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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20200123_PC_Staff ReportCommunity Development Department CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 100 Civic Center Drive Newport Beach, California 92660 949 644-3200 newportbeachca.gov/communitydevelopment Memorandum To: Planning Commission From: Jaime Murillo, Principal Planner Date: January 9, 2020 Re: Agenda Item No. 4 - Residential Design Standards Code and LCP Amendments (Title 20 & 21) (PA2019-070) This item has been removed from the calendar to allow additional legal review of the proposed amendments to ensure compliance with recent changes in State law. On October 10, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 330 – also known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 – aimed to stimulate homebuilding amid the housing shortage in California. The new law imposes several new restrictions on local agencies, including a restriction on the adoption of zoning amendments that would result in the reduction of allowed density or intensity of land uses than what was allowed under the land use designation and zoning ordinances in effect on January 1, 2018. The law defines “less intensive use” to include, but is not limited to, reductions to height, density, or floor area ratio, new or increased open space or lot size requirements, new or increased setback requirements, minimum frontage requirements, or maximum lot coverage limitations, or anything that would lessen the intensity of housing. Agenda Item No. 5 is a Study Session item that will provide the Planning Commission with a greater explanation of Senate Bill 330.