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Draft Housing Element, EIR, and General Plan Amendments Planning Commission 6 of 11 review and approval would be limited to a conformance analysis of proposed projects with the Objective Design Standards. Staff had suggested approval by the Planning Commission (versus requiring both Planning Commission and City Council review) for this latter path. Staff has adjusted the process described above in a few ways. First, to avoid any ambiguity, the review process will be made more distinct from the PUD process, and it will instead be an entirely separate process called a “Housing Site Conformance Review”. Instead of all projects automatically being reviewed by the Planning Commission, the default would be for review and action by the Zoning Administrator. Projects of a certain size (i.e., projects over 50 units, exclusive of ADUs/JADUs) would trigger review and action by the Planning Commission. In both instances, review and action would be limited to conformance analysis of the proposed projects with the Objective Design Standards. Public notice would be required for both the ZA and Planning Commission review, and, as with all approval actions specified in the PMC, both the ability to “call up” a project for review by the Planning Commission or City Council, and the ability for an appeal to be filed, would be provided. Housing Rezone Sites The City Council also discussed the list of 24 proposed sites for potential re-zoning and provided direction on how the list should be modified and shortened. The City Council was generally supportive of the recommended rezone sites as recommended by staff with some modifications as follows: • Reduce the density of Area 25 (PUSD District) to eight to 12 du/acre, although allow the total units to be clustered on a minimum of approximately seven acres of the site, to accommodate a reconstructed Village High School or other district facility on the remaining approximately three acres; • Include Area 26 (St. Augustine); and • Increase the developable area of Area 27 (PUSD Vineyard) so that up to approximately seven acres of the property can be used for housing (with the remainder as open space along Vineyard Avenue) and modify the density range to three to four du/acre. With these changes incorporated, 18 sites are included for rezoning in the Housing Element. These sites are included in Table 1 below.