TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Jeff Gibson, Interim Community Development Director
Laurie B. Jester, Planning Manager
Angelica Ochoa, Associate Planner
Eric Haaland, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Adoption of Urgency Ordinance No. 19-0019-U and Urgency Ordinance No. 19-0020-U for Amendments to the Municipal Code and Local Coastal Program (LCP), Requiring an Equal Number of Replacement Units for Residential Dwelling Units that are Demolished (Interim Community Development Director Gibson).
ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NOS. 19-0019-U AND 19-0020-U AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE CITY'S LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM REGARDING REPLACEMENT HOUSING
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 19-0019-U and Urgency Ordinance No. 19-0020-U for Amendments to the Municipal Code and Local Coastal Program (LCP), requiring an equal number of replacement units for residential dwelling units that are demolished.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no fiscal implication associated with the adoption of the attached Interim Ordinances. However, development of the permanent Zoning Code and Local Coastal Amendments will require additional staff time.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
The state legislature has adopted a new statute (SB 330 - the Housing Crisis Act) adding Government Code Section 66300, which provides - among other things - that "[a]n affected city . . . shall not approve a housing development project that will require the demolition of residential dwelling units unless the project will create at least as many residential dwelling units as will be demolished." The new statute, effective January 1, 2020, requires that housing must be replaced on a one-to-one basis. In other words, if a triplex is proposed to be demolished, the builder must construct 3 units.
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