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ATTY/ORD.0006/CC ORD ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE <br />REV: 07-08-26 MI <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />ORDINANCE NO._______ <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD <br />CITY AMENDING THE ZONING CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE 2023-2031 <br />HOUSING ELEMENT, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW STREAMLINING, AND <br />ZONING CODE MAINTENANCE, AND RESCIND RESOLUTION NO. <br />6882 AND RESOLUTION NO. 7805 REGARDING CEQA GUIDELINES <br /> <br />WHEREAS, State Housing Element Law (Government Code Sections 65580 et <br />seq.) required that the City Council adopt a Housing Element for the eight-year period <br />2023-2031 to accommodate the City of Redwood City’s (City) regional housing need <br />allocation (RHNA) of 4,588 housing units, comprised of 1,115 very-low income units, 643 <br />low-income units, 789 moderate-income units, and 2,041 above moderate-income units; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, to comply with State Housing Element Law, the City identified sites <br />that can accommodate housing units meeting the City’s RHNA and the City Council <br />adopted Housing Element 2023-2031 (the Housing Element) on February 13, 2023, in <br />compliance with State Housing Element Law, and the California Department of Housing <br />& Community Development certified the Housing Element on March 27, 2023; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in order to allow for flexibility in future housing development, to create <br />additional opportunities to help address the State and regional housing crisis, and to <br />increase opportunities for affordable housing to be constructed benefitting lower-income <br />households in Redwood City, the Housing Element sets a target of just over 150 percent <br />of the required RHNA, or approximately 7,023 housing units, comprised of 1,478 very- <br />low income units, 1,334 low-income units, 1,427 moderate-income units, and 2,783 above <br />moderate-income units; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Housing Element includes Programs obligating the City to <br />streamline development review and reduce barriers to new housing production in order <br />to facilitate an increase in housing production, especially affordable housing production; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Focused General Plan Update EIR (State Clearinghouse No. <br />2022100449) evaluated an update to the General Plan in 2023, including changes to the <br />Housing, Built Environment, Public Safety, Building Community, Natural Resources, <br />Environmental Justice Elements; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on February 13, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16124 <br />certifying the Focused General Plan Update EIR and adopting Findings of Fact, a <br />Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting <br />Program concurrently with the updated Housing Element and other General Plan <br />updates; and <br /> <br />8.B. - Page 18 of 212 <br />333