Yorba Lindans will vote on affordable housing
Yorba Lindans will eventually cast ballots on the rezoning of 13 specific properties to accommodate higher density affordable housing, according to a timeline City Council submitted to the state Department of Housing and Community Development recently.
The timeline is one part of a package of responses to a California official’s call for revisions to Yorba Linda’s state-mandated “draft housing element” for 2008-2014.
An “anticipated date” of November 2011 is listed for an election, required under terms of the Measure B “right-to-vote” initiative approved by voters in 2006 by a 299-vote margin out of 13,543 ballots cast in the city's single costliest campaign.
Measure B requires voter approval for major zoning changes, such as residential zoning to densities exceeding 10 units per acre and heights greater than 35 feet. Developers and real estate interests raised $174,000 in opposition, while proponents spent some $15,000.
The sites subject to a vote—11 on the westside and two at Savi Ranch—were identified for potential rezoning to multi-family residential at 10-, 20- and 30-units per acre. They total 48.24 acres and could be developed with 1,087 low- and moderate-income units.
Two 30-unit-per-acre sites are at Savi Ranch, each 3.2 acres listed for 96 units: vacant land owned by John Force and an abandoned automobile dealership.
Other 30-per-acre sites: 4.11 greenhouse acres on Prospect Avenue for 123 units, 1.68 acre home and storage at Wabash Avenue and Rose Drive for 50 units, the 4.08-acre St. Joseph’s facility at Prospect Avenue and Yorba Linda Boulevard for 122 units and 8.5 nursery acres at Bastanchury Road and Lakeview Avenue for 255 units.
Three 20-per-acre sites: the 4.7-acre “strawberry field” on Lakeview Avenue for 94 units, vacant 2.39 acres at Lakeview Avenue and Altrudy Lane for 47 units and 4.11 acres of an equestrian business at Bastanchury Road and Lakeview Avenue for 82 units.
Four 10-per-acre sites: 7.01 acres on Yorba Linda Boulevard across from the Nixon Library for 70 units, 4.34 acres of the Bastanchury Road and Lakeview Avenue nursery for 43 units, the .49-acre car wash/center on Eureka Avenue for 5 units and .43 acres at 3741 Rose Drive for 4 units.
City personnel said voters will be asked to say “yes” or “no” on each site separately, and the report to the state noted, “To the extent a shortfall exists in sites receiving Measure B approval, the city will propose alternative sites for rezoning….”
The report added, “Should a second Measure B vote designating adequate sites fail to pass the electorate, the City Council will seek a legal opinion from the state Attorney General’s office as to how to proceed.”
Each election could cost the city $140,000, less if combined with other balloting.
The timeline is one part of a package of responses to a California official’s call for revisions to Yorba Linda’s state-mandated “draft housing element” for 2008-2014.
An “anticipated date” of November 2011 is listed for an election, required under terms of the Measure B “right-to-vote” initiative approved by voters in 2006 by a 299-vote margin out of 13,543 ballots cast in the city's single costliest campaign.
Measure B requires voter approval for major zoning changes, such as residential zoning to densities exceeding 10 units per acre and heights greater than 35 feet. Developers and real estate interests raised $174,000 in opposition, while proponents spent some $15,000.
The sites subject to a vote—11 on the westside and two at Savi Ranch—were identified for potential rezoning to multi-family residential at 10-, 20- and 30-units per acre. They total 48.24 acres and could be developed with 1,087 low- and moderate-income units.
Two 30-unit-per-acre sites are at Savi Ranch, each 3.2 acres listed for 96 units: vacant land owned by John Force and an abandoned automobile dealership.
Other 30-per-acre sites: 4.11 greenhouse acres on Prospect Avenue for 123 units, 1.68 acre home and storage at Wabash Avenue and Rose Drive for 50 units, the 4.08-acre St. Joseph’s facility at Prospect Avenue and Yorba Linda Boulevard for 122 units and 8.5 nursery acres at Bastanchury Road and Lakeview Avenue for 255 units.
Three 20-per-acre sites: the 4.7-acre “strawberry field” on Lakeview Avenue for 94 units, vacant 2.39 acres at Lakeview Avenue and Altrudy Lane for 47 units and 4.11 acres of an equestrian business at Bastanchury Road and Lakeview Avenue for 82 units.
Four 10-per-acre sites: 7.01 acres on Yorba Linda Boulevard across from the Nixon Library for 70 units, 4.34 acres of the Bastanchury Road and Lakeview Avenue nursery for 43 units, the .49-acre car wash/center on Eureka Avenue for 5 units and .43 acres at 3741 Rose Drive for 4 units.
City personnel said voters will be asked to say “yes” or “no” on each site separately, and the report to the state noted, “To the extent a shortfall exists in sites receiving Measure B approval, the city will propose alternative sites for rezoning….”
The report added, “Should a second Measure B vote designating adequate sites fail to pass the electorate, the City Council will seek a legal opinion from the state Attorney General’s office as to how to proceed.”
Each election could cost the city $140,000, less if combined with other balloting.
posted by Jim Drummond at 12:00 PM
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