Attachment 3:
HE Program 5.8 Municipal Code Updates
HE Program 5.8 Municipal Code Updates
Implementation Program Actions Code Section
To remove constraints to a variety of housing types and ensure compliance with State law, the City shall amend the municipal code to:
Allow Transitional and supportive housing by-right in the O-C zone. 17.25.030 Regarding emergency shelters, reduce development standards related to proximity to other emergency shelters, schools, and low barrier navigation centers to 300 feet, remove additional setback and perimeter wall requirements, and require only parking sufficient to meet the needs of facility employees but not more than what is required of residential or commercial uses in the same zone.
17.32.130
Allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) by-right in all zones allowing residential uses, in compliance with State law.
The City will defer to State ADU and Junior ADU law until a compliant ADU Ordinance is adopted.
Completed
Allow for at least two dwelling units per lot in all R-1 zones (R-1-20, R-1-12.5, and R-1- 5) consistent with SB 9.
Completed
Provide streamlined ministerial review and a preliminary application process in compliance with SB 330 and SB 35.
N/A
Permit large residential care facilities with objectivity and certainty in all residential zones, subject only to the same requirements of residential uses of similar form in the same zones.
New Sections
17.32.145,
17.32.147
Adopt reduced parking standards for affordable multifamily developments and multifamily projects with small units (single-room occupancy, studio, and 1-bedroom units) of no more than one parking stall per unit.
17.34.020
Permit low barrier navigations centers by right (without conditional use or other discretionary permit) in nonresidential zones permitting residential uses.
17.25.030
Reduce lot size requirements in the R-M, C, C-MU, and D-MU zones (no more than one acre in the C-MU zone and no more than 20,000 square feet in the C and D-MU zones) to remove constraints to multifamily housing development and promote affordability.
17.16.050;
17.18.060;
17.18.070;
17.19.060
Provide a ministerial process for approving reasonable accommodation requests, including objective findings for approval, limited to decision-making criteria regarding fundamental alteration of zoning and land use and financial and administrative burden. (New Program, consultant)
New Section
17.02 Article 4
Implementation Program Actions
Within two years of adoption of the Housing Element