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Cypress Council approves Lincoln Avenue zoning changes to implement state-required housing element
Summary
After a public hearing, the City Council voted unanimously to amend the Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan and the general plan land-use element to align with the city's 2021–2029 housing element, enabling residential densities of 20–30 units per acre, objective design standards, and a 50-foot residential height limit to allow mixed‑use development.
CYPRESS — The City Council on Monday unanimously introduced an ordinance and adopted a related general‑plan resolution to amend the Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan (LASP) and the general plan land‑use element so the city can implement its certified 2021–2029 housing element.
Planning Director Alicia Velasco told the council the changes are required by state law and by the housing element certification process: “The housing element is required by state law which mandates that cities plan for a certain number of units every 8 years. For the current cycle, the state required the city of Cypress to plan for 3,936 units.”
Those units, Velasco said, were distributed across several planning areas after the city took credit for 1,296 already permitted or zoned units and…
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