General Plan and Zoning

General Plan

Glendora’s General Plan, known as Community Plan 2025, is the City’s primary land-use policy document, required by State law. Created between 2006 and 2008 with extensive community input, the plan serves as the City’s blueprint for future growth and development.

The General Plan consists of various chapters, called elements, each focusing on specific topics. These elements include goals and policies that guide development. Some elements are updated more frequently than others to align with changing State laws. For example, the Historic Preservation Element was adopted in 1999 and predates Community Plan 2025, while the Housing Element was last updated in 2022 to correspond with the State’s 6th Housing Cycle. Currently, the City is working on an update to the Safety Element.

Looking ahead, Glendora plans to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) in late 2025 for a comprehensive update to the General Plan. This update will be the City’s vision for development through 2050.

Specific Plans

 Zoning Code

 Maps

 Other Documents

Housing Incentives

The City of Glendora has a variety of programs, policies, and incentives to encourage and facilitate affordable and market-rate housing development in the city. These include commitments made in the adopted Housing Element, in-progress code revisions, planned code revisions, and process handouts.

  •  Program 7 of the Housing Element addresses a range of affordable housing incentives including pledging regulatory and technical assistance to affordable housing developers and continuing to partner with San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust.
  •  Program 12 outlines commitments made to revise the Glendora Zoning Code to make density bonus incentives consistent with State Law.
  •  The City recognizes that Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and their development provide a naturally occurring means of affordable housing; therefore, Program 14 will amend the Zoning Code to be in compliance with state law and offer expedited reviews.
  •  Program 16 contains an entire host of local action items to facilitate the production of affordable and market-rate housing units.
  • Glendora’s Municipal Code Section 21.07.070 - Grand-Foothill multifamily residential overlay - is to enact certain unique zoning policies intended to promote well-planned, multiple-family development through the logical redevelopment of properties located within the overlay area’s boundaries, and reward development that consolidates property and/or integrates energy conservation and environmental stewardship into project design.

Finally, the City has introduced post-entitlement phase permit checklists for residential developments in conformance with AB 2234 and to reduce review cycles. The City continues to comply with evolving State housing laws, and density bonus requirements, and work with developers in a good-faith manner to achieve local RHNA goals.

If you are a housing developer or property owner and would like to further discuss the City’s programs, policies, and incentives please contact the Community Development Department:

 

  • Housing and Economic Development Division:          (626) 914-8292
  • Planning Division:                                                       (626) 914-8214

 

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