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Council introduces zoning and development-code updates, excludes ADU provision for later review
Summary
The Lodi City Council on Oct. 15 introduced a package of zoning and development-code amendments—including new tobacco and alcohol use-permit rules, corrections to residential density and missing-middle provisions—and voted to remove an accessory dwelling unit section for later revision. First reading passed.
The Lodi City Council on Oct. 15 voted to introduce a broad package of zoning and development-code amendments and to waive the first reading, while excluding one accessory dwelling unit (ADU) provision for separate review.
Deputy Community Development Director Cynthia March told the council the ordinance package updates the development code to align with the general plan and state law, adopts the California Historic Building Code as a first step toward local historic-preservation rules, creates a new chapter regulating retail tobacco operations and locations, and adds clarified alcohol sale categories and objective use-permit requirements.
March said the tobacco section would…
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