NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Lakeport will hold a public hearing to consider amendments to the Municipal Code and will hold a public hearing to consider an amendment to the General Plan Housing Element.  

The public hearing to consider amendments to the Municipal Code (Title 17; Land Use, Zoning & Signs) will address revisions to Section 17.09.030 to permit mixed use-residential in the C-1 zoning district, Chapter 17.28 to address standards for mixed-use development, emergency shelters, and residential development in commercial and office zoning districts, Chapter 17.06 to address on-site offices serving a multi-family use, Chapter 17.39 to provide incentives for housing projects serving extremely low income and/or special needs households, Section 17.37.040 to allow employee housing serving six or fewer persons in the residential zoning districts; and Sections 17.04.050, 17.05.050, 17.06.040, 17.06.050, 17.07.050, 17.09.050, 17.10.050, 17.11.030, 17.11.050, and Chapter 17.24 to address residential care facilities and residential care homes (small and large).

Chapter 17.40 would be added to the Zoning Ordinance to establish procedures for reasonable accommodation requests for persons with disabilities.  Municipal Code Chapter 15.20 (Condominium Conversions) would be revised to ensure adequate relocation requirements.  

The City Council will hold a public hearing to consider an amendment to the General Plan to update the Housing Element, consistent with the requirements of State law.  

The Housing Element includes a housing needs analysis, including housing for special needs populations (elderly, disabled, developmentally disabled, farmworkers, single heads of family households, persons and households at risk of homelessness) and lower income households, including  extremely low income households, identification of housing sites to accommodate each income category of the City’s fair-share of the regional housing need allocation, identification of constraints to housing, and revisions to the Housing Plan to reflect current housing needs and priorities and to remove housing programs that are no longer applicable.

The two hearings will be held Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at 6:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, located at 225 Park Street, Lakeport, California, at which time and place all interested persons may appear and be heard.  

The proposed Municipal Code amendments and Housing Element Update are available for review at the City of Lakeport Community Development Department located at City Hall, 225 Park Street.  

If you have questions or comments, please contact the Community Development Department at 707-263-5613 ext. 28 or via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Dated this 4th day of August, 2014.

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ANDREW BRITTON
Planning Services Manager