Report to Mayor and City Council
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Special Orders of the Day
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 24-2405, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CEQA FINDINGS AND ADOPTION OF: (1) A COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CARSON ZONING ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 1 OF ARTICLE IX OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE) PERTAINING TO RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS AND USES, INCLUDING CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL PROVISIONS, CONSISTENT WITH THE 2040 CARSON GENERAL PLAN; AND (2) A COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT TO THE CARSON ZONING MAP PERTAINING TO RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE ZONING DISTRICTS, EFFECTUATING REZONING OF PROPERTIES, CONSISTENT WITH THE 2040 CARSON GENERAL PLAN. (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
At a Special Hearing held on January 31, 2024, the Planning Commission considered the Phase 1 of the Zoning Code ("Code") and the associated Zoning Map ("Map"). After taking public testimony, the Planning Commission unanimously adopted Resolution No. 24-2862 recommending adoption of Ordinance No. 24-2405 to the City Council. The Code update is taking place in two phases ("Phase 1 and Phase 2"), with Phase 1 focusing on residential and mixed-use regulations to address the community's housing needs, as outlined in the Housing Element and other General Plan elements.
More specifically, ZTA No. 195-23 will establish the permitted uses, development standards, and procedures applicable to development in the residential and residential/commercial mixed-use zoning districts of the new Carson Zoning Ordinance (specifically, the new Low Density Residential, Low-Medium Mix Residential, Medium Density Residential, High Density Residential, Corridor Mixed-Use, and Downtown Mixed-Use Zoning Districts and the Mobilehome Park Overlay District) and to residential development in the Flex District housing sites identified in the Housing Element sites inventory. While current Carson Zoning Ordi...
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