Item 30 - Uncodified Ordinance Amending the List of Parcels

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Ordinance to Revise Local AB 2011 Implementing Ordinance December 17, 2024 Page 4 Exemption — AB 2011 (100-Percent Affordable) AB 2011 grants a local government authority to exempt a parcel from streamlined approval permissible under the bill before a developer submits a 100-percent affordable (Affordable Projects) development application on the parcel if: (1) the local government identifies one or more alternative sites for residential development that meet certain environmental criteria; (2) the local government has permitted the alternative parcels not otherwise eligible for development pursuant to AB 2011 to be developed pursuant to AB 2011 streamlining, and that the alternative parcels are suitable for residential development as defined in State housing element law; (3) the local government has permitted the alternative parcels that are subject to AB 2011 streamlining to be developed at densities above the residential density required in subdivision (b) of Section 65912.113 (100-percent affordable) of the Government Code; (4) the alternative development would result in no net loss of the total potential residential density in the jurisdiction; (5) the alternative development would result in no net loss of the potential residential density of housing affordable to lower income households in the jurisdiction; and (6) the alternative development would affirmatively further fair housing. Staff has reviewed the adopted 100-percent affordable exempt parcels list in the Ordinances and has identified sites to remove from the exempt parcels list and sites to include on the exempt parcels list, which would be eligible for streamlining pursuant to AB 2011 as amended by AB 2243 if not added to the exempt parcels list as proposed. In total, the revised exempt parcels listed in Attachment 1 to the ordinance equals to approximately 380 acres of land and can yield up to 10,932 affordable units based on the AB 2011 prescribed density. In order to exempt these parcels, their lost development capacity must be accommodated elsewhere in the City and result in no net loss of the total residential capacities in the jurisdiction as prescribed by AB 2011. The alternative parcels, which are comprised of alternative and previously up -zoned sites, identified in Attachment 3 to the ordinance can yield a total surplus capacity of 21,290 units above the AB 2011 base density. Accordingly, the surplus capacity of 21,290 units allowed in the alternative parcels can accommodate the lost residential density of 10,932 units from the exempted parcels listed in Attachment 1, with a net surplus capacity buffer of 10,358 to spare. The analysis demonstrating that the alternative parcels comply with all environmental criteria, suitability for residential development as defined in State housing element law, no net loss calculations, no net loss of potential residential density of housing affordable to lower income households in the jurisdiction, and that the alternative parcels affirmatively further fair housing can be found in Attachment 3 of the ordinance. Exemption — AB 2011 (Mixed -Income) Separately, AB 2011 permits a local government to exempt a parcel from these types of streamlined approval before a developer submits a mixed -income development application on the parcel if: (1) the local government identifies one or more alternative