NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF LIVINGSTON To All Interested Parties: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following item on the date and time listed: Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 2025-01. An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Livingston amending Livingston Municipal Code Title 5, Chapter 2, Section 5-2-2 "Residential", Chapter 2, Section 5-2-3: "Commercial", Chapter 3, Section 5-3-15: "Land Use Regulations (Zoning Matrix)", Chapter 3, Section 5-3-16: "Lot Development Standards", Chapter 4, Section 5-4-5: "Off-Street Parking and Loading", Chapter 5: "Specific Use Regulations", Chapter 5, Section 5-5-1: "Density Bonuses", Chapter 6: "Administration", Chapter 6, Section 5-6-1: "Powers and Duties", Chapter 6, Section 5-6-7: "Site Plan and Design Review", Chapter 6, Section 5-6-9: "Use Permit, Temporary and Conditional", and Chapter 7, Section 5-7-2: "Definitions of Words and Phrases" related to housing development and standards, including definitions, off-street parking, Site Plan and Design Review, density bonuses, Use Permits, ministerial approvals, emergency shelters, single room occupancy, and residential and commercial uses zoning matrix. The Ordinance Amendment is an update to various Chapters and Sections of the Livingston Municipal Code to update housing development standards. The proposed Ordinance will 1) add definitions for the terms Supportive Housing and Single Room Occupancy and revise the definition for Farm Labor Housing; 2) add definitions for the terms Low Barrier Navigation Centers and Residential Care Facilities and revise the definition for Emergency Shelters; 3) add Transitional Housing and Supportive Housing as permitted uses in all zoning districts, add Single Room Occupancy as a permitted use in R-2, R-3, DTC, C-2, and C-3 Zoning Districts, add Low Barrier Navigation Centers as a permitted use in C-1 and DTC Zoning Districts, and add Residential Care Facilities as a permitted use in R-E, R-1, R-2, R-3, C-1, and DTC Zoning Districts; 4) amend the Multiple-Family Apartment Dwellings use to be permitted in R-2 and C-1 Zoning Districts and amend the Emergency Shelter use to be permitted in R-1, R-2, R-3, and C-1 Zoning Districts; 5) update the maximum site coverage for the R-3 Zoning District; 6) add parking standards for senior housing, single room occupancy, supportive housing, and emergency shelters and reduce the parking standards for mobilehomes; 7) add development standards for emergency shelters and single room occupancy units; 8) update the Density Bonus Ordinance to be consistent with State Law; 9) establish procedures for ministerial approvals; 10) clarify the powers of planning commission in regard to the Site Plan and Design Review process; 11) add objective design standards for the Site Plan and Design Review process; 12) add objective standards for Use Permits; 13) and add definitions for Bridge Housing, Recuperative Care, and Respite Care. The proposed Ordinance is exempt from analysis under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under the "Common Sense Exemption" that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing significant environmental effects, as specified in Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines. The Planning Commission will be considering and providing a recommendation to the City Council on the above Ordinance on the following date. Special Planning Commission Meeting scheduled for Thursday November 13, 2025, at 7:00 pm The Public Hearing will be held in the City Council Chambers, 663 Main Street, Livingston. Project materials for the above project are available for review at the City of Livingston, 1416 C Street, after November 10, 2025. Any person interested in the above application are invited to submit comments in writing or orally prior to or at the Public Hearing. Please submit written comments to: Planning Department, City of Livingston, 1416 C Street, Livingston, CA 95334, or call (209) 394-8041, Ext. 112. Dated: October 21, 2025 /s/ _________________ Planning Commission Secretary IPL0284217 Oct 24 2025