City of Patterson 2023-2031 6th Cycle Housing Element
Summary
SCH Number
2026051187
Public Agency
City of Patterson
Document Title
City of Patterson 2023-2031 6th Cycle Housing Element
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/29/2026
Document Description
The proposed project involves updating the City of Patterson’s 2015–2023 Housing Element (adopted February 2, 2016) with the 2023–2031 6th Cycle Housing Element. This update is required to ensure consistency with the housing goals and requirements set forth in Government Code Sections 65580 through 65589. Adoption of the Housing Element update would constitute an amendment to the City’s General Plan.
The Housing Element update plans for the development of 4,919 housing units over the eight-year planning period, which exceeds the City’s RHNA of 3,716 units by 1,548 units. Using the California Department of Finance’s (2025) average household size of 3.57 persons per household for the City of Patterson, development of 4,919 units would result in a projected population increase of approximately 17,560 residents. The Housing Element update establishes goals, policies, and programs to facilitate the development of these units.
Contact Information
Name
Bryan Stice
Agency Name
City of Patterson
Job Title
Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Stanislaus
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Citywide
Zip
95363
State Highways
CA-33 I-5
Railways
UPRR
Schools
PJUSD
Waterways
CA Aqueduct, Delta Mendota Canal
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Common Sense Exemption (Sec. 15061 (b)(3))
Reasons for Exemption
The City has evaluated the potential environmental impacts of the proposed General Plan Amendment to adopt the 2023- 2031 Housing Element of the General Plan in compliance with State Housing Element law and determined that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption). The 6th Cycle Housing Element is a State-mandated planning document that includes Goals, Policies, and Programs aimed at providing additional housing opportunities, removing governmental constraints to affordable housing, improving the condition of existing housing, and providing equal housing opportunities for all residents. The proposed project involves adoption of planning programs and policies; identifies sites subject to potential future development; and identifies zoning actions to advance attainment of the City's RHNA targets. The 6th Cycle Housing Element does not grant any development entitlements or authorize development of new housing on any site identified in the Housing Element. Physical development of any site included in the proposed project would require formal development applications, technical studies, and further evaluation in accordance with CEQA and City plans, ordinances, and standards. Any future development would undergo project-specific developmental review to address potential impacts. The 6th Cycle Housing Element does not involve any physical changes with the potential to create an adverse effect on the environment. Without any tangible development application for specific sites or other physical change to the environment, there is no foreseeable, reasonable possibility that adopting the proposed project would result in a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Stanislaus
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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