Summary
Project Description
The proposed Project consists of amendments to two elements of the Marin County General Plan (also referred to as the 2007 Countywide Plan), as described below.
Housing Element:
Marin County’s Housing Element is part of the Countywide Plan (the County’s General Plan). The County must update the Housing Element for the eight-year period of 2023-2031 to accommodate its regional housing need allocation (“RHNA”) of 3,569 housing units. The RHNA is determined by the California Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD).
The County has prepared an update to the Housing Element that would facilitate development of up to 5,124 new housing units during the eight-year period. This number meets the County’s RHNA as well as additional units for applicants requesting a density bonus and a buffer to ensure that the County maintains adequate sites at all income levels. Sites for potential housing are distributed throughout the unincorporated areas of the County. The Housing Element Update includes rezoning of some sites to enable development of these new housing units. It also presents programs and policies to meet the overall housing needs of unincorporated Marin County.
Safety Element:
Marin County must update the Safety Element in the Countywide Plan (the County’s General Plan) to address climate change resilience. State law SB 379 requires all counties and cities to review and update their general plan safety elements with climate change adaptation measures. The update consists of the following three parts:
- A vulnerability assessment that identifies the risks climate change poses to the local jurisdictions;
- Adaptation and resiliency goals, policies, and objectives; and
- Feasible implementation measures.
The Safety Element update also addresses other legislative mandates to reduce fire and flood risk and plan for emergency evacuation. The update occurred in conjunction with the Housing Element update, and in coordination with the update of the Marin County Multijurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
For more information about the Housing and Safety Element processes, please visit the Planning Division’s webpage.
Review type
Environmental Impact Reports (EIR)Status
Location
The project encompasses all of Unincorporated Marin County, California.
Public Notice
- Notice of Marin County Board of Supervisors' Meeting to adopt the Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
Environmental Review Documents
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- Housing and Safety Element Update - Draft EIR (24.66 MB) — Housing and Safety Elements Update Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR), later amended by Final EIR.
- Housing and Safety Element Update - Final EIR (45.15 MB) — Marin County Housing and Safety Elements Update Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), prepared December 20, 2022.
- Housing and Safety Element Update - MMRP (0.31 MB) — Housing and Safety Elements Update Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), prepared December 20, 2022.
- Housing and Safety Element Update - Final EIR Amendment (1.17 MB) — Housing and Safety Elements Update Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Amendment.
- Housing and Safety Element Update - Board Resolution (0.78 MB) — Approved Marin County Board of Supervisors resolution from the January 24, 2023 meeting regarding the Housing and Safety Elements Update Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
- Housing and Safety Element Update - Statement of Overriding Considerations (0.35 MB) — Statement of overriding considerations for the Housing and Safety Elements Update Environmental Impact Report (EIR), prepared January 24, 2023.
- Housing and Safety Element Update - Notice of Determination (0.79 MB) — The Notice of Determination for the Housing and Safety Elements Update Environmental Impact Report (EIR), filed January 25, 2023.