Half Moon Bay Planning’s 2024 Measure D Rankings and Allocations Leaves Lots of Housing on the Table with Downtown as a Priority; Will Require ADU Ballot Measure to Change

VIDEO. From the Half Moon Bay Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting.  Agenda for 4//30/2024.

Adopt a resolution ratifying the January 2024 Measure D allocations for residential units outside of downtown, based upon the scores and rankings required by Subdivision Ordinance, Section 17.06 Residential Dwelling Unit Building Permit Allocation System, and as implemented by the Community Development Director.

BACKGROUND

In 1999, the voters of Half Moon Bay adopted Measure D, a measure that restricts the number of new dwelling units the City may permit in any given year. Measure D superseded a prior voter initiative referred to as Measure A. Measure D states: “The purposes of this ballot measure are to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of Half Moon Bay, to provide for development which is orderly, sustainable, and fiscally responsible, to respond to the worsening traffic situation, and to protect the City’s unique scenic and rural coastal character by managing the rate, location, and density of residential development.” The purpose and intent of Measure D, as specified in Section 17.06.005 A and B of the Half Moon Bay Municipal Code is to control the rate and quality of development in the City on an annual basis.

Measure D divides the City between the “Downtown Area” (Downtown) and the remainder of the City, with Downtown defined as the area designated as the Downtown Half Moon Bay Redevelopment Survey Area in City Resolution No. C-91-98, November 3, 1998, and codified in Section 17.06.020 [Link]. Measure D further provides that the City allocate Measure D Certificates (Certificates) on the basis of the existing allocation system in the municipal code “or a subsequently modified allocation system.” The allocation system is set forth in Chapter 17.06 of the Municipal Code.1 It prescribes that in December of each year, the City Council must establish the number of allocations for the next calendar year. The maximum number of allocations for new housing units is calculated per a specified formula to result in a maximum annual population increase of no more than 1% over the current population. Half of the allocations are assigned to Downtown, and the other half to outside Downtown. Annually, Council also has discretion to approve additional “bonus” allocations that would result in an additional 0.5% population growth within the Downtown area. Council has approved such bonus allocations for Downtown for each year that Measure D has been in place.

City Council approved the 2024 allocations on December 5, 2023, including 21 base allocations for Downtown, 21 bonus allocations for Downtown, and 21 allocations for outside Downtown, for a total of 63 allocations.

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2024 Measure D Scoring Criteria

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