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Carlsbad council drops staffautomatic denial from expedited review of privately initiated rezones
Summary
After debate, the City Council unanimously directed staff to continue an expedited review path for privately initiated applications to rezone non-housing-element sites but removed staffautomatic recommendation of denial, allowing planning commission and council to evaluate each application without the pre-stigmatizing recommendation.
Carlsbad City Council unanimously approved a change Wednesday that keeps an expedited process for privately initiated requests to rezone properties for housing outside the city's certified housing element but strips an earlier staff practice of bringing such applications forward with a staff recommendation of denial.
The action came after a staff presentation and extended council discussion about whether privately initiated general plan amendments should be screened out early to avoid spending applicant and staff resources on projects the city believes conflict with its housing element. Jeff Murphy, the citycommunity development director, described the city's current approach and the rationale for an expedited step, saying the process was intended to inform…
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