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Planning Commission recommends ordinance amendments to expand child care access and implement residential-by-right sites

Emeryville Planning Commission · February 27, 2026
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Summary

On Feb. 26 the Emeryville Planning Commission voted 4–0 to recommend City Council adopt ordinance amendments implementing housing element programs B, HH, and KK, changes staff said will streamline approvals, expand where child-care uses are permitted, and designate certain sites for residential use by right.

The Emeryville Planning Commission on Feb. 26 voted to recommend that City Council adopt ordinance amendments implementing housing element programs B, HH and KK, a package staff said will streamline planning processes, expand child-care permissions in certain zones, and identify specified sites for residential use by right to comply with recent state requirements.

Planning staff described Program B as a streamlining change to remove an earlier listening-session step for some approvals; Program HH would change how…

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