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Planning commission recommends zoning code updates to implement SB 9 and other state housing laws
Summary
The commission voted 9–0 to recommend a broad zoning code amendment to align Title 19 and Title 20 with recent state housing legislation (SB 9, AB 1061, SB 1211 among others), update objective SB 9 design standards, and add ministerial processes for certain housing maps and ADU allowances.
The Planning Commission recommended that City Council adopt extensive updates to San Jose’s zoning code to conform Title 19 and Title 20 to multiple recent state housing laws and to refine objective design standards for ministerial housing approvals.
Project manager Rena Horia and colleagues outlined changes intended to facilitate objective, ministerial SB 9 lot splits and two-unit developments, including clarifications on access corridors…
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