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Fullerton council adopts HIAS overlay changes requiring 300-foot notice and height limits (Ordinance 3337)
Summary
Council approved ordinance No. 3337 amending the Housing Incentive Overlay Zone to require courtesy notices to properties within 300 feet and to add height restrictions adjacent to historically designated R1P/R2P/R3P parcels. The vote was unanimous after a brief public hearing.
The Fullerton City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance No. 3337, which amends the Housing Incentive Overlay (HIAS) development standards to require courtesy notifications to nearby properties and to impose height restrictions next to historically designated single-family and multi-family parcels.
Planning staff told the council the changes add notice language in two code sections and update a development table so that any HIAS project abutting properties with historical designations or zoned R1P, R2P or R3P will face height limits intended to prevent new buildings from "looming over" historic homes.
"Any property within 300 feet will be notified," the planning presenter said, describing the new courtesy-notice buffer. Staff recommended approval after incorporating council direction to clarify notice procedures and the height restrictions.
Public commenters including Curtis Gamble urged the council to address related municipal-code updates for emergency shelters; Jane Ray Fur supported the historic-preservation language while asking for future mechanisms to capture undesignated historic properties. Councilmember Dunlap moved the item and Mayor Jung seconded; the clerk called the roll and all members voted "Aye." The council read the ordinance title into the record and approved the amendments.
City staff said the amendments implement elements of the most recent housing element and aim to balance development incentives with protections for historically designated neighborhoods. Council members requested staff continue outreach and confirm notice and appeal procedures when projects are reviewed.
Ordinance No. 3337 was adopted at second reading as part of the housing-element implementation steps; staff will carry out the amended noticing and apply the height limits in future HIAS project reviews.
