Section 65912.101 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] DefinitionsFor purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) "Commercial corridor" means a highway, as defined in Section 360 of the Vehicle Code, that is not a freeway, as defined in Section 332 of the Vehicle Code, and that has a right-of-way of at least 70 and not greater than 150 feet.(b) "Development proponent" means a developer who submits a housing development project application to a local government under the streamlined, ministerial review process pursuant to this chapter.(c) "Extremely low income households" has the same meaning as defined in Section 50106 of the Health and Safety Code.(d) "Health care expenditures" include contributions under Sections 501(c) or (d) or 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and payments toward "medical care" as defined under Section 213(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.(e) "Housing development project" has the same meaning as defined in Section 65589.5.(f) "Industrial use" means utilities, manufacturing, transportation storage and maintenance facilities, and warehousing uses. "Industrial use" does not include power substations or utility conveyances such as power lines, broadband wires, and pipes.(g) "Local affordable housing requirement" means either of the following:(1) A local government requirement, as a condition of development of residential units, that a housing development project include a certain percentage of units affordable to, and occupied by, extremely low, very low, lower, or moderate-income households as a condition of development of residential units.(2) A local government requirement allowing a housing development project to be a use by right if the project includes a certain percentage of units affordable to, and occupied by, extremely low, very low, lower, or moderate-income households as a condition of development of residential units.(h) "Local government" means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(i) "Lower income households" has the same meaning as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.(j) "Major transit stop" has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 21155 of the Public Resources Code.(k) "Moderate-income households" means households of persons and families of moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.(l) "Multifamily" means a property with five or more housing units for sale or for rent.(m) "Neighborhood plan" means a specific plan adopted pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 65450) of Chapter 3, or an area plan, precise plan, urban village plan, or master plan that has been adopted by a local government.(n) "Principally permitted use" means a use that may occupy more than one-third of the square footage of designated use on the site and does not require a conditional use permit.(o) "Side street" means a highway, as defined in Section 360 of the Vehicle Code, that is not a freeway, as defined in Section 332 of the Vehicle Code, and that has a right-of-way of at least 25 and fewer than 70 feet.(p) "Urban uses" means any current or former residential, commercial, public institutional, transit or transportation passenger facility, or retail use, or any combination of those uses.(q) "Use by right" means a development project that satisfies both of the following conditions: (1) The development project does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review.(2) The development project is not a "project" for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code.(r) "Very low income households" has the same meaning as defined in Section 50105 of the Health and Safety Code.Ca. Gov. Code § 65912.101
Amended by Stats 2023 ch 770 (AB 1764),s 7, eff. 1/1/2024.Added by Stats 2022 ch 647 (AB 2011),s 3, eff. 1/1/2023.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.