Albany
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Housing Element is In Compliance
Housing Element is Out of Compliance
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Housing Targets
2022
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2030
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SB 423
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Albany Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting | City Calendar | City of Albany, CA
Thinking about facilitating University Village expansion to meet low income targets. Unclear if dorms could count as low income units.
Downzoning on Albany Hill back in 90s called Measure K. City considered reversing that but worried about CEQA process costs. CEQA analysis to prepare a ballot measure that would undo a rezoning. This didn't make sense.
San Pablo Specific Plan will be complete this year. Potential to make up large part of sites. By-right approvals. Objective design standards.
One commissioner talked about bringing back a redevelopment agency to purchase and consolidate R-3 lots.
Solano has potential for upzoning adding two stories. Planning Commissioner MacLeod.
Question about ADU counting. Staff had good comment on analysis needed to support ADU counting.
Planning Commissioner (Chair) Watty: should we raise our density/heights to match Berkeley and El Cerrito. Should we go to fourplexes? Skepticism of upzoning Solano broadly. Contextual Solano upzoning maybe.
Planning Commissioner Momin: worried about low income number requirements. Really prefers IZ. Fourplexes is too much but maybe R-2 zones with density bonus.