Agenda Item: 7
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: July 11, 2023
SUBJECT: SECOND READING - UDC AMENDMENT - TO ESTABLISH
REGULATIONS FOR SITES IDENTIFIED IN MULTIPLE
PLANNING PERIODS
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
PRESENTER: Erika Iverson
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council waive reading of the text and consent to read by title only, as listed on the agenda, and adopt an ordinance entitled “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR SITES
IDENTIFIED IN MULTIPLE PLANNING PERIODS, AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A.”
BACKGROUND
On June 27, 2023, the City Council approved an Amendment to the City’s sixth cycle Housing Element Update. The Amendment has been sent to the state Department of Housing and Community Development for final certification.
In conjunction with the Amendment to the Housing Element Update on June 27, 2023, the City Council also voted unanimously to introduce, and pass to a second reading, Master Case 23-006 including an ordinance to establish regulations for sites identified in multiple planning periods, for the purposes of implementing Program HP-1.14 of the sixth cycle Housing Element Update, and comply with state law. This UDC Amendment is the first implementation action for a program in the sixth cycle Housing Element Update.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of the proposed Unified Development Code Amendments would eliminate the requirement for a use permit (conditional or minor) for qualifying affordable housing projects on specific parcels that have been included in the sites inventory for previous Housing Element cycles and thus eliminate the collection of a fee for the use permit in these instances. Any new development would still be subject to the Development Review (DR) application process and applicable DR application fees would be collected.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance