Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Overlay District Project

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Overlay District Project

For the past nine months, the City of Concord has been engaging the public on the AFFH Program. This program is required by the State of California as part of Concord’s Housing Element and is designed to promote fair housing opportunities and inclusive communities. The AFFH Program commits the City to apply an overlay district to approximately 20 acres of land in higher-resource neighborhoods to support multifamily housing development at densities of up to 60 units per acre. This overlay district would not replace or eliminate the existing non-residential zoning on these sites, nor would it render any current uses illegal or non-conforming. Instead, it adds an option for property owners to develop multifamily housing at the specified density while preserving existing allowable non-residential uses.

Concord

Contra Costa

Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (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 Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (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 Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 4, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Residential (Units 2060, Acres 50.6)

General Plan Amendment, Zoning Overlay District

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, 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, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire