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Council advances broad housing-element code updates, approves notice changes and rezones Snider Lane site
Summary
Council introduced a package of municipal-code changes to implement the 2023 housing element (including by-right approvals for qualifying affordable projects, ADU/density bonus updates, and transit-oriented community alignment), directed staff to strengthen public notice language, and narrowly approved rezoning nine Snider Lane parcels to high-density residential (3–2 vote).
Rohnert Park councilors on Jan. 13 introduced a large code-update package to implement the 2023 housing element and state housing laws, and they advanced one site rezoning included in the city—s adequate-sites inventory.
Planning staff said the amendments (Ordinance 991) update definitions, formalize by-right administrative approvals for qualifying affordable housing projects on identified sites, align accessory-dwelling-unit and density-bonus rules with state law, and add transit‑oriented communities (TOC) provisions to improve grant…
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