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Ione planning commission directs staff to study adding residential to downtown commercial zones
Summary
At a planning commission workshop, staff outlined mapping errors and nonconforming parcels and received direction to evaluate adding residential and mixed-use allowances to C1 and C2 zoning while leaving C3 subject to conditional-use review.
The City of Ione Planning Commission reviewed a staff workshop on potential updates to the city’s zoning map and directed planning staff to draft changes that would allow residential uses in some downtown commercial zones.
City planner Susan (last name not specified) said the review was prompted by a 2023 general plan update that left inconsistencies between the general plan and the 2018 zoning map. “When we amend the zoning ordinance, you also have to amend your general plan so that they're consistent,” Susan said, noting that any change would require public notice and environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The workshop flagged several specific issues. Staff reported that the Reed property (a small parcel near the prison and former Union Schoolhouse) appears on the zoning map as county land but LAFCO records show it is inside the city; the parcel currently lacks an assigned…
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