Residential Overlay Program2021-2029 (Sixth Cycle) Housing Element City Council
February 28, 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
Presented the residential overlay program on February 14, 2023 Item was continued to February 28, 2023
Made up of four elements:
Zoning Code Amendment 2022-0004: establishes the residential overlay Specific Plan Amendment 2022-0006: applies overlay to Foothill Boulevard SP Specific Plan Amendment 2022-0007: applies overlay to Central Area SP Specific Plan Amendment 2022-0008: applies overlay to Gateway SP
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
Site Selection
Sites were included in the adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element Update Based on access to resources, proximity to residential development, transportation and major streetway access, opportunity indicators, likelihood of redevelopment and HCD requirements:
Size, density, capacity, and viability
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 to thirty (30) dwelling units per acre when the following criteria are met:
Located on non-vacant lot
Lot identified in a prior housing element
Development with at least twenty (20) percent affordable units to lower income households
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 a Resolution (Exhibit C) approving an Addendum to the previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the 2021-2029 (6th Cycle) General Plan Housing Element Update (Environmental Assessment Review No. 2022-0083) for the proposed project.
Introduce for the First Reading, an Ordinance (Exhibit D) that would approve Zoning Code Amendment No. 2022-0004 to amend the Rialto Municipal Code by adding Chapter 18.116 (Residential Overlay), modifying Section 18.22.020 permitted uses, and adding Section 18.56.090 (Affordable Housing Projects).
Adopt a Resolution (Exhibit E) approving Specific Plan Amendment No. 2022-0007 to establish a residential overlay in the Central Area Specific Plan and adopt a Resolution (Exhibit F) approving Specific Plan Amendment No. 2022-0008 to establish a residential overlay in the Gateway Specific Plan.
Introduce for the First Reading, an Ordinance (Exhibit G) that would approve Zoning Code Amendment No. 2022-0004 to amend Section 18.116.020 (Application) of Title 18 (Zoning) of the Rialto Municipal Code to add a zoning map for Area D (Properties Located Near North Riverside Avenue and Easton Street) Introduce for the First Reading, an Ordinance (Exhibit H) that would approve Zoning Code Amendment No. 2022-0004 to amend Section 18.116.020 (Application) of Title 18 (Zoning) of the Rialto Municipal Code to add a zoning map for Area E (Properties Located in the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan) and adopt a Resolution (Exhibit I) approving Specific Plan Amendment No. 2022-0006 to establish a residential overlay in the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan.