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Norwalk council introduces zoning changes to implement SB 9 and SB 450
Summary
City planning staff presented and the council introduced an ordinance to amend Norwalks municipal code to implement state laws SB 9 and SB 450, adjusting rules for urban lot splits, urban dwellings, definitions, and certain housing-element-related provisions; council voted unanimously to introduce the ordinance by title.
The Norwalk City Council on March 17 introduced zoning code amendments designed to implement state laws SB 9 and SB 450 that change how single-family lots may be split and developed.
Planning staffer Nancy Lee told the council the ordinance (No. 26-1768) adds chapters to Title 16 (subdivisions) and Title 17 (zoning) to codify "urban lot splits" and "urban dwellings," revise development and design standards, and add clarifying definitions required by state law. "SB 9 allows single-family residential zones to be subdivided into two…
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