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Mariposa County begins formal processing of development code update to speed housing and clarify rules
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Dec. 9 to direct staff to begin formal processing of a revised development code drafted by the Planning Commission, including legal and environmental review. The update emphasizes by-right housing options, new workforce-housing definitions and streamlined permitting; lighting, noise and sign standards will be addressed in follow-up work.
The Mariposa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Dec. 9 to begin formal processing of a major update to the county’s development code, directing staff to complete final formatting, legal review and environmental review before the code returns for adoption hearings.
The action follows more than a year of public meetings and a Planning Commission recommendation that the county expand by-right uses, create specific workforce-housing categories (including on-site and remote workforce housing, single-room occupancy and limited seasonal RV dwelling allowances), and reduce the number of projects requiring discretionary conditional-use review. Planning commissioners said the changes are designed to make housing and modest…
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