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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 12/03/2024
ITEM NO: 18
DESK ITEM
DATE: December 3, 2024
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Gabrielle Whelan, Town Attorney
SUBJECT: Introduce an Ordinance Amending Chapter 29 (Zoning Regulations) of the Town Code to Add Low Barrier Navigation Centers as a By-Right Use in MixedUse and Nonresidential Zones, Pursuant to Implementation Program AD of the 2023-2031 Housing Element. Adoption of this Ordinance is Exempt Pursuant to CEQA, Section 15061(b)(3) in That It Can be Seen with Certainty That It Will Not Impact the Environment, Because the Town is Already Subject to Government Code Sections 65660 - 65668. Town Code Amendment Application A-24-006. Project Location: Town Wide. Applicant: Town of Los Gatos.
Ordinance Title: An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos to Add Division 11, “Low Barrier Navigation Centers,” to Article I, “General” of Chapter 29, “Zoning Regulations,” of the Town Code.
REMARKS:
Attachment 6 contains the staff presentation.
Attachments Received with the Staff Report:
1. Government Code Sections 65660 - 65668
2. C-1, C-2, CH, and O Zoning Districts Map
3. Welfare and Institutions Code Section 8255
4. Redline Town Code
5. Draft Ordinance
Attachment Received with this Desk Item:
6. Staff Presentation
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Ordinance Amending Chapter 29
(Zoning Regulations) of the Town
Code to Add Low Barrier Navigation
Centers as a By-Right Use in MixedUse and Nonresidential Zones where Multi – Family Uses are permitted.
Town Council Meeting
December 3, 2024
ATTACHMENT 6
BACKGROUND
Housing Element Implementation Program
AD states that the Town will amend the
Zoning Code to include a definition of LowBarrier Navigation Center (LBNC) consistent with state law and allow at least two mixeduse zoning districts to permit Low-Barrier Navigation Centers as a by-right use.
BACKGROUND
A LBNC is a “Housing First,” low
barrier, temporary, service-enriched
shelter that helps homeless
individuals and families to quickly
obtain permanent housing.
BACKGROUND
Government Code Sections 65660 - 65668 require
that local jurisdictions allow LBNC’s as “by-right”
uses in areas zoned for mixed-use and nonresidential
zones permitting multi-family uses, so long as the
LBNC’s meet specified requirements.
In the Town, those four zoning districts are
the O, CH, C-1, and C-2 zones.
BACKGROUND
• In the Town, those four zoning districts
are the O, CH, C-1, and C-2 zones.
• Based on state law, staff recommends
allowing LBNC’s as “by right” uses in
those four zones (rather than the two
called for in the Housing Element).
Chapter Title Date
DISCUSSION
Proposed ordinance adds:
• A new Division 11 to the Zoning Code
defining LBNC’s; and
• LBNC’s as permitted uses in the Office,
Neighborhood Commercial, Central
Business District Commercial Zone, and
Restricted Highway Commercial Zone.
Chapter Title Date
DISCUSSION
Proposed ordinance was reviewed
by Planning Commission and
recommended
for adoption.
Chapter Title Date
DISCUSSION
If introduced, proposed ordinance
will return for adoption on
December 17th and take effect 30
days after adoption.
QUESTIONS?