Dublin Municipal Code Ch. 8.51 Housing Replacement Requirements

The purpose of this Chapter is to prevent the loss of housing units and displacement of lower income households. State law does not allow local agencies to approve new housing developments that include demolition of existing housing units unless the proposed development complies with the applicable replacement housing requirements. Housing demolition and housing development projects must comply with the requirements of state law governing replacement housing units, including but not limited to Government Code Sections 66300.5 et seq., 65583.2 and 65915(c)(3), as may be amended.

(Ord. 03-26, 4/7/2026)

A. Unless replacement housing is proposed, a housing development project that includes the demolition of existing housing units shall not be approved on any property that:

1. Includes rental housing units or, if the housing units have been vacated or demolished in the five year period preceding the development application, have been subject to a recorded covenant, ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to low- or very low-income households;

2. Is subject to any other form of rent or price control through a public entity’s valid exercise of its police power; or

3. Is occupied by low- or very low-income households.

B. A housing development project that includes demolition of existing housing units on any property described above shall replace those units in compliance with the provisions of Government Code Section 65915(c)(3).

(Ord. 03-26, 4/7/2026)