To: Planning Commission
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Public Hearing
SUBJECT:
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Draft Employee Housing Ordinance - Updating Zoning Ordinance to Match State Code that Regulates and Allows Employee Housing Developments
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 000-000-000
Record No.: LRP-2023-18353
Countywide
An amendment to the Inland and Coastal Zoning Regulations to add Sections 313-47.3 and 314-47.3 to implement Employee Housing regulations in a manner consistent with the current State requirements as established within California Health and Safety Code Sections 17008, 17021, 17021.5, 17021.6, and 17021.8. Additional changes are made to amend the Regulations for Zoning Districts in Sections 313-7, 314-5, and 314-7, the Glossary of Use Types in Sections 313-170, 313-177, 314-170, and 314-177, and the Definitions in Sections 314-136 and 314-147 in order to maintain consistency both externally with California Health and Safety Code and internally with the proposed Employee Housing Regulations.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt the resolution, which does the following:
a) Finds that the proposed adoption of the Inland and Coastal Employee Housing ordinances is exempt from environmental review; and
b) Finds that the proposed project complies with the General Plan, Local Coastal Program, and Zoning Ordinance; and
c) Recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt the Inland and Coastal Employee Housing ordinances.
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DISCUSSION:
Employee Housing is any living accommodations provided to five or more employees by an employer, whether or not rent is involved, but may also refer to living accommodations provided to five or more agricultural employees by someone other than an employer. This definition also applies to any instance of labor camp that appears in California Government Code or Humboldt County Code. Living accommodations serving four or fewer employees is referenced in the Coast...
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