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Board adopts zoning amendments implementing housing-element changes: density bonus, emergency shelters and supportive housing
Summary
Supervisors voted to amend the county's noncoastal and coastal zoning ordinances to implement two housing‑element programs: (M) incorporation of state density‑bonus law and (N) rules for special‑needs housing, including emergency shelters, low‑barrier navigation centers, supportive housing and reasonable accommodations.
The Board of Supervisors on Dec. 17 approved a package of amendments to the noncoastal zoning ordinance and the coastal zoning ordinance to implement housing-element programs addressing the state density bonus and several special‑needs housing categories.
What changed: For density bonus law (Housing Element Program M) staff repealed and replaced the county's outdated local density‑bonus section and incorporated California’s state density‑bonus statute by reference in the noncoastal ordinance; the coastal zoning ordinance will adopt a companion section, clarified to require consistency with the certified Local Coastal Program where coastal resource protection applies.
For special‑needs housing (Housing Element…
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