REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 03/01/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning & Development Department
SUBJECT:
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General Plan Amendment 2022-0002 to amend the land use on various properties to allow certain residential land uses consistent with the General Plan Housing Element sites inventory and commensurate text changes to certain land use designations in the General Plan.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to consider the approval of General Plan Amendment 2022-0002 (GPA2022-0002) to support the Housing Element Rezoning Program. The Housing Element Rezoning Program is a planning requirement that sets the path for the development of housing units in accordance with the City's mandated regional housing need in the General Plan Housing Element. It does not guarantee that housing will be developed on all the properties identified on the housing sites inventory in the Housing Element. Future development on these properties and in most cases the redevelopment of these properties will be determined by market conditions. At the same time however, the City needs to maintain land that can support the development of residential units based on the regional housing need during the eight-year period of the current Housing Element, which is the reason for GPA2022-0002.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Certify the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report prepared for the City of Corona General Plan Housing Element Rezoning Program update project, adopt environmental findings and pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
b. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-010 tentatively approving an amendment to the City's General Plan to change the land use designation on various properties to allow certain residential land uses consistent with the Housing ...
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