TO: Chair and Members of the Planning Commission
THRU: Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director
FROM: Robert Garcia, Senior Planner
1. SUBJECT
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Public Hearing to consider an ordinance to establish Objective Design Standards for certain qualifying housing projects and finding of CEQA exemption.
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2. SUMMARY
An ordinance adopting Objective Design Standards by reference in Title 17 for qualified housing projects.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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1. Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 29-24. A Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Orange recommending that the City Council of the City of Orange adopt Objective Design Standards for qualified housing projects.
2. Find the ordinance categorically exempt from CEQA based on a Class 15378 exemption.
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4. AUTHORIZING GUIDELINES
Orange Municipal Code Section 17.08.020 authorizes the Planning Commission to review and make advisory recommendations to the City Council on Zoning Ordinance Amendments.
5. PROJECT BACKGROUND
As State Housing Law continues to evolve, multi-family housing projects with qualifying housing components are increasingly required to be ministerially approved. Specific state laws include, but are not limited to:
1. Senate Bill (SB) 35, that requires the availability of a streamlined ministerial approval process for developments in localities that have not yet made sufficient progress towards their allocation of the Regional Housing Need Assessment (RHNA) fair share.
2. Assembly Bill (AB) 2162 that requires that supportive housing be a use that is permitted by right in zones where multifamily and mixed-use development is permitted.
3. SB 4 that allows faith-based institutions and non-profit colleges to build affordable, multi-family homes by streamlining the permitting process and overriding local zoning restrictions.
4. AB 2011 that allows for ministerial, by-right approval for affordable housing on commercially zoned lands, and ...
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