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Woodside adopts urgency ordinance to address state housing compliance, disputes HCD finding
Summary
On Jan. 14 the Woodside Town Council adopted an urgency ordinance changing multifamily zoning language, approved related resolutions and instructed staff to submit revisions to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to secure a finding of substantial compliance with the town's Cycle 6 housing element.
The Woodside Town Council on Jan. 14 adopted an urgency ordinance amending multifamily zoning language and approved a resolution disputing a California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) finding that the town was not yet substantially compliant with the state's Cycle 6 housing element.
Town Attorney Jean told the council the town missed earlier statutory deadlines because the updated housing element was adopted July 30, 2024, and rezonings were completed Sept. 24, 2024. HCD returned comments identifying two issues it said prevented a formal finding of substantial compliance: objective standards for parking and a statutory interpretation of Government Code section 65583.2(h) that affects required density for projects containing low- or very-low-income units.
Jean said HCD interprets that code to require a minimum density of 20 units per acre for multifamily projects that include low- and very-low-income units; Woodside's zoning used the phrasing "up to 20 units per acre." The town worked with HCD on language to preserve the densities approved for two town-proposed projects (the High Road…
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