ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: City Manager Item No: D2
Prepared by: John Conley, City Manager Meeting Date: June 27, 2023 Approved by: John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Discussion SUBJECT: MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AREA
RECOMMENDATION: Discuss Section 18.58.550 of the Development Code regarding minimum residential building area and provide direction to staff.
CORRELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Homelessness and Housing PRIOR ACTION: On January 14, 2020, introduced and adopted Ordinance No. 2020-1, amending titles 17 and 18 of the Development Code to update various subdivision and zoning regulations (Vote: 5-0).
STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: Councilmember Melendez requested the City Manager place a discussion item on an upcoming agenda to discuss minimum residential building area. Section 18.58.550 of the Development Code provides criteria for minimum residential building area for new development within the City. The requirements are as follows:
“Every residential building which contains dwelling units less than 1,500 square feet in enclosed floor area hereafter erected, installed, moved or placed within any zone in the city in which dwelling units are authorized, shall have a total enclosed floor area under a common roof equal to not less than the following:
A.Studio apartment units, 400 square feet
B.One-bedroom dwelling units in a multiple dwelling, 700 square feet C.One-bedroom dwelling units in a single-family or duplex dwelling, 800 square feet D. Two-bedroom dwelling units:
1.Apartment dwelling units, 880 square feet
2.Duplex dwelling units, 920 square feet
3.Single-family dwelling units, 980 square feet
E.Three-bedroom dwelling units:
1.Apartment dwelling units, 1160 square feet
2.Duplex dwelling units, 1160 square feet
3.Single-family dwelling units,1160 square feet
F.Dwelling units with more than three bedrooms, applicable area for three bedrooms plus 150 square feet for each additional bedroom.
G.Minimum residential building areas may be modified as an express condition of the approval of a Site Development Plan or Plot Plan by the Planning Commission or City Council at a public hearing to further implement the goals and objectives of the City’s General Plan.” FISCAL IMPACT: There are no direct fiscal impacts associated with the staff recommendation.
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CITY COUNCIL
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Discussed Section 18.58.550 of the Development Code regarding minimum residential building area and directed staff to bring back further information. Vote: 5-0