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Council streamlines by‑right housing on designated opportunity sites, narrows design‑review for MUR projects
Summary
The council amended zoning to allow by‑right approval of qualifying housing projects on prior opportunity sites (20% affordable requirement) and adopted a streamlined, nonbinding design‑review step for certain commercial opportunity‑site projects while exempting mixed‑use‑residential middle‑housing projects from design review.
The Berkeley City Council adopted changes to the zoning code implementing Housing Element Program 32: qualifying residential developments on listed opportunity sites that include at least 20% affordable units may receive by‑right approvals, and design‑review rules were revised to shorten review and prevent appeals that would undermine ministerial approvals.
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