TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Carrie Tai, AICP, Community Development Director
Eric Haaland, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Public Hearing to Consider Extending Urgency Ordinance No. 19-0019-U and Urgency Ordinance No. 19-0020-U Requiring an Equal Number of Replacement Units for Residential Dwelling Units that are Demolished (Community Development Director Tai).
a) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
b) ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NOS. 20-0002-U AND 20-0003-U EXTENDING THE INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCES FOR 10 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Urgency Ordinance Nos. 20-0002-U and 20-0003-U extending Interim Ordinance Nos. 19-0019-U and 19-0020-U to require an equal number of replacement units for residential dwelling units that are demolished.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with the adoption of the attached Ordinance Nos. 20-0002-U and 20-0003-U. However, development of the permanent Zoning Code Amendments and companion Local Coastal Program for demolition requirements, will require additional staff time and resources.
BACKGROUND:
Recent State law added California Government Code Section 66300 requiring that an equal number of replacement units be provided for residential dwelling units that are demolished. Effective January 1, 2020, Senate Bill (SB) 330-requires 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."
On December 17, 2019, the City Council adopted Interim Ordinance Nos. 19-0019-U and 19-0020-U to amend Municipal Code and Local Coastal Program regulations to require that housing be replaced on a one-to-one basis. Each Ordinance is effective for 45 days and ...
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