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Westminster adopts temporary moratorium on projects below 30 units per acre in housing overlay
Summary
Council adopted an urgency ordinance, 5–0, imposing a temporary moratorium on approving housing projects of less than 30 dwelling units per net acre within the city's housing overlay, citing state vesting rules and the need to protect the city’s planned housing inventory.
The Westminster City Council on Aug. 13 adopted an urgency ordinance, by a 5–0 vote, placing a temporary moratorium on approving housing development projects under 30 dwelling units per net acre within the city’s designated housing overlay. Staff said the action is intended to protect the density assumptions used in the city’s housing element and to prevent lower-density projects from vesting and reducing the city’s capacity to meet its regional housing needs allocation (RHNA).
Why it matters: The housing overlay was adopted as part of the city’s mixed‑use zoning and housing-element compliance. Staff told council the housing element assumed many mixed‑use sites would develop near…
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