Planning and Zoning Law: housing elements: rezoning.
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Housing and Community Development
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill aims to streamline the process for cities and counties to address housing needs by extending the deadline for completing rezoning required when a local government’s housing element doesn’t identify enough sites for affordable housing. Specifically, it extends the one-year deadline to one year and six months for completing rezoning, ensuring that local governments have sufficient time to address housing shortages and meet regional housing needs. The bill also makes minor changes to existing housing element requirements to improve clarity and consistency.
Key provisions
- Extends the deadline for completing rezoning from one year to one year and six months.
- Clarifies the definition of ‘emergency shelter’ for zoning purposes.
- Reinforces the requirement for local governments to identify zoning designations suitable for emergency shelters.
- Specifies requirements for zoning standards related to emergency shelters, including maximum occupancy, parking, and site design.
- Requires local governments to analyze governmental and nongovernmental constraints on housing development.
- Mandates an assessment of special housing needs, including those of elderly persons, persons with disabilities, and extremely low-income households.
- Addresses the need for affordable housing for very low, low, and moderate-income households.
- Includes provisions for preserving existing affordable housing developments.
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