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Fairfield commission backs zoning and plan amendments to implement 2023–2031 housing element
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended city council adopt general plan and zoning amendments required to implement Fairfield’s 2023–2031 housing element, including rezoning seven sites and clarifying state 'by‑right' treatment for supportive housing (50‑unit threshold). The hearing drew extensive public comment about local impacts and a separate Vista Ridge project confusion.
The Fairfield Planning Commission on Dec. 10 voted unanimously to recommend that city council adopt a set of general plan amendments, zone changes and zoning‑ ordinance text updates intended to implement the city’s 2023–2031 housing element and comply with state housing law.
Associate principal Allison Moore (Dyad/Bhatia) told the commission the housing element requires the city to plan for "a little over 3,000 additional housing units" in the 2023–2031 cycle and to identify sites to meet lower‑income needs. Staff presented two principal changes highlighted for this hearing: rezoning seven sites identified in the adopted housing element to meet lower‑income site requirements, and amendments to clarify how state laws treat supportive and transitional housing, including the state’s by‑right rule for qualifying projects of 50 units or fewer in zones that allow…
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