Lynwood Zoning Code Art. 22 Housing Element Sites

This article is being enacted to implement the housing element law (article 10.6 of the California Government Code) for sites that have been identified in the general plan housing element site inventory to accommodate housing development. (Ord. #1782, §2 (Exh. 1))

Housing development projects (as defined by housing element law) proposing owner-occupied or multifamily residential use shall be reviewed through a “by-right" ministerial process (set forth in section 25-100-9, Ministerial Review) if all of the following criteria apply:

A. The housing development project includes at least twenty percent (20%) of the units to be affordable to lower income households.

B. All assessor's parcel(s) included in the project are zoned to allow at least thirty (30) units per acre.

C. All assessor's parcel(s) included in the project are identified in the most recent housing element site inventory to accommodate lower income units.

D. All assessor's parcel(s) included in the project are identified in the most recent housing element site inventory as "Used in Prior Housing Element – Non-Vacant" or "Used in Two Consecutive Prior Housing Elements – Vacant." (Ord. #1782, §2 (Exh. 1))

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