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PLN25-0155 - Zoning Ordinance Amendment Regarding Universal Design Ordinance Updates - Citywide. A proposed amendment to the Alameda Municipal Code to revise sections relating to the Universal Design Ordinance in Alameda Municipal Code Sections 30-18 Universal Residential Design to update references regarding the Community Development/Planning Department/Director and Commission on Persons with Disabilities, to authorize the Building Official to make determinations regarding undue financial hardship waivers, to authorize the Planning Director to preapprove universal design feature checklists for units purchased prior to completion, and to provide certain types of construction an exemption to certain accessibility requirements. The proposal is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3), the common sense exemption where it can be seen with certainty that the proposed zoning text amendment has no possibility of having a significant effect on the environment because they relate to universal residential design standards, and a permit would be required for a project to apply these standards, at which time project specific impacts would be considered.
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Steven Buckley, Planning Services Manager and Secretary to the Board
Allen Tai, Director of Planning, Building and Transportation
SUMMARY
The Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) provides for universal residential design standards applied to all new residential development to provide housing that meets the City's diverse housing needs. This is necessary to serve the people of the City of Alameda with mobility issues or who may develop mobility issues with age, as well as enhancing the full life cycle use of housing, without regard to the functional limitations or disabilities of a home's occupants. These standards apply to all new residential construction, so the zoning code also provides exemptio...
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