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Fortuna Planning Commission backs zoning changes to align city code with state housing law
Summary
The Fortuna Planning Commission unanimously recommended City Council adopt Resolution PD-2025-3137 to amend Title 17 and the zoning map, updating definitions for supportive and transitional housing, permitting certain supportive housing by right, and replacing older Q zones to avoid creating legal nonconforming homes.
The Fortuna Planning Commission on a unanimous vote recommended that the Fortuna City Council adopt a package of zoning amendments intended to bring the city's Title 17 zoning regulations and zoning map into compliance with the city's Mill District specific plan and the 6th-cycle housing element.
Staff planner Michelle told the commission the changes "will allow supportive housing, transitional housing, and community care facilities for individuals, 6 or fewer individuals by right, which is consistent with state law," and said the text amendments also update definitions and remove an obsolete "second residential dwelling unit" provision repealed in 2021. She described supportive housing requirements, noting that units subject to these…
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