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Planning Commission recommends multifamily zoning changes to meet HCD concerns and adds unit‑mix requirement
Summary
To address Housing and Community Development feedback, commissioners voted April 13 to forward zoning and land‑use amendments that reduce minimum site size and modify setbacks; the commission added a requirement that multifamily projects provide at least three unit sizes (one ≤750 sq ft) and cap any single size at one‑third of the total.
The Los Altos Hills Planning Commission on April 13 voted to recommend city council adopt ordinance amendments to multifamily development standards intended to address a recent review letter from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Staff proposed several changes to remove what HCD described as potential regulatory constraints, and the commission approved those amendments with a targeted modification to preserve a local policy emphasis on unit mix and smaller units.
What staff proposed: Community Development Director Jay Bradford told the commission HCD had signaled three topics as potential constraints: an average unit‑size cap in the draft…
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