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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2023) AFFORDABLE HOUSING <br /> <br /> <br />2023 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 9-4 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (B), provided that the development <br />proponent complies with applicable requirements of subparagraph (B). <br /> <br />(C)(iii) A development proponent may satisfy the affordability <br />requirements of subparagraph (B) with a unit that is restricted to households <br />with incomes lower than the applicable income limits required in <br />subparagraph (B). <br /> <br /> <br />(v) The development, excluding any additional density or any other <br />concessions, incentives, or waivers of development standards granted pursuant to the <br />Density Bonus Law in Government Code section 65915, is consistent with objective zoning <br />standards and objective design review standards in effect at the time that the development <br />is submitted to the local government pursuant to this section. For purposes of this <br />paragraph, “objective zoning standards” and “objective design review standards” mean <br />standards that involve no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are <br />uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion <br />available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public <br />official prior to submittal. These standards may be embodied in alternative objective land <br />use specifications adopted by a city or county, and may include, but are not limited to, <br />housing overlay zones, specific plans, inclusionary zoning ordinances, and density bonus <br />ordinances, subject to the following: <br /> <br />(A) A development shall be deemed consistent with the objective zoning <br />standards related to housing density, as applicable, if the density proposed is <br />compliant with the maximum density allowed within that land use designation, <br />notwithstanding any specified maximum unit allocation that may result in fewer <br />units of housing being permitted. <br /> <br />(B) In the event that objective zoning, general plan, or design review <br />standards are mutually inconsistent, a development shall be deemed consistent with <br />the objective zoning standards pursuant to this section if the development is <br />consistent with the standards set forth in the general plan. <br /> <br />(C) A project that satisfies the requirements of Government Code <br />section 65852.24 shall be deemed consistent with objective zoning standards, <br />objective design standards, and objective subdivision standards if the project is <br />consistent with the provisions of subdivision (b) of Government Code section <br />65852.24 and if none of the square footage in the project is designated for hotel, <br />motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other transient lodging use, except for a residential <br />hotel. For purposes of this subdivision, “residential hotel” shall have the same <br />meaning as defined in Section 50519 of the Health and Safety Code. <br /> <br /> <br />(vi) The development is not located on a site that is any of the following: <br />