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Arcata planning commission reviews draft inclusionary zoning and density-bonus ordinances
Summary
At a July 9 meeting the Arcata Planning Commission reviewed staff drafts to reinstate citywide inclusionary zoning and update the density-bonus code, debating a 15-unit trigger, monitoring, variance language and whether state density-bonus law should explicitly supersede local rules.
At its July 9, 2024 meeting the Arcata Planning Commission heard a staff presentation on two draft ordinances that would reinstate citywide inclusionary zoning and update the city’s density-bonus rules. Community Development Director David Loya summarized the drafts and said the proposed inclusionary code would be added to chapter 9.32 of the land-use code and that the existing density-bonus chapter (9.31) needed to be brought into alignment with state law.
Loya said the council had directed staff to provide a framework that in some cases uses alternatives: "You can either pick 3% or you can pick 6%, but then you also have to do 10% moderate income," and that many underlined passages in the draft were placed there explicitly as questions for the commission to consider. He noted the city had an inclusionary zoning ordinance in the past (adopted in 2008 and removed in 2014) and said, "We removed it in 2014. We're now bringing it back in 2024."
Commissioners focused on several technical and policy dilemmas that will shape how the rule…
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