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City staff details proposed zoning amendments to meet state housing-density requirements
Summary
City planning staff outlined proposed zoning and general-plan changes to meet state housing directives, including raising high-density target from 22 to 33 units per acre, increasing residential floor-area allowances, permitting single-room-occupancy in more zones, and modestly raising height limits.
Planning staff presented proposed amendments to the city’s general plan and zoning code during a public hearing, saying the changes respond to state requirements intended to increase housing capacity. "The state wants us to increase density ... from 22 new units per acre to 33 units per acre," Speaker 2 said, and described related changes to residential floor-area allowances and building height.
Staff summarized several concrete adjustments the state reviewer requested or the city is proposing: raising the high-density general-plan designation to about 33 units per acre, increasing residential floor-area ratios and the share of residential floor area in mixed-use zones (described in the record as increasing from roughly 25%…
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