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Planning Board Recommendation that the City Council Accept the City of Alameda 2018 General Plan and Housing Element Annual Report and Adopt Recommended General Plan Text Amendments to resolve conflicting language between the residential density standards in the 1991 Land Use Element with the residential density standards adopted in the 2012 Housing Element to bring the General Plan into conformance with state housing law. The amendment also includes clarifications regarding business park development standards. The review of the annual report and Land Use Elements are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas
Acting Planning, Building & Transportation Director
Date: February 11, 2019
BACKGROUND
Every city and county in the State of California is required to adopt and maintain an up-to-date General Plan, which establishes the local development and conservation policies necessary to guide physical development and protect the general health, safety and welfare of the community. The General Plan should be an "integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency." (Government Code section 65300.5.)
In addition Government Code ? 65400 et seq. requires that the City of Alameda annually review the adequacy of the General Plan and progress made toward meeting the City's regional housing need allocation (the "RHNA").
The attached annual report on the status of the General Plan provides an assessment of the City's General Plan and progress made toward meeting the city's regional housing need in 2018. The attached report includes recommended priority amendments to the General Plan and Zoning Code to achieve local Alameda and State of California planning objectives and requirements. The Annual Report is attached as Exhibit 1.
The City of Alameda General Plan is available at: https://alamedaca.gov/community-development/pla...
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