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2040 General Plan and Zoning Consistency: Missing Middle Housing (MMH) and Senate Bill (SB) 79 Workshop
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00674
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Review, comment, and provide direction on a preliminary approach to updating development standards related to Missing Middle Housing (MMH) and the City's approach to implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 79.
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Contact
Contact: Jamie Mosler, Associate Planner, (916) 808-7875, jmosler@cityofsacramento.org; Amy Yang, Senior Planner, (916) 808-5023, asyang@cityofsacramento.org; Community Development Department
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Presenter
Presenter: Jamie Mosler, Associate Planner, (916) 808-7875, jmosler@cityofsacramento.org, Community Development Department
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Background
3-MMH Analysis Overview
4-SB 79 Overview
5-Planning and Design Commission Meeting Summary
6-Presentation
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: This workshop provides an opportunity for the City Council to review, comment, and provide direction on staff's preliminary approach to updating development standards related to Missing Middle Housing (MMH) and implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 79 as part of the ongoing zoning code (Title 17) update for consistency with the 2040 General Plan (see Attachment 2: Background, for an overview of the 2040 General Plan and Zoning Code Consistency project).
Since adoption of the MMH Interim Ordinance in September 2024, staff have evaluated its effectiveness in facilitating house-scale missing middle housing and broadening the range of housing types in single-unit and duplex zones. While the 2040 General Plan also directs the City to increase development intensity near transit, many areas located near transit are currently developed with lower-intensity, house-scale development. Through analysis conducted with support from Opticos Design, it was determined that house-scale missi...
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