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FROM: Arnold Jonas Community Development Director; By: Jeff Hoo sociate Planner
SUBJECT: Consideration of final adoption of ordinance amending the Residential Growth
Management Regulations to exempt very-low and low income housing.
CAO RECOMMENDATION: Grant final passage to Ordinance No. 1294 (1996 Series), as
introduced on February 20, 1996, amending the Residential Growth Management Regulations to
exempt the construction of housing affordable to very-low and low income persons.
DISCUSSION
The City Council introduced Ordinance 1294 on February 20, 1996. The ordinance amends the
Residential Growth Management Regulations to expand affordable housing opportunities and to help
the City meet its "fair share" regional housing needs. The proposed ordinance amendment
implements Program 1.27.7 in the updated Housing Element to exempt housing affordable to very-
low and low income persons from growth limits.
This amendment of the Residential Growth Management Regulations will go into effect 30 days
after final passage of the ordinance.
Attached:
Ordinance 1294, as introduced.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1294 (1996 SERIES) _
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AMENDING CHAPTER
17.88 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXEMPT CERTAIN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECTS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS.
WHEREAS, the City's General Plan policies encourage the production of housing
which meets the needs of very-low, low, and moderate income households; and
WHEREAS, Municipal Code Chapter 17.88 establishes standards regarding the rate of
population growth as a result of new residential construction, and exempts from those
standards certain types of residential projects which are consistent with the City's growth
management objectives and which meet an overriding community need; and
WHEREAS, The Housing Element, adopted September 20, 1994, includes programs
which encourage the production of housing affordable to very-low and low income persons and
seeks to remove obstacles to the production of affordable housing, in furtherance of local and
state housing goals; and
WHEREAS, Housing Element Program 1.26.7 states that the City will amend its
Residential Growth Management regulations to exempt the production of housing which meets
the City's affordability criteria for very-low and low income households; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Community Development has determined that proposed
ordinance amendment is not a "project" as defined in Section 15378 of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) since it involves general policy and procedure making and
is, therefore, exempt from the provisions of CEQA;
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Ordinance No. 1294 (1996 Series)
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THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as
follows:
SECTION 1. Environmental Determination. The City Council has determined that
adoption of this ordinance amendment is not a "project" as defined by CEQA and is, therefore,
exempt from the provisions of CEQA.
SECTION 2. Findings. The City Council, on recommendation of the Planning Commission
and after considering staff reports and public testimony, finds that:
1. The proposed ordinance amendment is consistent with the General Plan.
2. The proposed ordinance amendment will promote affordable housing opportunities for
very-low and low-income persons.
SECTION 3. Residential Growth Management Regulations amended. The City Council
does hereby amend Ch. 17.88.070 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code as follows:
17.88.070 Exempt Projects (add the following subsection:)
W. Dwellings which are affordable to very-low and low-income persons,pursuant
to Ch. 17 90 of the Municipal Code (City Affordable Housing Incentives). "
SECTION 4. Notice and Publication. A summary of this ordinance, together with the
names of councilmembers voting for and against, shall be published once in full, at least three
(3) days prior to its final passage, in the Telegram-Tribune, a newspaper published and
circulated in this city. This ordinance shall go into effect at the expiration of thirty (30) days
after its final passage.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED TO PRINT by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo at
its meeting held on the 20th day of February 1996, on motion of
C.M. smith , seconded by C.M. Roalman and on the following roll call vote:
Pagenince 1294 (1996 :. .les)
AYES: Council Members Roalman, Romero, Smith, Williams, and Mayor Set-tle
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor Allen Settle
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
by Asst. City Clerk Kim Condon
APPROVED:
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