At the May 12, 2025 meeting, the City Council unanimously approved a comprehensive update to the City’s Subdivision Ordinance, modernizing regulations that had been largely unchanged since 1965.
The continued focus on shoring up the details to make the creation of housing in the city easier, faster and more efficient has been part of the every recent council agenda for the past several weeks.
The updated ordinance aligns with recent changes in State subdivision law and supports the City’s Housing and Land Use Element goals by streamlining the subdivision process, facilitating residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments, enabling small lot subdivisions, and creating opportunities for affordable housing production.
It also approved Zoning Code corrections and clarifications. Changes include text and/or diagrams related to rooftop decks, equipment setbacks/projections, standards for site walls/fences, height measurement of rooftop projections, parking stall measurements and placement, electric vehicle charging equipment, bicycle parking, accessory residential structures (not including accessory dwelling units), temporary storage containers, community meetings, various definitions, and details relating to land uses such as health and fitness and pet grooming.
Changes for consistency with State law include secondhand/thrift stores and public notification requirements for certain public hearings. The revisions will serve to improve the effective implementation and enforcement of the Zoning Code, while maintaining the public interest, health, safety, convenience and welfare, and consistency with the City’s overarching goals and objectives.
A summary of the Zoning Code revisions can be view on the City’s website.
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