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Madera council adopts general‑plan amendment, introduces rezoning to meet housing‑element obligations
Summary
The City Council adopted a general‑plan amendment to implement the 2024–2032 housing element and introduced an ordinance to rezone about 123 acres to a high‑density R3 district (excluding APN 003250012 at the owner's request). Council voted unanimously after a staff presentation and no public comments.
The Madera City Council on May 20 adopted a general‑plan amendment intended to implement the city’s 2024–2032 housing element and introduced a companion ordinance to rezone multiple properties to a high‑density residential district.
Director Tacket, the city’s community development director, told the council the amendment and rezoning are part of Housing Element Program A1 and would reclassify roughly 82 parcels (about 123 acres) across three areas — Sherwood Way, a northern planning area adjacent to Country Club Boulevard, and a small southern parcel near State Route 99 and Gateway — to a high‑density residential (R3) designation to help the city meet its regional housing needs. Staff also recommended excluding APN 003250012, at the owner’s request, while retaining HCD’s target buffer and overall compliance.
Staff showed maps of existing land‑use and zoning and said the change makes zoning consistent with the new land‑use designations and facilitates mixed‑use, walkable corridors where appropriate. The presentation noted that the rezoning implements a schedule of actions in the adopted housing element and that the project is treated as exempt from CEQA under the state statutory provision allowing zoning actions that implement an approved housing element (referenced by staff to Government Code section 65583 and related California Public Resources Code guidance).
The council opened the public hearing, received no in‑chamber or online testimony and voted to adopt the general‑plan amendment with modified exhibits and to waive full reading of the rezoning ordinance, which was introduced by title only. The motion passed unanimously.
Next steps: staff substituted a modified Exhibit A to reflect the exclusion of APN 003250012 and will proceed with ordinance processing and implementation steps outlined in the housing element. Council members said they had no additional questions following the presentation.
Outcome: General‑plan amendment adopted; rezoning ordinance introduced by title; no members opposed.
