La Verne Municipal Code § 18.66.010 Housing element sites overlay

Purpose and Intent. The purpose of the housing element sites overlay zone (H-E-O) is to establish the maximum density requirements and ministerial review rights for certain properties that are designated for lower income housing pursuant to California Housing Law as part of the city's 6th Cycle Housing Element, consistent with Government Code Section 65583.2.

(Ord. 24-1129, 10/21/2024; Ord. 25-1129, 2/18/2025)

Any residential development project, including a mixed use development project, on a site designated as H-E-O shall be considered a permitted use and approved if it meets the following requirements:

A. The project provides twenty percent or more of the units as affordable to lower-income households. A recorded affordability restriction shall be required for a fifty-five-year period for affordable rental housing units and for a forty-five-year period for affordable for-sale units, or such other period as required by an applicable provision of law.

B. The community development director has reviewed the plans to ensure that it complies with all applicable objective provisions of the zoning ordinance, municipal code, general plan, and any applicable specific plans or city regulations/standards. No other findings shall be required.

C. Nothing herein exempts a project requesting any type of map from going through the procedures required under the State Subdivision Map Act and Title 16 of this code as provided for in Government Code Section 65583.2(i).

(Ord. 24-1129, 10/21/2024; Ord. 25-1129, 2/18/2025)