Wide-ranging updates to the city's development regulations were approved by a 5-4 vote by the San Diego City Council Tuesday, including changing the boundaries for certain home construction incentive programs.
"The new definition of Sustainable Development Area aligns development with the city's Climate Action Plan goals to expand housing near transit so more people can bike, walk, roll or take transit to their work, home, shopping and other places of enjoyment within their community," said Planning Director Heidi Vonblum."At the same time, it furthers fair and affordable housing opportunities in our city that desperately needs it.
District 1 Councilmember Joe LaCava voted no on the update, saying he felt the changing definition for Sustainable Development Areas was too sweeping to be part of a bigger, largely technical, package. The previously-used Transit Priority Areas allowed for the incentive programs to be used within a half-mile radius of an existing or planned major public transit stop. According to the previous boundaries, the distance was measured in a straight line, so barriers to accessing transit, like canyons and freeways, which may have realistically made access to transit miles away, were not considered.
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