REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 04/17/2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning & Development Department
SUBJECT:
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GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 2023-0005 TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT AND HOUSING ELEMENT TO UPDATE THE CITY'S HOUSING SITES INVENTORY FOR PLANNING PERIOD 2021-2029 (APPLICANT: CITY OF CORONA)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to approve General Plan Amendment 2023-0005 (GPA2023-0005) to complete the City's rezoning program associated with the Housing Element. GPA2023-0005 will amend the description of the General Commercial designation in the land use table to include residential associated with the City's Affordable Housing Overlay Zone, change the land use of 1.33 acres located on East Grand Boulevard and Victoria Avenue from General Commercial to High Density Residential, and amend the housing sites inventory in the Housing Element to include updated housing sites to meet the City's Regional Housing Needs Assessment allocation.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Approve GPA2023-0005 as recommended by the Planning and Housing Commission, based on the analysis and findings contained in the staff report; and the Addendum to the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Corona Housing Element Rezoning Program certified on March 1, 2023.
b. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-011 adopting an addendum to the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the City of Corona General Plan Housing Element Rezoning Program Update Project and approving an amendment to the Land Use Element and Housing Element of the City's General Plan to change the land use designation on various properties to allow certain residential land uses consistent with the Housing Element Sites Inventory and implement corresponding changes to associated text within the General Plan as part of Cycle 2 of General Plan Amendments for calendar year 2024 (GPA2023-0005).
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