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Council briefed on three new state housing and land-use laws: transit-oriented goals, parking limits, and turf restrictions
Summary
Planning staff gave a required briefing on three state laws that affect local housing, parking and landscaping policy — a Transit-Oriented Communities reporting requirement, new limits on minimum parking near transit, and a turf/landscape restriction that begins in 2026.
Planning staff summarized recent state legislation that affects local land use and housing policy and identified near-term reporting deadlines and options for council consideration.
Transit-Oriented Communities: Staff member John presented HB 2024 provisions commonly called the Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) law. The law requires municipalities to calculate a "housing opportunity goal" for non-exempt parcels in designated transit station areas and certain high-frequency bus corridors; Inglewood's initial, conservative analysis found the city's zoning capacity within the designated areas (40 units per acre standard applied by staff) would produce roughly 24,780 units — about 6% above the law's calculated housing opportunity goal of 23,313 units. Staff recommended council authorize staff to file the statutory preliminary assessment report…
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