PREPARED BY: GRIFFEN DEMPSEY DATE OF MEETING: 10/27/2026
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PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 17.34 OF TITLE 17 “ZONING” OF THE SAN PABLO MUNICIPAL CODE IN ORDER TO: COMPLY WITH STATE LAW, MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY ACROSS CODE SECTIONS, REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICE, IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICE, AND MAKE OTHER MINOR, ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND CLERICAL CHANGES
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For Informational Purposes Only
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BACKGROUND
Staff is working on a series of code “clean-up” text amendments to comply with state law, reflect current practice, implement best practice, and facilitate efficient, consistent, and clear interpretation and application of the Zoning Ordinance. Each batch will first be presented as a study session to the Planning Commission. This is an opportunity for the Commissioners to review and discuss the proposed draft changes with no action item. With feedback and direction by the Planning Commission from the study session, staff will then bring the final proposed text amendments back to a future Planning Commission meeting as a public hearing to consider a recommendation for City Council to adopt the amendments. The set of text amendments to be discussed is the third such batch to be brought forward under this process. The first and second batches included amendments intended to streamline administrative and discretionary reviews and processes, aligning zoning and development standards with state law and best practice, and making minor administrative, technical, and clerical changes to improve and streamline the planning process. The goal for “cleaning-up” and amending the Zoning Ordinance is to ensure that the City is proactively making necessary changes to reflect its Prohousing goals, implement goals and policies within the adopted General Plan and Housing Element, create consistency wi...
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