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Planning Commission recommends Lafayette adopt revised housing element, EIR addendum and rezoning to support higher densities
Summary
The Lafayette Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that City Council adopt a revised housing element, an addendum to the certified 2023 EIR, general plan land-use amendments, and zoning text and map changes that create new 60-dwelling-unit-per-acre districts and implement minimum-density rules for identified opportunity sites.
Sonia Zulu, assistant planning director, told the Planning Commission the item before it is an action — not a continued item — and framed five components: readoption of the revised housing element, adoption of an addendum to the 2023 certified environmental impact report, amendments to the general plan land-use element, zoning text amendments, and parcel rezoning to implement the city’s housing element obligations to HCD.
The consultant team from Lisa Wise Consulting presented details of the code changes, saying the package would introduce three new land-use designations and four new zoning districts that…
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