Chico Planning Commission backs Title 19 code amendments, asks staff to study wider parking reductions

Mar 20, 2025

The commission voted unanimously to recommend council adopt a package of Title 19 zoning amendments to align local rules with recent state housing law and pro‑housing policies, and later voted 5–1 to direct staff to include broader parking‑requirement reductions in a proposed Phase 3 review.

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The Chico Planning Commission on March 6, 2025, voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council adopt an ordinance amending Title 19 of the Chico Municipal Code to implement a "Residential Readiness" package of land‑use changes and clarifications. Later in the meeting the commission voted 5–1 to direct staff to include study of wider reductions or elimination of minimum parking requirements in a Phase 3 follow‑up to the code amendments.

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