units within the City’s Sphere of Influence to the City’s RHNA requirement may increase the City’s overall RHNA obligation, and that it would likely be a complicated and protracted process, including negotiations with Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) and Riverside County.
Comments provide will be incorporated in the updated Housing Element and support the development of policies and programs for the City.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the Community Meeting are included below:
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Hybrid In-Person/Virtual City Council Meeting
Introduction
On July 20, 2021, the City of Beaumont hosted a hybrid in-person/virtual City Council meeting, which included a study session on the draft 6th Cycle Housing Element Update. The Housing Element Update item was opened by Christina Taylor, Community Development Director, who provided initial remarks and introduced Jennifer Murillo, Senior Associate at Lisa Wise Consulting, Inc. (LWC), who presented on the following topics:
• Housing Element Overview
• Process and Public Outreach
• Housing Needs and Conditions in Beaumont
• Draft Housing Element
• Next Steps
• Discussion
The presentation included the purpose of the Housing Element, the project timeline, an overview of socio-economic data, and the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The presentation also introduced the draft updated Housing Element with focus on the sites inventory and key programs. The period for public review and methods of submitting comments were presented.
The meeting then provided an opportunity for public and City Council questions and comments.
Format
The public meeting was a regularly scheduled City Council meeting and facilitated by the Mayor and City staff, with assistance from LWC in responding to questions. The meeting was held in hybrid format, offering both in-person and virtual attendance, with the option to participate over the phone. The meeting was also live streamed on the City’s YouTube channel and recorded and posted on the City’s website to allow viewing at any time.
The presentation was posted on the City’s Housing Element Update webpage prior to the meeting.
The City’s project contact information was included in the presentation to facilitate additional comments or questions being provided at any time via phone or email.
Invitations to the public meeting were distributed by the City via email to 1,020 individuals who consist of residents, elected and appointed officials, and other stakeholders in Beaumont.
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E-12 | City of Beaumont Public Participation Summaries Summary of Comments
The following is a summary of comments received during the public meeting. • One member of the public was supportive of transit-oriented development (TOD) and was encouraged to hear the TOD Overlay housing sites discussed in the presentation. He was also interested in the City taking steps toward supporting a regional transit hub in Beaumont.
• Some participants voiced concern about accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and the State’s approach (i.e., one-size-fits-all). However, one participant expressed support for ADUs. • One Council Member voiced support for the rezone program and the program to facilitate housing in the Urban Village.
• There was discussion regarding the density bonus programs. It was clarified that updating the City’s density bonus provisions to comply with state law is required, but the enhanced density bonus program is a policy decision for the City. • The high demand for rental apartments was raised (i.e., 75 applications for one rental unit).
• It was discussed that the sites inventory is identifying housing sites that are available to accommodate the City’s RHNA, and that the City will have to maintain capacity for the remaining RHNA throughout the eight-year Housing Element period.
Comments will be incorporated in the revised draft Housing Element as appropriate and considered by Planning Commission and City Council for adoption.
E.4.3 Planning Commission Workshop
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Hybrid In-Person/Virtual Planning Commission Meeting
Introduction
On August 10, 2021, the City of Beaumont hosted a hybrid in-person/virtual Planning Commission meeting, which included a discussion item on the draft 6th Cycle Housing Element Update. The Housing Element Update item was opened by Christina Taylor, Community Development Director, who provided initial remarks and introduced Jennifer Murillo, Senior Associate at Lisa Wise Consulting, Inc. (LWC), who presented on the following topics:
• Housing Element Overview
• Process and Public Outreach
• Housing Needs and Conditions in Beaumont
• Draft Housing Element
• Next Steps
• Discussion
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Public Participation Summaries City of Beaumont | E-13 The presentation included the purpose of the Housing Element, the project timeline, an overview of socio-economic data, and the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The presentation also introduced the draft updated Housing Element with focus on the sites inventory and key programs. The period for public review and methods of submitting comments were presented.
The meeting then provided an opportunity for public and Planning Commission questions and comments.
Format
The public meeting was a regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting and facilitated by the Planning Commission Chair and City staff, with assistance from LWC in responding to questions. The meeting was held in hybrid format, offering both in-person and virtual attendance, with the option to participate over the phone. The meeting was also live streamed on the City’s YouTube channel and recorded and posted on the City’s website to allow viewing at any time.
The presentation was posted on the City’s Housing Element Update webpage prior to the meeting.
The City’s project contact information was included in the presentation to facilitate additional comments or questions being provided at any time via phone or email.
Invitations to the public meeting were distributed by the City via email to 1,020 individuals who consist of residents, elected and appointed officials, and other stakeholders in Beaumont.
Summary of Comments
The following is a summary of comments received during the public meeting. • One member of the public complimented the user-friendliness of the draft Housing Element and that it was easy to understand. The participant was an owner of residential property in Beaumont.
• Rezoning for accommodating the small shortfall in lower income capacity was discussed.
It was noted that the potential sites for rezoning are identified in Appendix B, Table B-8, and that those are in high resources areas along transportation corridors where higher densities are already allowed (i.e., 22 units per acre). While underutilized (nonvacant) sites may be considered for the housing sites inventory, those sites are subject to more exacting requirements and scrutiny by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). With such a small shortfall in the lower income category and such a large surplus in the moderate income category, the rezoning of available vacant sites was a reasonable approach. It was discussed that the City is beginning the environmental review (CEQA analysis) and that may inform the sites to rezone. • It was noted that affordable units are not limited by configuration or type (i.e., not restricted to apartments or mixed-use development or age-restricted covenants), but rather the threshold is the housing cost (i.e., home sales price or rent).
Comments will be incorporated in the revised draft Housing Element as appropriate and considered by Planning Commission and City Council for adoption.
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E.5.1 E-Blast Notifications
The following News Releases were distributed community-wide ahead of public events for the Housing Element.
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Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing City of Beaumont | F-1 Appendix F: Affirmatively Furthering
Fair Housing (AFFH)
Contents
Appendix F: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) .......................... 1 Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Section F.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 2 F.1.1 Notes on Figures and Analysis .............................................................................. 2 Section F.2 Assessment of Fair Housing.................................................................................. 3 F.2.1 Fair Housing Outreach and Enforcement .............................................................. 3 F.2.2 Integration and Segregation .................................................................................. 5 F.2.3 Racially or Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty ......................................... 16 F.2.4 Access to Opportunity ......................................................................................... 19 F.2.5 Disproportionate Housing Needs......................................................................... 30 F.2.6 Other Relevant Factors ....................................................................................... 39 F.2.7 Summary of Fair Housing Issues ........................................................................ 41 Section F.3 Sites Inventory ..................................................................................................... 42 F.3.1 Potential Effects on Patterns of Segregation ....................................................... 42 F.3.2 Potential Effects on Access to Opportunity ......................................................... 44 Section F.4 Contributing Factors and Meaningful Actions ...................................................... 48
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F-2 | City of Beaumont Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Section F.1 Introduction
Assembly Bill 686, signed in 2018, establishes a statewide framework to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) with the goal of achieving better economic and health outcomes for all Californians through equitable housing policies. AB 686 requires cities and counties to take deliberate actions to foster inclusive communities, advance fair and equal housing choice, and address racial and economic disparities through local policies and programs. Housing elements are now required to address the following five components:
• Inclusive and Equitable Outreach: A summary of fair housing outreach and capacity that includes all economic segments of the community.
• Assessment of Fair Housing: An assessment of fair housing issues, including integration and segregation patterns, racially or ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, disparities in access to opportunity, and disproportionate housing needs for all identified populations.
• Analysis of Sites Inventory: An evaluation of whether the Housing Element’s sites inventory improves or exacerbates conditions for fair housing. • Identification of Contributing Factors: The identification and prioritization of contributing factors related to fair housing issue.
• Priorities, Goals, and Actions to AFFH: The identification of fair housing goals and actions that directly address the contributing factors outlined above. The housing element should include metrics and milestones for evaluating progress and fair housing results.
This section documents four of the five components of the AFFH components. The summary of AFFH-related outreach is included in Appendix E and in Housing Element Section I.E (Summary of Public Participation).
F.1.1 Notes on Figures and Analysis
This appendix contains geospatial data downloaded from HCD’s AFFH Data and Mapping Resources Hub. Additional analysis is sourced from the Census American Community Survey (ACS) and HCD’s pre-certified data, where appropriate.
For clarity purposes, the maps produced in this appendix show the northern half of the city of Beaumont. The southern end has is zoned for Recreation use and does not allow residential development.
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Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing City of Beaumont | F-3 Section F.2 Assessment of Fair Housing
F.2.1 Fair Housing Outreach and Enforcement
Fair housing complaints can be an indicator of housing discrimination in Beaumont. Fair housing issues can arise through discrimination against an individual based on disability, race, national origin, familial status, disability, religion, or sex when renting or selling a dwelling unit.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) is the federal agency dedicated to eliminating housing discrimination, promote economic opportunity, and achieve diverse, inclusive communities. FHEO services and activities include investigating fair housing complaints, conducting compliance reviews, ensuring civil rights in HUD programs, and managing fair housing grants.
Locally, the City partners with the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County (FHCRC) to investigate fair housing complaints. FHCRC is a non-profit, approved by HUD, that works with local government offices to ensure Fair Housing laws are upheld. FHCRC provides a number of services to Riverside County stakeholders, including tenant/landlord mediation, credit counseling, and fair housing training and workshops. Comments during the Housing Element Update process identified residents lack information, resources, and opportunity for affordable housing as a concern. Housing Element programs are included to promote awareness of available resources, information, and services related to fair housing and affordable housing generally.
The City does not have any pending lawsuits, enforcement actions, judgements, settlements, or findings related to fair housing and civil rights. The City does not currently have any local fair housing laws.
The City complies with State and federal housing laws as follows:
• Fair Housing Act; Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – the City complies by ensuring its actions related to housing are not discriminatory through City protocols, decision-making procedures, and adhering to non-discrimination requirements of federal funding programs.
• Rehabilitation Act of 1973 – see Fair Housing Act; also, the City complies through its accessibility protocols, administered and enforced by the City’s ADA/504 Coordinator and Building Official.
• American Disabilities Act – the City complies with the ADA through building permit review and issuance and as described in Appendix C (Housing Constraints, Section C.2.2, Housing for Persons with Disabilities).
• California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and FEHA Regulations – the City complies with FEHA and its regulations through established City protocols for hiring and decision-making, mandatory trainings for City staff, and legal counsel and advisement. 861
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F-4 | City of Beaumont Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing • Government Code Section 65008 – the City ensures that the City’s actions are not discriminatory through training programs conducted by the City’s Human Resources Department. Programs are included in this Housing Element to facilitate housing for all households, including protected classes (e.g., programs regarding community care facilities and emergency shelters).
• Government Code Section 8899.50 – Appendix F of this Housing Element documents compliance with Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing requirements. • Government Code Section 11135 et. seq. – the City complies with anti-discrimination requirements through the City’s Human Resources programs and the City’s procurement protocols.
• Density Bonus Law (Government Code Section 65915) – the City must update its density bonus provisions in compliance with the Density Bonus Law as described in Appendix C (Housing Constraints) and Program 12.
• Housing Accountability Act (Government Code Section 65589.5) – the City has documented compliance with the HAA as described in Appendix C (Housing Constraints) and Program 19.
• No-Net-Loss Law (Government Code Section 65863) – the City has documented compliance with sufficient capacity for RHNA and will ensure compliance with no-net-loss via programs (Programs 1 and 3).
• Least Cost Zoning Law (Government Code Section 65913.1) – the City includes programs in this Housing Element to ensure that sufficient land is zoned with appropriate standards to accommodate its RHNA.
• Excessive subdivision standards (Government Code Section 65913.2) – the City has typical subdivision standards in compliance with the Government Code (see Appendix C, Section C.2.5).
• Limits on growth control (Government Code Section 65302.8) – the City complies as it has no growth control measures.
• Housing Element Law (Government Code Section 65583) – this Housing Element documents compliance with Housing Element Law.
The City provides residents with fair housing information primarily by posting links to a variety of fair housing resources on the City’s website including California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Fair Housing/Equal Opportunity (HUD), and Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. The City also make copies of resource information available at the Senior Services Department, Beaumont Library, and Community Access Center (official County of Riverside Independent Living Center) (see Programs 29 and 30). Finally, the City advertises the Inland Regional Center’s services for 862
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F.2.2 Integration and Segregation
This section of the assessment analyzes integration and segregation, including patterns and trends, related to people with protected characteristics.
Race and Ethnicity
According to the ACS, approximately 35 percent of the Beaumont population belongs to a racial minority group (non-white) in 2019, an increase from 29 percent in 2010. Beaumont has a slightly lower proportion of racial minority groups compared Riverside County overall; 40 percent of Riverside County’s population belongs to a racial minority group. Similarly, 43 percent of the population of Beaumont is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), compared to 48 percent of the population of Riverside County.
As with many urban areas, the concentration of minority groups is not evenly distributed across the city. Figure F-1 provides historical non-white population percentages by block group from 2010 ACS data. At this time, the southeast portion of the city had the highest non-white percentages. Figure F-2 shows the non-white population percentage by census block group for 2018, which increased in various areas of the city since 2010. The population in the northwest and eastern portions of the city consist of 61 percent or more racial/ethnic minorities. The central portion of the city has a slightly lower concentration of non-white residents. From a regional perspective, Beaumont has a lower proportion of non-white population than Riverside County, but the community generally has a more diverse racial composition to the block groups adjacent to the city.
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