TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheryl Bratton, County Counsel
REPORT BY: Silva Darbinian, Deputy County Counsel IV
SUBJECT: Sixth Cycle Housing Element Update Rezonings and Modifications to Title 18 of the Napa County Code
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt an Ordinance Implementing Sixth Cycle Housing Element Update Rezonings and Modifications to Title 18 of the Napa County Code. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
The Napa County Board of Supervisors adopted a comprehensive update to the County's Housing Element for the State's Sixth Cycle Planning Period on January 24, 2023. The Housing Element was subject to formal State review by California State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). HCD conducted its review and concluded that additional revisions that would be needed for HCD to certify the Housing Element. Further revisions to the Housing Element were made and adopted by the Board of Supervisors on December 19, 2023. HCD reviewed the revised Housing Element and, on February 22, 2024, determined that, while the revised Housing Element met statutory requirements of State Housing Laws, the County would not receive an official compliance finding until necessary rezonings were completed. Under State Housing Law, if a jurisdiction does not adopt a housing element update by the January 31, 2023, statutory deadline, or if HCD does not find the jurisdiction's Housing Element to be in substantial compliance within 120 days of adoption, that jurisdiction must complete necessary rezonings within one year of the Housing Element due date. Since the County's Housing Element was not found to be in compliance until February 22, 2024, the Housing Element cannot be found to be in compliance until the County adopts an ordinance implementing the rezonings and related zoning amendments that were identified in the County's Housing Element.
The proposed Ordinance is intended to implement the rezonings identified in the Housing Element and programs H-2g and H-4d. ...
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