Bill Text: CA AB440 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Ballot measures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-03 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 82, Statutes of 2024. [AB440 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB440-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
June 27, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 30, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 09, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member |
February 06, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing. Existing law provides for the calculation of the amount of density bonus for each type of housing development that qualifies under these provisions.
Existing law defines the term “density bonus” for these purposes to mean a density increase over the otherwise maximum allowable gross residential density as of the date of the application, as described. Existing law defines the term “maximum allowable residential density” for these purposes to mean the maximum number of units allowed under the zoning ordinance, specific plan, or land use element
of the general plan, or, if a range of density is permitted, the maximum number of units allowed by the specific zoning range, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan applicable to the project. Existing law provides under that definition that if the density allowed under the zoning ordinance is inconsistent with the density allowed under the land use element of the general plan or specific plan, the greater density prevails.
This bill would instead define “maximum allowable residential density” to mean the greatest number of units allowed under the zoning ordinance, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan, or, if a range of density is permitted, the greatest number of units allowed by the specific zoning range, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan applicable to the project. The bill would also remove from
that definition the provision stating that the greater density prevails if the density allowed under the zoning ordinance is inconsistent with the density allowed under the land use element of the general plan or specific plan.