Item 24 - California State Department of Housing and Community Development Prohousing Designation Program Application

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