Qualifying infill residential development projects are subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process when the development complies with all applicable objective development standards and meets the criteria established herein.
A. Qualifying Criteria. An infill residential project shall meet the following criteria:
1. The project is a multi-family housing development containing two or more residential units.
2. The development and the site on which it is located is a legal parcel.
3. At least 75 percent of the perimeter of the site adjoins parcels that are developed with urban uses.
4. The site is zoned for residential use or residential mixed-use development, or, the site has a general plan designation that allows residential use or a mix of residential and nonresidential uses, and at least two-thirds of the square footage of the development is designated for residential use.
B. Disqualifications. For the purposes of this section, a qualifying infill development project shall not be located on a site that is any of the following:
1. Either prime farmland or farmland of statewide importance, as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture land inventory and monitoring criteria, modified for California, and designated on the maps prepared by the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the Department of Conservation.
2. Wetlands, as defined in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Manual, Part 660 FW 2 (June 21, 1993).
3. Within a very high fire hazard severity zone, as determined by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or within the state responsibility area, as defined in Section 4102 of the Public Resources Code, except for sites with adopted fire hazard mitigation measures.
4. A hazardous waste site listed pursuant to Section 65962.5 or designated by the Department of Toxic Substances Control, unless specific conditions or determinations by relevant authorities apply.
5. Within a delineated earthquake fault zone, as determined by the State Geologist, unless complying with applicable seismic protection building code standards.
6. Within a special flood hazard area subject to the 1 percent annual chance flood (100-year flood) as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, unless meeting specific FEMA criteria or having a Letter of Map Revision.
7. Within a regulatory floodway as determined by FEMA, unless the development has received a no-rise certification.
8. Lands identified for conservation in an adopted natural community conservation plan, habitat conservation plan, or other adopted natural resource protection plan.
9. Habitat for protected species identified by state or federal agencies or protected by relevant conservation acts.
10. Lands under conservation easement.
(Ord. 2600)