Hello, Novato community members!
This is a great opportunity to have your voice heard on the importance of affordable workforce housing in Novato and really influence public decisions on this issue ! This Monday, the Planning Commission will be reviewing the options of potential sites for future housing units. You don’t want to miss this one!
Let us know if you are planning to attend the meeting! Click here to RSVP
Join us! Ericka - ericka@maringrassroots.org
CITY OF NOVATO
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE, CHAPTER THREE OF THE NOVATO GENERAL PLAN
CONSIDER INVENTORY OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITY SITES AND INPUT ON REZONING OPTIONS
Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 15, 2009, at 7:30 pm in the Novato School District Board Room at 1015 Seventh St., Novato, California to discuss and provide direction to City Planning Division staff on a preliminary inventory of housing opportunity sites for the Housing Element Update, chapter three of the Novato General Plan. The Planning Commission will also be asked to provide input on rezoning options to allow increased housing density(s) that facilitate affordable housing (multi-family housing etc) on sites included in the inventory of housing opportunity sites. The inventory of housing opportunity sites is a key component of the overall Housing Element Update.
Comments received on or before the June 15th hearing date will be considered by the Planning Commission.
The Planning Commission’s direction on this matter will be further addressed through the preparation of a draft Housing Element Update that will be subsequently reviewed by the Planning Commission for its recommendation to City Council, which has final decision authority.
If anyone wishes to challenge this project in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or anyone else raised at or prior to public hearings, including the hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the Community Development Department at, or prior to, the public hearings.
Information on the above proposal is available at the City of Novato Community Development Department, 75 Rowland Way, #200, Novato, CA 94945. All inquiries should be directed to Hans Grunt, Principal Planner, at (415) 899-8989, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Community Development Department. Please note the City of Novato offices are closed every other Friday including June 12, 2009. Community Development Director Last updated: 6/3/2009 2:56:14 PM
For more information, visit the City of Novato’s website
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