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Report on General Plan Update Study Session - Housing Element and Design Standards. (Tony Rozzi, Chief Planner and Billy Gross, Principal Planner)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends that City Council and Planning Commission receive a presentation on the Draft Housing Element and on Design Standards related to Multi-Family Residential Projects, and provide comments.
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INTRODUCTION
The Draft Housing Element and Zoning Ordinance are now available for public review and comment. This joint study session is intended to provide an overview of the proposed Housing Element and the proposed design standards related to multi-family residential buildings made possible by the General Plan Update.
Background
A General Plan is the local government's long-term blueprint for the community's vision of future growth. Each city is required by California law to have a General Plan to guide its future land use decisions. South San Francisco's last comprehensive General Plan update occurred in 1999.
The Draft General Plan and Draft Climate Action Plan were made available for public review in March 2022, with a series of study sessions and community engagement on both documents through the end of May 2022.
The Draft Zoning Ordinance and Draft Environmental Impact Report were released for public review in June 2022. The Planning Commission and City Council held separate study sessions on the overall draft Zoning Ordinance on June 16, 2022 and June 22, 2022, respectively. At those meetings, each body had general questions related to the State's current approval process for qualifying housing projects, and to the proposed new design standards related to multi-family residential buildings.
Housing Element Overview and Discussion
The draft Housing Element is a chapter of the General Plan that specifically shows how South San Francisco will develop and rehabilitate housing to meet the City's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). For the period o...
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