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Public Hearing to Consider Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Alameda Municipal Code Chapter XXX to Implement Senate Bill 9 Regarding Two-Unit Housing Developments and Urban Lot Splits in Single-Family Residential Zones, as Recommended by the Planning Board; and
Adoption of Urgency Ordinance Amending Alameda Municipal Code Chapter XXX to Implement Senate Bill 9 Regarding Two-Unit Housing Developments and Urban Lot Splits in Single-Family Residential Zones. [Requires four affirmative votes] (Planning, Building and Transportation 20962700)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On December 13, 2021, the Planning Board recommended the City Council adopt an ordinance to amend Section 30-4.1 of the Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) to implement Senate Bill 9 - the California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency (HOME) Act. Senate Bill 9 (SB 9) went into effect on January 1, 2022, and requires local jurisdictions to grant ministerial, by-right approval of two-unit developments and lot splits in single-family (R-1) residential zones that meet certain criteria. The intent of SB 9 is to increase density in single-family neighborhoods, allowing additional units to be built on a lot that is currently zoned for a single-family residence.
Staff has prepared two ordinances for City Council consideration: a regular ordinance for first reading and an urgency ordinance. Substantively, the two ordinances are identical. Both ordinances include the Planning Board's recommended amendments to the R-1, One-Family Residence District (R-1 District) to implement SB 9. The difference between the ordinances is the timing by which they would become effective. The urgency ordinance would become effective immediately upon adoption, if adopted by a four-fifths vote of the City Council. The regular ordinance requires a second reading and would become effective 30 days after final passage, approximately six weeks after the effective date of an u...
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