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Eureka council introduces wide-ranging 2026 inland zoning code update, adds tiny‑home ADU parity
Summary
City staff introduced a comprehensive 2026 inland zoning code update that would replace discretionary design hearings with objective administrative review, tighten building and massing standards, and change vacation‑rental rules. Council introduced the ordinance after adding a friendly amendment to treat tiny houses on wheels like other detached ADUs; the motion passed 5–0 to introduce the bill for adoption at a future meeting.
City staff on Tuesday presented a sweeping update to Eureka’s inland zoning code designed to speed up predictable infill development while strengthening objective design standards. Director Kenyon told the council the 2026 amendments would make discretionary public‑hearing design review an administrative process tied to clearer, objective standards and add new rules for large sites, massing, lighting and parking.
Kenyon said the package would require stronger facade articulation, transparency standards for ground floors, and new massing limits (a 300‑foot maximum building facade and a major massing break every 150 feet) intended to mirror the city’s historic block pattern. She summarized the change this way: “We are proposing to change the design…
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