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Commission recommends zoning amendments to implement housing element and SB 9 rules
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended on May 27, 2025 that the City Council adopt zoning and specific-plan amendments to update housing definitions, implement SB 9 urban lot splits and two-unit provisions, clarify single-room-occupancy and farmworker housing, and remove certain conditional-use permit barriers for multifamily housing.
The Redlands Planning Commission voted on May 27, 2025 to recommend City Council adoption of a package of zoning text and specific-plan amendments aimed at implementing the City’s 2021–2029 Housing Element and aligning local rules with recent state law (including SB 9).
Planning staff presented a broad set of changes: updated definitions (supportive housing, transitional housing, employee housing), a new single-room-occupancy section for multifamily zones, formalized agricultural worker housing standards, and implementation provisions for SB 9 (administrative “urban lot splits” and two-unit developments in single-family zones).…
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