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Commission considers CU requirement for post‑secondary institutions; public warns on CEQA streamlining
Summary
Staff proposed requiring conditional-use permits for post‑secondary institutions in mixed‑use districts and commissioners stressed institutional master plans; community groups warned that program-level CEQA streamlining in the plan could curtail public review.
Planning staff recommended that post‑secondary institutions (colleges, universities and similar institutions) be treated differently from other educational uses in mixed‑use districts by requiring a conditional-use permit (CU) before they locate there. Steve Wertheim explained that while educational uses are generally permitted in mixed‑use districts, ‘‘the subset that is post secondary institutions…some additional scrutiny is necessary’’ because community…
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