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Board advances RHD zoning edits to implement housing‑element program for lower‑income units
Summary
County staff won Planning Commission support and the board approved zoning amendments that add alternative compliance options and require affordable‑housing agreements to implement the RHD (residential high density) program of the 2021–2029 housing element.
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors voted 4‑1 on Sept. 16 to adopt county‑initiated amendments to the Residential High Density (RHD) zone intended to implement Program HE‑H of the county’s certified 2021–2029 housing element.
Background: the RHD zone was created in 2011 to identify parcels appropriate for multifamily housing to meet the county’s lower‑income housing need. When originally authorized, the RHD included a minimum density floor (20–22 dwelling units per acre) and a county requirement that new multifamily projects on RHD parcels reserve 100% of units for lower‑income households. No multi‑family development has been completed on the RHD parcels; seven parcels in El Rio, Piru and Santa Susana contributed 250 units to the county’s sites inventory.
What the ordinance does: the board approved amendments that keep the RHD zoning and density but change the affordability requirements so developers have multiple, clearly defined ways to…
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