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Council introduces zoning text amendments to implement certified housing element, approves two clarifying edits
Summary
Lafayette city staff presented zoning‑text amendments implementing eight housing‑element programs; the council voted to introduce the ordinance, with two edits: a grammatical fix to the vacant‑lot definition and an added cross‑reference for ADU height rules.
The Lafayette City Council held a public hearing and voted to introduce (and waive first reading of) zoning text amendments intended to implement several programs from the city’s certified 6th‑cycle housing element.
Senior Planner Stephanie Cervantes outlined the package — described in the staff report as “Zoning Text Amendment 125” — which updates definitions (including family and farmworker housing), adds an activity classification for boarding houses, revises general provisions to conform with post‑2014 state law changes, incorporates the zoning table…
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