Staff outlines AB 241 implications and possible changes to tentative parcel-map review

Oct 13, 2026

County staff briefed the commission on Assembly Bill 241 requirements to allow multifamily uses in commercial/mixed-use districts and proposed standards requiring connection to county water/sewer; staff also described efforts to add earlier surveyor review into the tentative parcel-map process to catch errors before hearings.

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Community development director Kevin Anderson updated the commission on two procedural policy matters. First, Anderson summarized Assembly Bill 241, which requires cities and counties to adopt ordinances allowing multifamily residential uses in commercial and mixed-use zoning districts; staff proposed a standard to require those multifamily developments be connected to county water and sewer utilities so higher-density housing occurs where infrastructure exists.

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