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Board adopts housing-element ordinances for sixth‑cycle regional housing need allocation
Summary
The board adopted two ordinances to implement the county's sixth‑cycle housing element, updating zoning map/site inventory and amending multiple sections of county code to accommodate the regional housing need allocation; residents and housing advocates urged stronger SB 244 analysis and earlier program start dates.
The Madera County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 14 adopted two ordinances to implement programs in the county’s sixth‑cycle housing element, including updates to the zoning map and amendments to several sections of Title 18 of the Madera County Code to accommodate the regional housing need allocation (RHNA).
Jamie Backs, director of Community and Economic Development, told the board the ordinances implement programs and identify sites to meet the RHNA and to allow increased density in certain zoning districts. Backs said the ordinances take effect to put in place the programs identified in the housing element and that the county’s…
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