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Planning Commission recommends City Council adopt SB 9-related development-code amendments, including 60-day shot clock and limits on design standards
Summary
The commission recommended City Council adopt code changes implementing SB 9 (urban lot splits and two-unit developments) and related state bills (SB 450, AB 1061 and SB 543). Staff said changes narrow locally applicable design rules, set a 60-day review clock for complete applications and clarify unit limits for lots created via splits or not.
The Arroyo Grande City Planning Commission on Nov. 4 voted unanimously to recommend City Council adopt amendments to the municipal code that implement state laws governing urban lot splits and two-unit developments under SB 9 and subsequent state bills.
Planning Manager Andrew Perez summarized the proposed changes and the recent state legislation that prompted them. Key points included:
- SB 9 and related bills: The citys SB 9 implementation ordinance (Ordinance 716, adopted 2022) is being updated to reflect SB 450, which restricts local objective design standards for SB 9 development to those uniformly applicable to other single-family development and limits the citys…
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