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Council moves to amend zoning and housing rules to align with state law and housing‑element work program
Summary
Council introduced Ordinance No. 2985 and approved Resolution No. 8700 to update housing definitions, permiting thresholds and several code sections to implement the city's housing element work program and address state definitions such as supportive housing, SB 9 subdivisions, agricultural worker housing and single‑room occupancy standards.
The Redlands City Council introduced Ordinance No. 2985 and adopted Resolution No. 8700 to revise municipal zoning and related code sections to implement items in the city's 2021 housing element work program.
Planning staff said the package translates state law and Housing and Community Development guidance into local code amendments. Brian Foote, planning manager, told the council the changes are intended to increase housing options, reduce barriers to development and remove constraints identified by state reviewers. Foote said the work program contained roughly 60 discrete items, about a third of which had been completed; the current package addresses approximately 10 additional items.
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