The following housing projects are exempt from all discretionary land use entitlement review process
required by Article 21 “Uses Allowed by Zone” and are only required to obtain building permits, grading permits, landscape plan checks and other ministerial associated permits, after a zoning clearance has been issued by the Community Development Department:
(a) Housing projects with at least twenty (20%) percent of the units affordable to lower income households if the projects are located on Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) sites that are either reuse sites from the previous housing element cycle or required rezoning to accommodate the lower income RHNA shortfall as detailed in the City of Thousand Oaks’ 2021-2029 Housing Element Appendix C.
(b) These housing projects exempt from discretionary land use entitled review process are subject to ministerial review to confirm exempt status including compliance with the applicable standards of the zoning regulations and appropriate operational conditions. Ministerial actions are not appealable.
(§ II, Ord. 219-NS, eff. August 19, 1971, as amended by § XV, Ord. 581-NS, eff. August 12, 1976, § III, Ord. 607-NS, eff. January 6, 1977, §§ II and III, Ord. 626-NS, eff. April 21, 1977, §§ XII and XIII, Ord. 776-NS, eff. April 16, 1981, § II, Ord. 779-NS, eff. June 11, 1981, § 6, Ord. 899-NS, eff. October 22, 1985, § 1, Ord. 917-NS, eff. April 15, 1986, § 11, Ord. 980-NS, eff. November 3, 1987, § 7, Ord. 997-NS, eff. May 17, 1988, § 2, Ord. 1122-NS, eff. October 1, 1991, §§ 1 and 2, Ord. 1136-NS, eff. February 18, 1992, and as renumbered by § 32 and repealed by § 36, Ord. 1178-NS, eff. April 27, 1993, § 5, Ord. 1726-NS, eff. April 26, 2024)