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Charter committee recommends informational guidance to Board: protect rural character and encourage developers to meet state housing requirements
Summary
After legal advisories that the charter cannot override state RHNA and rezoning law, the committee voted to forward an informational recommendation asking the Board to incorporate a concept into the general plan: protect rural/low‑density zones from inappropriate high‑density encroachment and enact policies that encourage developers to build the affordable housing required by state law.
The Charter Review Committee spent substantial time Dec. 8 on how to address regional housing needs assessment (RHNA) numbers and where multifamily housing can be located without unduly encroaching on rural communities.
Ben Mills opened the staff presentation on RHNA, zoning authority and state preemption, noting that land‑use, RHNA and zoning are considered areas of statewide concern and ‘‘continue and counties cannot override those state mandates through a charter.’’
Committee members repeatedly pushed for a way to protect rural communities from concentrated rezoning that residents said could overwhelm small towns. Public commenters from Penryn and other…
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