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Westminster council advances citywide general plan and mixed‑use zoning changes, protects mobile home parks
Summary
City staff presented a citywide zoning and general plan update that increases mixed‑use densities, adds public‑art and other code changes, and rezones eight mobile home parks for residential preservation; council directed staff to apply a planning commission civic‑center rezoning recommendation only to city‑owned parcels and moved the ordinance to first reading with corrected exhibits.
The Westminster City Council on March 25 moved forward with a city‑initiated package of general plan and zoning changes intended to encourage redevelopment along commercial corridors while preserving existing mobile home communities.
Contract planner Stephanie Tomaino told the council the City of Westminster is proposing a coordinated update to the general plan land use element, the zoning code (Title 17), and the zoning map. Key elements include consolidating the mixed‑use districts, raising allowable residential maximums (up to 90 units per acre for larger consolidated sites), adding a minimum density to discourage underutilization, and adding a new public‑art requirement for qualifying mixed‑use projects.
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