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ASTEO c KORAN <br />AUTHENTICATEDMP�ERl4 <br />FR0.pNi[LEfilL <br />Senate Bill No. 1069 <br />CHAPTER 720 <br />An act to amend Sections 65582.1, 65583.1, 65589.4, 65852.150, 65852.2, <br />and 66412.2 of the Government Code, relating to land use. <br />[Approved by Govemor September 27, 2016. Filed with <br />Secretary of State September 27, 2016.1 <br />LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST <br />SB 1069, Wieckowski. Land use: zoning. <br />The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of a city <br />or county to regulate, among other things, the intensity of land use, and also <br />authorizes a local agency to provide by ordinance for the creation of 2nd <br />units in single-family and multifamily residential zones, as specified. That <br />law makes findings and declarations with respect to the value of 2nd units <br />to California's housing supply. <br />This bill would replace the term "second unit" with "accessory dwelling <br />unit" throughout the law. The bill would additionally find and declare that, <br />among other things, allowing accessory dwelling units in single-family or <br />multifamily residential zones provides additional rental housing stock, and <br />these units are an essential component of housing supply in California. <br />The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the ordinance for the creation <br />of 2nd units in single-family and multifamily residential zones to include <br />specified provisions regarding areas where accessory dwelling units may <br />be located, standards, including the imposition of parking standards, and <br />lot density. Existing law, when a local agency has not adopted an ordinance <br />governing 2nd units as so described, requires the local agency to approve <br />or disapprove the application ministerially, as provided. <br />This bill would instead require the ordinance for the creation of accessory <br />dwelling units to include the provisions described above. The bill would <br />prohibit the imposition ofparking standards under specified circumstances. <br />The bill would revise requirements for the approval or disapproval of an <br />accessory dwelling unit application when a local agency has not adopted <br />an ordinance. The bill would also require the ministerial approval of an <br />application for a building permit to create one accessory dwelling unit within <br />the existing space of a single-family residence or accessory structure, as <br />specified. The bill would prohibit a local agency from requiring an applicant <br />for this permit to install a new or separate utility connection directly between <br />the unit and the utility or imposing a related connection fee or capacity <br />charge. The bill would authorize a local agency to impose this requirement <br />for other accessory dwelling units. <br />This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 65852.2 of the <br />Govermnent Code proposed by AB 2299 that would become operative only <br />90 <br />