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<br /> <br />Project Proposal <br />Category 2: Acceleration of Housing Production Timeframes <br /> <br />Category Prohousing Policy Description Points <br />2A Establishment of ministerial approval processes for a variety of <br />housing types, including single-family and multifamily housing. <br />3 <br />2B Establishment of streamlined, program-level CEQA analysis and <br />certification of general plans, community plans, specific plans with <br />accompanying Environmental Impact Reports (EIR), and related <br />documents. <br />2 <br />2C Documented practice of streamlining housing development at the <br />project level, such as by enabling a by-right approval process or by <br />utilizing statutory and categorical exemptions as authorized by <br />applicable law (Pub. Resources Code, §§ 21155.1, 21155.4, <br />21159.24, 21159.25; Gov. Code, § 65457; Cal Code Regs., tit. 14, §§ <br />15303, 15332; Pub. Resources Code, §§ 21094.5, 21099, 21155.2, <br />21159.28). <br />2 <br />2D Establishment of permit processes that take less than four months. <br />Policies under this Category (2)(D) must address all approvals <br />necessary to issue building permits. <br />2 <br />2E Absence or elimination of public hearings for projects consistent with <br />zoning and the general plan. <br />2 <br />2F Establishment of consolidated or streamlined permit processes that <br />minimize the levels of review and approval required for projects, and <br />that are consistent with zoning regulations and the general plan. <br />1 <br />2G Absence, elimination or replacement of subjective development and <br />design standards with objective development and design standards <br />that simplify zoning clearance and improve approval certainty and <br />timing. <br />1 <br />2H Establishment of one-stop-shop permitting processes or a single point <br />of contact where entitlements are coordinated across city approval <br />functions (e.g., planning, public works, building) from entitlement <br />application to certificate of occupancy. <br />1 <br />2I Priority permit processing or reduced plan check times for <br />ADUs/JADUs, multifamily housing, or homes affordable to lower- or <br />moderate-income households. <br />1 <br />2J Establishment of a standardized application form for all entitlement <br />applications. <br />1 <br />2K Practice of publicly posting status updates on project permit approvals <br />on the Internet. <br />1 <br />2L Limitation on the total number of hearings for any project to three or <br />fewer. Applicants that accrue points pursuant to Category (2)(E) are <br />not eligible for points under this Category (2)(L). <br />1 <br />2M Demonstration of other actions, not listed above, that quantifiably <br />decrease production timeframes or promote the streamlining of <br />approval processes. <br />1 <br /> <br />