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Burlingame staff brief council on sweeping state housing laws; council signals push for Bayfront plan and design standards
Summary
City staff summarized recent state housing laws that expand ministerial approval, density bonuses and allow residential projects in commercial zones; council and commission directed staff to prepare objective design standards, explore a Bayfront specific plan, and bring back a letter opposing a pending bill.
City planning staff and the community development director updated the council and planning commission on state housing laws that affect local permitting and zoning. Staff emphasized the complexity and project-dependent nature of the laws and highlighted major elements: expanded density-bonus provisions that increase allowable density for projects providing affordable units; recent layering rules that can add further bonuses; and laws (AB2011, SB6 and amendments)…
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