Can unincorporated land be annexed for housing?
The City Council initiated a study of land use in the North Redwood area in 2008, so that study has been ongoing for two years. There are two General Plan land use designations which apply in the North Redwood area that allow housing in the downtown. It has been proposed to increase the amount of land within these designations, thereby allowing additional potential for residential development. In addition, as a result of the ongoing planning study, two new mixed use categories have been proposed which will allow greater amounts of housing. At this time, specific housing site have not been identified in the downtown because there is an interest in preserving the flexibility to encourage commercial development in the very limited amount of land that allows this use. However, City staff is investigating possible State consideration of housing credit for mixed use land use designations and will also analyze possible designation of specific sites for housing in the downtown.
