Sec. 153.981 - Purpose.

(A)

The purpose of this section ("section" includes Municipal Code Sections 153.980—153.989) is to reasonably regulate, to the extent permitted under California law, SB9 Housing Projects authorized by state law known as Senate Bill 9 (hereinafter "SB9"). SB9 amends California Government Code Section 66452.6 and adds Sections 65852.21 and 66411.7 to the California Government Code. SB9 applies to lots located within single-family residential zoning, except lots excluded under Section 153.983.

(B)

SB9 housing projects can result in no more than two residential units per parcel, would not require the demolition or alteration of housing that is subject to a recorded covenant, ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to persons and families of moderate, low, or very low income; does not propose the demolition of more than 25 percent of existing exterior structural walls of residential units if the site has been occupied by a tenant in the previous three years from the date of the SB9 housing project application filed with the Town and complies with the requirements in this section; and, will not occur on any parcel included on the State Historic Resources Inventory, or within a site that is legally designated or listed as a Town historic property.

(C)

This section sets forth the Town's objective development standards required for SB9 housing projects which will apply, so long as those standards would not have the effect of physically precluding the construction of two residential units on a single-family residential lot from being up to 800 square feet in floor area.

(Ord. 2022-624, § 4(Exh. B), effective 2-10-22)