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Lake County Planning Commission recommends zoning changes to implement housing element policy HE‑58
Summary
The commission voted to recommend to the Board of Supervisors an ordinance amending Chapter 21 (Articles 11 and 12) to allow ministerial approval of multifamily housing on sites identified in two prior housing‑element cycles, a limited step aimed at increasing affordable housing capacity under the sixth‑cycle housing element.
The Lake County Planning Commission on Nov. 13 recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 21, Articles 11 and 12 of the county zoning code to implement housing element policy HE‑58 and ease development requirements for certain multifamily projects.
Maria Turner, the county’s Community Development Director, told commissioners the measure would allow multifamily residential development “by right” in two‑family and multifamily zoning districts for sites that have been identified as potential affordable housing in at least two previous housing‑element cycles. Turner said the change is limited in scope — those parcels must have been identified repeatedly (the current cycle covers the 2019–2027…
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