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Final Passage of Ordinance Amending Alameda Municipal Code Chapter 30 (Development Regulations) to Modify Accessory Dwelling Unit Regulations to Comply with State Law and Make Other Administrative, Technical, and Clarifying Amendments Pertaining to Appeals and Youth Centers Definition, as Recommended by the Planning Board. (Planning, Building and Transportation 481005)
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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. _________
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AMENDING CHAPTER 30 OF THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE (DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS) TO MODIFY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT AND COMPLY WITH STATE LAW AND MAKE OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO APPEALS AND YOUTH CENTERS DEFINITION
WHEREAS, the Legislature has declared accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to be a valuable form of lower cost housing in California. ADUs help address California's affordable housing crisis by increasing rental housing supply in existing residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, on January 1, 2020, several chaptered bills pertaining to ADUs that restrict local jurisdictions' ability to regulate ADUs became operative, including Senate Bill 13, Assembly Bill 68, Assembly Bill 881, and Assembly Bill 587. Collectively, these bills update development standards and permit requirements for ADUs and specify requirements for local ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda seeks to update its ADU regulations to bring the City's ordinance into conformance with state law, and to make other administrative, technical, and clarifying amendments to the Chapter XXX of the Alameda Municipal Code (AMC), Zoning Regulations, including: 1) updating the appeals provisions to clarify that only final...
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