Proposed Policies, Plans and Ordinances
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The development of land use policy includes long range documents such as the General Plan, Specific Plans, Design Guidelines, as well as, Zoning Ordinance amendments and other policy documents.
The following is a list of land use policies and plans under consideration:
General Plan Updates
- 2025 Open Space Element Amendments
- Environmental Justice Element | Click to receive email updates
- Community Climate Action Plan & Safety Element | Click to receive email updates
- Housing Element | Click to receive email updates
Specific Plan and Area Plan Updates
- Castro Valley Central Business District Specific Plan (commencing in 2022) | Click to receive email updates
- Wednesday, May 03, 2023 - Castro Valley Central Business District Specific Plan Update Workshop meeting
Additional County Policies & Projects Under Consideration
- Affordable Housing Production Policies Initiative
- Large Commercial Solar and Battery Storage
- Housing (commencing soon):
- SB 9: Housing development, approvals
- Objective Standards
- Agenda Objective Standards Working Group Meeting #2 04/28/22 (archive item)
- Memo - Preliminary Objective Standards
- Preliminary Objective Standards (archive item)
- OBJECTIVE STANDARDS BoS hearing 11.09.23 packet (archive item)
- Objective Standards Townhomes adopted 11.09.23 (archive item)
- Objective Standards Multi-family and Mixed-Use adopted 11.09.23 (archive item)
- Bay Fair Station Area in Unincorporated Alameda County
Ordinances
- AB 551: Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones
If you have comments or questions regarding any of the policies under consideration, please contact the Planning Department at (510) 670-5400.

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GENERAL PLAN, SPECIFIC PLANS, AND ORDINANCES