DATE: DECEMBER 4, 2024
TO: CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
FROM: ANDREA GILBERT, CITY PLANNER
SUBJECT
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Study Session for Comprehensive Zoning Code update related to Zoning Code Modernization, Overall Organization, Objective Standards and State Law Compliance.
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RECOMMENDATION
Receive a presentation on potential amendments to zoning standards and provide input to the Draft Zoning Code Update, anticipated for release in Spring 2025.
BACKGROUND
As part of the General Plan Update project, the City is also undertaking a comprehensive update to the Zoning Code. Given the volume of detailed material to review with the Commission, staff has proposed to divide the material into three separate modules and review each module with the Commission at a series of study sessions. The first study session was held on November 6, 2024, and covered parking standards and "Good Neighbor" standards for industrial uses. This meeting is the second of three planned study sessions and will cover code organization, retiring older Specific Plans, amendments for administration and permit streamlining, and amendments to standards for compliance with State law. The intent is to provide an overview of these topics, allow an opportunity for clarifying questions from Commissioners, and receive feedback on the initial concepts proposed prior to preparation of the Public Review Draft Code. No formal action will be taken by the Commission at the study sessions, which are intended as a forum for advance input from the Commission to the Draft Zoning Code Update.
Based on direction from the Commission, the Draft Zoning Code Update will be prepared and circulated for public review in the Spring of 2025. Formal adoption hearings for the Zoning Code Update are anticipated in Summer 2025, following adoption hearings for the 2045 General Plan and Environmental Impact Report.
ISSUES AND ANALYSIS
The focus of this second study session is on amendments to modernize the Code, making ...
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