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Westminster advances mixed‑use intensification and zoning overhaul; EIR and zoning‑phase timelines set
Summary
Council staff reported last‑week approval of mixed‑use intensification, completion of Zoning Phase 1, and launch of Zoning Phase 2 — a comprehensive code update with ADU and SB 9 adjustments and streamlining — with final adoption steps expected through 2026 and new standards effective January 2027.
City planning and community development staff told the council the city’s recent decision to intensify several mixed‑use districts has cleared the major policy hurdle and that the next step will be environmental review and a comprehensive zoning update.
Adolfo (community development staff) said the intensification decision was the culmination of economic analysis and council direction stretching back to the 2016 general plan update. That policy decision, he said, led to a sizeable planning effort that will require an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and follow the…
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