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CC - ACTION ITEM: (1) Discussion of an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone; and (2) Direction to the City Manager as Deemed Appropriate.
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Meeting Date: April 25, 2022
Contact Person/Dept.: Erika Ramirez, Current Planning Manager
Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director
Phone Number: 310-253-5727
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Attachments: Yes [] No [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X]
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (04/21/2022);
Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director (04/21/2022)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council (1) discuss the implementation of an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone; and (2) provide direction to the City Manager as deemed appropriate.
BACKGROUND
The City Council directed staff to research Affordable Housing Overlay Zones and return with a discussion item regarding a potential Zoning Code Amendment.
DISCUSSION
The State of California requires local jurisdictions to facilitate the production of an adequate supply of housing available for all income levels through State housing law. In order to conform to State law, some jurisdictions have created a Housing Overlay Zone (HOZ). The intent of an HOZ is to offer developers flexibility in developing more housing while reducing development costs, without imposing significant costs on the jurisdiction. HOZs provide development incentives for developers to build housing within specific districts of a municipality. An overlay allows development standard flexibility and tailor-made development applications applied to particular zones or geographic locations within a municipality, but it can also establish areas or even specific sites within the overlay. Often specific types and levels of affordability are required to qualify for the ...
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