A. The purpose of this chapter is to provide the owner of a parcel that is zoned for single-family residential use, as defined in chapters 17.32, 17.33 and 17.37, additional options to subdivide their parcel through an urban lot split and develop the parcel for the purpose of creating additional housing within the Town of Atherton.

B. This chapter implements Government Code Sections 65852.21 and 66411.7 (“SB 9”) by establishing the objective criteria applicable to such urban lot splits and development.

C. These regulations are established to provide for the orderly subdivision and development of qualified projects while ensuring that the urban lot splits and developments are consistent with the existing development patterns of the Town and do not create any significant impacts with regards to public infrastructure or public safety.

D. The City Council of the Town of Atherton adopts this chapter to comply with SB 9 under protest, as it is the Council’s position that in enacting these laws, the legislature has improperly usurped local land use authority. (Ord. 650 § 1, 2022)