Step 4: Application Consistency with Standards (HAA) GC 65589.5
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- Identify the specific provision or provisions and provide an explanation of the reason or reasons why the local agency considers the housing development to be inconsistent, noncompliant, or non-conformant with identified provisions.
13 Government Codes § 65940, 65941, and 65941.5 require, among other things, a local government to compile one or more lists that shall specify in detail the information that will be required from any applicant for a development project. Copies of the information shall be made available to all applicants for development projects and to any person who requests the information.
14 The statute is silent on applications that did not use the preliminary application process. There is no statutory timeline for resubmittal in those instances.
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Appendix C: Preliminary Application (Senate Bill 330, Statutes of 2019)
30 days of a project application being deemed complete for projects containing 150 or fewer housing units.
60 days of a project application being deemed complete for projects containing over 150 units.
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- September 15, 2020
- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- What is the Housing Accountability Act?
- Why Do We Need the Housing Accountability Act?
- Legislative Housing Accountability Act Interpretation Guidance
- Housing Accountability Act Decision Matrix
- NO: HAA does not apply
- NO
- NO
- Key Provisions of the Housing Accountability Act
- Housing Development Project Qualifications
- Housing Development Project Definition
- Housing for Very Low, Low-, or Moderate-Income Households
- Housing Developments Applying for the Streamlined Ministerial …
- Applicability of Local Standards
- Determination of Application Completeness
- Completeness Determination of Development Application
- Imposition of Development Conditions
- Housing Accountability Act Provisions That Apply to All Housin…
- Determination of Consistency with Applicable Plans, Standards,…
- Applicability of Density Bonus Law
- General Plan and Zoning Consistency Standard
- Written Notification of Inconsistency
- Consequence for Failure to Provide Written Documentation
- Denial of a Housing Project that is Consistent with Applicable…
- Preponderance of the Evidence Standard
- State Policy on Housing Project Approval
- Denial or Conditioning of Housing Affordable to Very Low-, Low…
- Violations of Housing Accountability Act
- Eligible Plaintiffs and Petitioners
- Remedies
- Local Agency Appeal Bond
- Failure to Comply with Court Order
- Court-Imposed Fines
- What types of housing development project applications are sub…
- Does the Housing Accountability Act apply to charter cities?
- Does the Housing Accountability Act apply to housing developme…
- Does the California Department of Housing and Community Develo…
- If approval of a housing development project triggers the No-N…
- Does the Housing Accountability Act apply to a residential dev…
- Does the Housing Accountability Act apply to an application fo…
- Does the Housing Accountability Act apply to market-rate housi…
- Is there a definition for “specific, adverse impact” upon publ…
- Appendix B: Definitions
- Housing for very low-, low-, or moderate-income households mea…
- Appendix C: Preliminary Application (Senate Bill 330, Statutes…
- Benefits of a Preliminary Application
- Step 1: Preliminary Application Submittal GC 65941.1
- Step 2: Full Application Submittal
- Step 3: Determination of Application Completeness GC 65943
- Step 4: Application Consistency with Standards (HAA) GC 65589.5
- Step 5: Other Entitlement Process Requirements Pursuant to SB …
- Appendix D: Housing Accountability Act Statute (2020)
- 65589.5.