(Wiener D) Housing development projects: floor area ratios.

Current Text: Introduced: 2/2/2023

Status: 9/14/2023-Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2/15/2023-Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING.

Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law prohibits a local agency, as defined, from imposing a floor area ratio standard that is less than 1.0 on a housing development project that consists of 3 to 7 units, or less than 1.25 on a housing development project that consists of 8 to 10 units. Existing law prohibits a local agency from imposing a lot coverage requirement that would physically preclude a housing development project of not more than 10 units from achieving the floor area ratios described above.

This bill would delete the 10-unit maximum for eligible projects, and would prohibit a local agency from imposing a floor area ratio standard that is less than 2.5 on a housing development project that consists of 11 to 20 units. The bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing a floor area ratio standard that is less than 1.25 for every ten housing units, rounded to the nearest ten units, on a housing development project that consists of more than 20 units. By imposing new duties on local governments reviewing these housing development projects, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.