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Council holds first reading of zoning text and map changes to implement Fortuna's sixth-cycle housing element
Summary
The council held first readings of two ordinances to amend zoning text and adopt a qualified combining zone to implement the sixth-cycle housing element and the Mill District specific plan; staff emphasized state housing-law compliance and outlined where multifamily development with 20% affordable units would be permitted by right.
The Fortuna City Council on Dec. 1 held first readings for two related ordinances to implement the city's sixth-cycle housing element and to update zoning maps for the Mill District specific plan.
Michelle Nielsen, contract city planner with Plan West, presented the staff report and slides. She said the package includes two sets of changes: (1) zoning text amendments to align Title 17 with the general plan and state housing law, including adding definitions and explicitly allowing supportive housing, transitional housing and community care facilities for six or fewer individuals consistent with state law; and (2) zoning map amendments to adopt or replace…
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