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Planning Commission recommends City Council adopt SB 9 code updates to align with state law
Summary
The Thousand Oaks Planning Commission voted 5-0 to find the municipal code amendment updating local SB 9 and SB 450 regulations exempt from CEQA and to recommend the City Council adopt the ordinance to implement state law changes.
Senior Planner Justine Kendall presented a municipal code amendment to update Thousand Oaks' SB 9 regulations and to incorporate statutory changes from SB 450.
Kendall told the commission that "SB 9 was signed by Governor Newsom on 09/16/2021, and the law went into effect on 01/01/2022," and summarized requirements for ministerial approval of two-unit housing developments and one-time urban lot splits under state law. She said the proposed changes would update Title 9, Chapter 4, Article 37 of the Thousand Oaks Municipal Code and that staff recommends finding the amendment exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to state provisions that implement SB 9 and SB 450.
The amendment responds to SB 450 changes enacted in 2024 that, among other items,…
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