Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes the legislative body of a city or county to adopt ordinance regulating zoning within its jurisdiction, as specified. Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, imposes requirements on a public agency’s review and approval of development projects, as specified, to ensure clear understanding of specific requirements in connection with that approval and to expedite decisions on those projects. Existing law also imposes certain streamlined, ministerial approval processes on a city’s or county’s review of specified projects, including certain multifamily housing developments, solar energy systems, and electric vehicle charging stations.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including, among others, that the development is a multifamily housing development that contains 2 or more residential units and the development proponent commits to record, prior to the issuance of the first building permit, a land use restriction or covenant providing that any lower or moderate-income housing units remain available at affordable housing costs or rent to persons and families of lower or moderate income for no less than 55 years or 45 years, as specified.
This bill, if a city or county approves a construction project through an
the expedited, streamlined permitting process, described above, would require a the city or county to require the development proponent to place a sign of reasonable dimensions and design on the parcel in which the project is located to provide notice to the owners and occupants in the area of the project, as specified. that
includes specified information, including the development proponent’s contact information, the construction permit numbers, and a brief project description.
By increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.