City of Carmel-by-the-Sea 6th Cycle Housing Element Update (2023-2031) and Safety Element Update

City of Carmel-by-the-Sea 6th Cycle Housing Element Update (2023-2031) and Safety Element Update

The project includes the update to the City’s 6th Cycle Housing Element Update (2023-2031) Housing and Community Development (HCD) Revised Draft (dated January 24, 2024) (“Housing Element Update”) and the update to the City’s Safety Element. The adoption of these two elements would be an amendment to the City’s General Plan/Coastal Land Use Program (General Plan). It is not expected that the updates to the City’s Safety Element result in any physical changes. The Housing Element Update includes 410 housing units, which is approximately 17 percent more than the RHNA of 349 units. The City does not anticipate that future housing projects proposed on sites with existing commercial/office uses would also result in expanded building square footage for such uses. Consequently, no increase in existing commercial/office building square footage would occur with implementation of the Housing Element Update.

Carmel-by-the-Sea

Monterey

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 5, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Department of Toxic Substances Control

Department of Toxic Substances Control

Residential (Units 410, Acres 10.34)

General Plan Update, General Plan Amendment, General Plan Element

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire