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Atherton council adopts housing-element revisions, introduces zoning ordinance for first reading
Summary
The Town Council adopted a resolution to revise Atherton's 2023–2031 housing element to respond to comments from the California Department of Housing and Community Development and introduced a municipal-code amendment for first reading; the ordinance will return for a second reading in March.
The Atherton Town Council on Feb. 19 adopted revisions to the town's 2023'1 housing element to address issues raised by the California Department of Housing and Community Development and introduced an ordinance to amend the municipal code for first reading.
Town Planner Britney Bendix summarized the changes requested by HCD and staff recommendations, including additional site analysis for certain nonvacant parcels, clearer descriptions of redevelopment indicators in the housing element tables, and code edits to ensure that multifamily projects in the RM-20 and RM-40 zones that include 20% lower-income units are approved ministerially rather than through discretionary review. "So our recommendation tonight is that you would, take public comment, consider the…
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