SB 10 - NYU Furman Center

State Land Use Enacted Legislation

Bill #	State	Year	Party	Topic
SB 10	CA	2021	D	Accessory dwelling units regulations, Density Increases, Environmental review, Lands near transit, Planning for climate adaptation and hazards

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Summary

Authorizes local governments to adopt an ordinance to rezone any parcel for up to 10 units per parcel, at a height specified in the ordinance, if located in a transit-rich area or an urban infill site.

Requires that the ordinance clearly demarcate the areas that are subject to the ordinance and that the legislative body make a finding that the ordinance is consistent with the city or county’s obligation to affirmatively further fair housing.
Cannot supersede local initiatives that designate publicly owned land as open space.

Prohibits a local government from adopting a new ordinance pursuant to these provisions on or after January 1, 2029.
Specifies that an ordinance adopted under these provisions, and any resolution to amend the jurisdiction’s General Plan, ordinance, or other local regulation adopted to be consistent with that ordinance, is not a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Prohibits an ordinance adopted under these provisions from reducing the density of any parcel subject to the ordinance and would prohibit a legislative body from subsequently reducing the density of any parcel subject to the ordinance.
Prohibits a residential or mixed-use residential project consisting of 10 or more units that is located on a parcel zoned pursuant to these provisions from being approved by right or from being exempt from CEQA (with some exceptions).

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