Oxnard—The Planning Commission, on Thursday, November 5, will hear about the South Oxnard Connect Specific Plan.
PLANNING and Sustainability Manager Kathleen Mallory prepared the report and noted that the City led the effort to address community needs, guide development and focus investments on needed improvements.
“The City Planning Staff worked with Transportation, water, and Engineering City Staff, as well as Gold Coast Transit District, and consultants, with expertise in environmental review and infrastructure,” she said. “Members of the City team are available tonight, along with the consulting team that’s available via Zoom, and is available to answer your technical questions.”
She said the City’s housing element identified the need for a coordinated land use and implementation framework for equitable transit-oriented development in South Oxnard.
“The plan implements housing element programs 19 and 31,” she said. “Since the adoption of the housing element, State Housing laws have continued to favor infill development, streamlined approvals, and housing near transit.”
The plan gives the City a local framework for responding to those changes, while she said it focuses on selected sites.
“The work was funded by a Southern California Association of Governments Regional Early Action Planning, or REAP 2.0, Grant,” Mallory said,…
