Special Notice / Hearing: 10-Day Notice_
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Steve Monowitz, Director of Planning and Building
Subject: Consideration of a resolution amending San Mateo County Local Coastal Program Policy 1.23 to modify the method of calculating the average annual residential growth rate in specified circumstances and directing staff to submit the proposed amendment for Coastal Commission review and certification.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Public hearing to consider adoption of a resolution amending the Local Coastal Program:
A) Open public hearing
B) Close public hearing
C) Adopt a resolution amending San Mateo County Local Coastal Program Policy 1.23 to modify the method of calculating the average annual residential growth rate in specified circumstances and directing staff to submit the proposed amendment for Coastal Commission review and certification.
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BACKGROUND:
San Mateo County's Local Coastal Program (LCP), which regulates land use and development in the County's Coastal Zone, establishes an annual limit on the issuance of residential building permits in Policy 1.23. Originally, the LCP limited residential growth to 125 units per year. In 2006, the County proposed reducing this limit to 75 units per year (approximately a 2 percent growth rate) to lessen the burden on public services while still allowing for gradual infill housing.
However, the California Coastal Commission (CCC) subsequently determined that a 75-unit per year growth rate was too high because it would not slow growth enough to address infrastructure constraints. As a result, in 2012, the limit was ultimately reduced to 40 new units per calendar year (roughly a 1 percent growth rate, matching the adjacent City of Half Moon Bay).
Per the CCC 2009 Staff Report discussing the proposed LCP amendments, inadequate public infrastructure resulted in adverse effects on public health and safety and coastal access, necessit...
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