City Council

A. Comprehensive Update of the City’s Housing Element for the Reporting Period\nof 2021-2029 (GPA 21-01) and General Plan Amendment (GPA) 22-02 Zoning\nOrdinance Amendment (ZOA) 22-03 (Development Services)\nCity Council will consider the revised draft of the comprehensive update of the City’s\nHousing Element for the reporting period of 2021-2029 (GPA 21-01). Upon adoption\nof the Housing Element, Council will consider a resolution and an ordinance for 1)\nthe creation of a higher-density R-4 Zoning District in Los Alamitos; 2) rezoning\ncertain properties to the new R-4 District; and 3) modifying the Town Center Mixed\nUse (TCMU) Zoning District to allow higher density.\nThese changes would be implemented to comply with the newly adopted Housing\nElement and would be made through General Plan Amendment (GPA) 22-02 and\nZoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) 22-03.\nRecommendation:\n1. Conduct a public hearing; and, if appropriate,\n2. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-02, entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOS ALAMITOS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A\nNEGATIVE DECLARATION, AND APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT\n21-01, UPDATING THE LOS ALAMITOS HOUSING ELEMENT (2021-2029):; and,\n3. Consider the draft resolution, and, if appropriate,\n4. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-01, entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOS ALAMITOS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING\nGENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (GPA) 22-02 TO ENSURE THAT THE ZONING\nCODE UPDATES IN ORDINANCE 2023-01 WILL MAINTAIN INTERNAL\nCONSISTENCY WITH THE ACTIONS, GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES OF\nTHE GENERAL PLAN, AND WILL NOT CREATE ANY INCONSISTENCIES\nTHEREIN (CITY INITIATED).\n5. Consider the draft ordinance; and, if appropriate,\n6. Introduce for first reading, read by title only, and waive further reading of\nOrdinance No. 2023-01; and,\n7. City Attorney Daudt read the title of Ordinance No. 2023-01 entitled, “AN\nORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOS ALAMITOS,\nCALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTERS 17.04, 17.08, AND 17.12 OF THE LOS\nALAMITOS MUNICIPAL CODE, AS WELL AS THE LOS ALAMITOS ZONING MAP,\nCONCERNING THE R-3, R-4, AND TCMU ZONING OF THE CITY OF LOS\nALAMITOS (ZOA 22-03) (CITY INITIATED).”