City Council

15. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN TO CREATE THE HOUSING\nOPPORTUNITY OVERLAY AND AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING CODE AND\nZONING MAP TO CREATE THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY OVERLAY ZONE ALLOWING FOR\nINCREASED DENSITY FOR CERTAIN PARCELS IN THE OSTRICH FARM MIXED-USE AREA\nAND HUNTINGTON DRIVE MIXED-USE AREA CONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED 6TH\nCYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT\nORDINANCE\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY\nOF SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A\nZONING TEXT AMENDMENT AND ZONING MAP\nAMENDMENT AMENDING SOUTH PASADENA\nMUNICPAL CODE (SPMC) CHAPTER 36 (ZONING)\nRELATED TO INCREASED DENSITY AND\nESTABLISHING THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY\nOVERLAY ZONE, ALLOWING UP TO 70 DWELLING\nUNITS PER ACRE ON SELECTED PARCELS IN THE\nOSTRICH FARM MIXED-USE AREA AND THE\nHUNTINGTON DRIVE MIXED-USE AREA, CONSISTENT\nWITH THE ADOPTED 2021-2029 (6TH CYCLE) HOUSING\nELEMENT\nRESOLUTION\nA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY\nOF SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A\nGENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND A GENERAL PLAN\nLAND USE MAP AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING THE\nHOUSING OPPORTUNITY OVERLAY ALLOWING UP TO\n70 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE ON SELECTED\nPARCELS IN THE OSTRICH FARM MIXED-USE AREA\nAND THE HUNTINGTON DRIVE MIXED-USE AREA, AS\nDESCRIBED IN THE ADOPTED 6TH CYCLE HOUSING\nELEMENT\nRecommendation\nIt is recommended that the City Council open the public hearing, receive public testimony on the\nproject, and then:\n1. Adopt a Resolution amending the General Plan and the General Plan Land Use Map creating\nand applying the Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay land use designation allowing\ndevelopment of up to 70 dwelling units per acre for certain parcels; and\n2. Introduce by title only and waive full reading of an Ordinance to approve a Zoning Text\nAmendment and Zoning Map Amendment to implement the necessary changes to the South\nPasadena Municipal Code (SPMC) and Zoning Map consistent with the 2021-2029 Housing\nElement Programs as set forth in Exhibits A, B, and C of the Ordinance creating the Housing\nOpportunity Overlay Zone.\nACTION/DISCUSSION