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(a) Rezone to Permit By -right: Rezoning for significant additional housing capacity <br />without, or lesser, discretionary review, or establishing zoning to permit <br />residential development by -right, particularly multifamily, without discretionary <br />action pursuant to Government Code Section 65583.2(h) and (i). <br />(b) Objective Design and Development Standards: Developing objective design <br />standards or pre -approved site and architectural plans that facilitate <br />non -discretionary permitting. <br />(c) Specific Plans or Form based Codes Coupled with CEQA Streamlining: <br />Designating and rezoning for additional housing capacity or preparing specific <br />plans or form codes that include zoning and development standards and plan - <br />level environmental analysis that can be used to streamline future housing <br />projects and facilitate affordability. <br />(d) Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) or Other Low -Cost Building Strategies: <br />Encouraging ADUs and other low-cost building types through actions above <br />state law such as, outreach, fee waivers, pre -approved plans, website zoning <br />clearance assistance, and other homeowner tools or finance tools. Also, <br />establishing other approaches to intensify existing lower density residential <br />areas and "missing model' typologies to encourage significantly more <br />residential development (e.g., duplexes, triplexes) in lower density residential <br />areas. <br />(e) Expedited Processing: Speeding up approvals and permit processing, <br />including instituting programs that streamline or consolidate the review <br />process or create a separate process for expedited review of housing projects. <br />(f) Housing Related Infrastructure Financing and Fee Reduction Strategies: <br />Develop and implement approaches to local, regional or sub -regional housing <br />related infrastructure financing. Create plans and programs to finance and <br />increase infrastructure with accompanying enhanced housing capacity, such <br />as enhanced infrastructure financing districts. Fee reduction and rationalization <br />approaches, such as reassessing fees to adhere to best practices in reducing <br />costs, deferrals, sliding scales or proportionate impacts fees (e.g., ADUs, <br />transit oriented, and infill development, special needs housing), or fee <br />transparency measures including publically available fee calculators. <br />Note: HCD will be rolling out best practice toolkits and technical assistance in these <br />topic areas over the course of 2019. <br />Note: If the applicant is proposing only Priority Policy Areas ((PPA), as defined in <br />section VIII, subsection (3) of the NOFA), do not fill out Attachment 2. However, if <br />the applicant is proposing to fund PPAs AND other activities that are not considered <br />PPAs, the application must demonstrate how these other activities have a nexus to <br />accelerating housing production by filling out Attachment 2 of the application. <br />(4) State Planning and Other Planning Priorities: Applicants must demonstrate that <br />the locality is consistent with State Planning or Other Planning Priorities. <br />CA HCD Notice of Funding Availability 559-28 SB 2 Planning Grants NOFA Year-1 <br />