Comprehensive Downtown Land Use Amendment and Rezone with Recreation Zoning District
Description
The council introduced the ordinance after a public hearing, amending the 2040 General Plan land use map and rezoning Perkins Street corridor parcels out of the downtown form-based code back to community commercial, while creating a new recreation zoning district for Great Redwood Trail parcels. Final adoption happens at a later meeting.
Impact summary
Unlocks flexible commercial zoning along Perkins Street — including housing by right and potentially drive-throughs — while preserving the core downtown west of Main Street. Critics worry about losing Gibson Creek protections.
Applicant
- Name
- City of Ukiah
- Address
- Parcels within and adjacent to the downtown zoning code boundary, Perkins Street corridor, Ukiah, CA
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 2
- Total mentions
- 1
Last discussed Jul 1, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (2)
Downtown zoning reform and Perkins Street corridor rezone
The council began unwinding the 2012 downtown form-based code for the Perkins Street corridor after staff found it produced just one new building in 14 years. Parcels return to community commercial zoning, which now allows drive-throughs and housing by right, and a new recreation district covers Great Redwood Trail parcels. Final adoption of the ordinance comes later.
Lookout Peak Trail and Great Redwood Trail recreation
The Lookout Peak Trail opened Saturday to community praise, and the new recreation zoning district aligns Great Redwood Trail parcels for future trail-side uses, including a hoped-for restoration of the former riparian pocket park.
We'll email you when it's on an upcoming agenda, when it's voted on and when its status changes, at most once a day.
The weekly brief for Ukiah
What the council decided, in plain English — one email a week.
Free. Unsubscribe with one click any time. We never sell your email.