Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements: onsite and offsite improvements.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's official summary does not provide specific details on consequences for non-compliance by local agencies.

Development Projects: Estimate of Required Improvements

The bill allows housing development project applicants to request an early estimate of needed improvements and requires local agencies to provide this information within a set time frame.

What This Bill Does

• Allows developers applying for housing projects to ask for an early estimate of the improvements they need to make.
• Requires cities, counties, or city and county governments to give these estimates within 30 business days after receiving the request.
• Permits applicants to ask for a list of possible required improvements from public agencies within 30 days of submitting their application.
• Requiring local governments to provide detailed lists of all necessary onsite and offsite improvements when an application is complete, within 30 business days.

Who It Names or Affects

• Housing development project applicants
• Cities, counties, or city and county governments

Terms To Know

Preliminary Estimate of Required Improvements

An early estimate given to developers about the improvements needed for their housing projects.

Postentitlement Phase Permit

A permit issued after certain entitlements are granted, which requires detailed information on required improvements.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if local agencies do not provide the requested estimates within the set time frame.
• It is unclear how this will affect projects that start before new requirements are in place.

Official Summary Text

SB 1014, as amended, Grayson.
Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements: onsite and offsite improvements.
Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act (act), sets forth various procedures for the review and approval of development project applications, including, among other things, requiring each public agency to compile one or more lists that specify in detail the information that will be required from any applicant for a development project. The act also requires a city, county, or city and county to deem an applicant for a housing development project to have submitted a preliminary application upon providing specified information about the proposed project to the city, county, or city and county from which approval for the project is being sought.
This bill would permit an applicant who submits a preliminary application for a housing development project, as specified, or an application if a preliminary application is not submitted, to include in
the preliminary application or application a request for a preliminary estimate of required improvements, as provided. The bill would require a city, county, or city and county that receives a request under these provisions to provide the preliminary estimate within 30 business days of the submission of the request, as provided.
The bill would authorize, for improvements required by a public agency, as specified, the applicant to request, within 30 days of submission, a list of the types of improvements that may be required, as provided.
The bill, within 30 business days of deeming an application for a postentitlement phase permit complete, would additionally require the city, county, or city and county to provide the applicant with an itemized list of all onsite and offsite improvements that will be required prior to issuance of, or otherwise in connection with, that permit, as provided.
The bill would specify that its provisions do not relieve a city, county, or city and county of its obligation to comply with certain requirements before subjecting a housing development project to an improvement that was not in effect when a preliminary application was submitted, as provided.
The bill would define various terms for these purposes.
By imposing new duties on local agencies, the 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.

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