REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Public Hearing: Action on Rezoning of 17 Sites Along El Camino Real Totaling 27.7 Acres to MU-RC Mixed Use Regional Commercial, for the Purpose of Adding Additional Sites to the City's Housing Element
Report
BACKGROUND
The City Council adopted the Zoning Code Update on January 9, 2024 and an implementation step of that adoption is to update the City's Zoning Map, which will apply the new Zoning Districts as well as rezone properties across the City to Zoning Districts that will be consistent with their General Plan land use designations. Having consistent zoning and General Plan designations on all properties is a requirement of State law. The Zoning Map adoption will be brought forward to the Planning Commission and City Council for consideration in the May through June 2024 timeframe. Rezoning 17 sites on El Camino Real in advance of the Zoning Map adoption process is proposed to enable these sites to qualify for inclusion in the Sites Inventory as part of the City's Housing Element. For a site to qualify for inclusion in the City's Housing Element, it must have consistent General Plan and Zoning that would enable housing redevelopment on that site.
The majority of the 17 sites proposed for rezoning have interfaces adjacent to commercial or multifamily development. Six sites proposed for rezoning are partially adjacent to existing single-family residential properties. The MU-RC Regional Commercial Mixed-Use Zoning District includes required transition standards for developments adjacent to single family or duplex properties. A 45-degree Daylight Plane must be provided, which limits the height of new development adjacent to single family homes and duplexes, measured from the property line.
Note the El Camino Real Specific Plan revision process is underway. Based on the draft Land Use Plan for the draft El Camino Real Specific Plan, which the City Council confirmed on August 29, 2023, all the sites currently proposed fo...
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