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Calistoga planning panel recommends zoning language for three Lincoln Avenue parcels, continues design-standards decision to Feb. 14
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously approved a resolution recommending City Council amend zoning code language so qualifying reuse-site projects with 20% affordable units would be processed ministerially; the commission heard a consultant's objective-design presentation and continued final action on the standards to Feb. 14 to allow edits and full commission review.
The Calistoga Planning Commission on Jan. 24 voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council adopt zoning-text changes that would make three reuse-site parcels on Lincoln Avenue eligible for ministerial review if a proposed housing project includes at least 20% units affordable to lower-income households.
Interim Planning and Building Director Sandra Meyer told the commission that state law and the city's certified 2023'2031 housing element require the change for the parcels identified in the housing-element site inventory. "When a new development application is submitted to the planning and building department, staff has 30 days according to the Permit Streamlining Act in which to decide whether the application and all required information have been submitted," Meyer said, describing timing and the threshold that must be met for ministerial processing.
The commission's vote approved language to amend Calistoga Municipal Code chapters 17.19 (R3 Multifamily/Residential Office) and 17.22…
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