MORGAN HILL
– It came as no surprise to anyone, but Measure C, the city’s
updated version of the residential growth-control ordinance, swept
the boards in Tuesday’s election.
MORGAN HILL – It came as no surprise to anyone, but Measure C, the city’s updated version of the residential growth-control ordinance, swept the boards in Tuesday’s election.
The measure garnered 75.3 percent of the vote, with 100 percent of precincts checking in though some absentee ballots still must be counted.
Not a single voice had been raised against it, no argument against the measure was filed with the Registrar of Voters. Only 24.6 percent of voters opposed the measure.
Councilman Steve Tate, a member of the Measure P Update Committee, said he thought the measure would breeze through Tuesday’s election with ease, predicting a 93 percent yes vote.
Measure C updates the citizen-instigated initiative to put a lid on out-of-control growth that Morgan Hill saw in the 1970s.
It mandates that the city will not grow larger than 48,000 by 2020 – about 250 residential housing units a year.
The measure also organizes how building permits are allotted to help the city meet its state-mandated affordable housing quota and it improves efficiency for city staff, the Planning Commission and developers, all who deal directly with the measure’s regulations.
Measure C removes the east/west split, which caused unequal distribution in assigning allotments and encourages building near the city’s center.
