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Selma planning commission recommends zoning change to meet state housing rules, discusses SB 9 impacts
Summary
On Feb. 24, 2025, the Selma Planning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend a text amendment to the city's zoning code adding development standards for priority housing sites identified in the adopted housing element and discussed potential future changes to implement SB 9 provisions.
The Selma Planning Commission voted unanimously Monday to recommend that the City Council amend the multi-family section (11-2.3) of the Selma Municipal Code to add development standards for housing projects located on priority sites listed in the city's housing element.
Staff said the draft amendment responds to a follow-up request from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) after the city adopted its 2023—2031 housing element on Nov. 18 of last year and forwarded the document to HCD for certification review. A draft notice of exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was prepared for the proposed ordinance change, staff added.
The change is a narrow text amendment to add a clarifying note in the residential use table for sites the housing element lists as vacant or underutilized. Jerome, a city staff member who presented the item, said the wording implements Government Code 65583.2, subsection (i), which sets minimum development expectations for sites included in an inventory used to demonstrate compliance with state housing law. Jerome told the commission the note…
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