The City of Blue Lake 2019-2027 Housing Element Update

The City of Blue Lake 2019-2027 Housing Element Update

The proposed project consists of a comprehensive update to the City of Blue Lake General Plan Housing Element. The proposed project is both a policy document and an implementation tool for implementing the City's General Plan and complying with State Housing law. It contains goals, policies, and programs to guide future housing development for a RHNA of 34 units and a development potential of up to 89 units. The update covers the planning period of December 31, 2018, to August 31, 2027. The programs in the Housing Element Update propose amendments to the City's Zoning Code for the purpose of achieving compliance with State housing law.

Blue Lake

Humboldt

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Education, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 1 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, 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, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Transportation Commission (CATC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 1, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Residential (RHNA of 34 units and development potential of 89 units )(Units 89, Acres 15)

General Plan Update, General Plan Amendment, General Plan Element

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, 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, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Concern that higher density, multi-family residential development is inconsistent with the rural character of the City and the City's General Plan. Concern that affordable housing will cause impacts to the community.