Residential Overlay Program2021-2029 (Sixth Cycle) Housing Element City Council
February 14, 2023
Zoning Code Amendment No. 2022-0004
Specific Plan Amendment No. 2022-0006
Specific Plan Amendment No. 2022-0007
Specific Plan Amendment No. 2022-0008
Environmental Assessment Review No. 2022-0083
Background
Rezone Program implements the 2021-2029 (Sixth Cycle) General Plan Housing Element, adopted on March 8, 2022 Consistent with State law, the Housing Element is intended to demonstrate the City’s ability to accommodate the City’s required Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) Sites inventory indicates that the City does not have sufficient land zoned to accommodate the City’s 6th Cycle RHNA allocation Therefore, the City is obligated to “rezone” properties Meetings with EDC and Planning Commission April through January
Background
“Rezone” Program is made up of a residential overlay in six opportunity areas An overlay is a second zoning map superimposed on the underlying zoning map. It does not change the underlying zoning but adds permitted uses and/or regulations in specified locations of the City.
ZCA 2022-0004
Adds Chapter 18.116 – Residential Overlay
Defines purpose: preserve the existing rights of property owners while adding the option of developing residential Identifies locations seen on the following slides
Adopts regulations of the R-4 High Density Multiple Family Zone by reference with three exceptions
1. Maximum density:
35 du/acre for Foothill Boulevard and 50 du/acre for all other areas
2. Maximum building coverage:
Increased from sixty to seventy percent of lot area
3. Maximum building height:
Decreased from six stories or seventy-five feet to five stories or sixty feet
50 dwelling units per acre
50 dwelling units per acre
35 dwelling units per acre
50 dwelling units per acre
50 dwelling units per acre
ZCA 2022-0004
Additional Changes to Zoning Code:
Allow multiple family dwellings in which twenty (20) percent or more of the units are affordable to be constructed by-right Increase density for developments on non-vacant lots identified in a prior housing element with at least twenty (20) percent affordable units to lower income households to 1,452 square feet of net lot area per dwelling unit which is equivalent to thirty (30) dwelling units per acre
SPA 2022-0006: Foothill Boulevard SP
Establishes a residential overlay (18.111.020(E)) in the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan Applies the residential overlay to the zoning map seen on the following slide
SPA 2022-0007: Central Area SP
Establishes a residential overlay as a component of the Implementation Plan of the Central Area Specific Plan Applies the residential overlay to the zoning map seen on the following slide
SPA 2022-0008: Gateway SP
Establishes a residential overlay as a component of the Land Use Plan of the Central Area Specific Plan Applies the residential overlay district to the sites depicted on the following slide
Summary
The rezone program would create a residential overlay over select parcels in the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan, Central Area Specific Plan, the Gateway Specific Plan, in the vicinity of North Riverside Avenue and Easton Street, and in the vicinity of Baseline Avenue and Riverside Avenue.
The rezone program would allow:
Multiple family dwelling developments by right if at least twenty (20) percent of the units are affordable and An increase in density for multiple family developments on non-vacant lots identified in a prior housing element with at least twenty (20) percent or more affordable units.
Consistency
The project is consistent with the Rialto General Plan, including the following:
Goal #2: promote and encourage housing development that adequately meets the needs of all socioeconomic segments of the community and region Goal 3-5: Assist in the preservation, improvement, and production of housing stock available to lower- and moderate-income residents.
CEQA
An Addendum to the previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the 2021-2029 (Sixth Cycle) General Plan Housing Element was prepared The project will not result in any new significant impacts that were not previously analyzed
Recommendation
The Planning Division Recommends that the City Council:
Adopt Resolutions attached to the staff report as Exhibit D, Exhibit E, Exhibit F, Exhibit G and Exhibit H establishing a residential overly on designated sites throughout the City, allowing affordable housing development by-right, and increasing allowed density for affordable housing projects