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Planning commission recommends higher multifamily densities, ADU updates to city council; adds setback tweak
Summary
The commission recommended that the city council adopt zoning amendments creating RM-30 and RM-40 subzones, updated development standards and ADU ordinance changes, and voted to amend the proposed interior setback minimum for the new RM subzones from 7 to 10 feet.
The Capitola Planning Commission on Aug. 21 voted to recommend that the City Council adopt a package of zoning and General Plan amendments intended to implement the city’s certified 2024 housing element. The recommendation includes two new residential-multifamily subzones (RM-30 and RM-40), revisions to multifamily development standards for setbacks, height, building coverage and daylight-plane rules, and updates to the city’s accessory dwelling unit (ADU) chapter.
City planning consultant Ben Noble summarized the changes and the housing-element context. He said the RM-30 and RM-40 subzones would allow up to 30 and 40 dwelling units per acre, respectively, and that the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) had reviewed the approach. “The city received confirmation from HCD that, in their opinion, the proposed approach meets the city’s legal requirements under its certified housing element as well as state housing law,” Ben Noble told…
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