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Planning Commission backs interim SB 79 exclusions, narrows scope and ties sunset to local alternative plan
Summary
The Oakland Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend council adopt interim zoning-map exclusions from Senate Bill 79 standards, but amended staff proposals to remove three higher-resource station areas from one exclusion and to sunset exclusions upon adoption of a city alternative plan or the housing-element deadline.
The Oakland Planning Commission on Feb. 4 recommended that the City Council adopt planning code and map amendments that would temporarily exclude many parcels from the new Senate Bill 79 transit-oriented development (TOD) heights and density standards — but the commission narrowed the proposed exclusions and added a clear sunset tied to a local alternative plan.
Laura Kaminski, the city's strategic planning manager, told commissioners the state law (SB 79) takes effect July 1 and would allow higher heights and densities near transit; the staff proposal would create an S-8 combining zone to map which parcels are eligible, ineligible, or excluded and to give staff time to craft a locally tailored alternative plan as part of the general plan update. "My name is Laura Kaminski, strategic planning manager for the City of Oakland, and I'm going to be presenting on ... Senate Bill 79," she said during the presentation.
Why it matters: SB 79 grants cities options to adopt targeted exclusions or an…
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