AgdaPkt 2021.01.11 Amended Joint SA PFA

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6.C. - Page 16 of 29 The laws which went into effect on January 1, 2020, include:20 o AB 68/AB 881 - Requires local agencies to approve or deny an ADU project more quickly and prohibits local agencies from adopting ADU ordinances that impose minimum lot size requirements, set certain maximum dimensions, or require replacement off-street parking in certain situations. Also allows for an ADU as well as a "junior" ADUs where certain access, setback and other criteria are met. o SB 13 - Provides, until January 1, 2025, that cities may not condition approval of ADU building permit applications on the applicant being the "owner -applicant" of either the primary dwelling or the ADU, and prohibits impact fees on ADUs under 750 square feet. o AB 587 - Provides that local agencies may now allow ADUs to be sold or conveyed separately from a primary residence if certain conditions are met. This law is expected to increase the ability of affordable housing organizations to sell deed -restricted ADUs to eligible low-income homeowners. o AB 670 - Prevents homeowners' associations from barring ADUs. AB 670 makes unlawful any HOA condition that "prohibits or unreasonably restricts" the construction of ADUs on single-family residential lots. o AB 671 - Requires local governments to include in their General Plan housing elements plans to incentivize and promote the creation of affordable ADUs. The law also requires HCD to develop, by December 31, 2020, a list of state grants and financial incentives for ADU development. The new 2020 laws solve a number of key zoning and construction restraints which previously held back less expensive housing options. Second Units can now be built or remodeled into 800 square -feet rental units with construction approved by the respective cities within 60 days and do not require owner occupation, additional parking or impact fees (if 750 square feet or less). In the case of amnesty, non -permitted Second Units are acceptable if they meet health and safety standards, e.g., operating fire detectors and electric wiring. Of note is that units cannot be used for short-term vacation rentals as the various laws were intended for rental to singles or families who cannot otherwise afford a single-family dwelling or an apartment rental near their workplace.21 20 htt s://vvww.lik-law.corn/en/insi hls/ tiblications/20]9i[Oltalifornias-2020-housin,,-caws-what- ou-need-to-know. Additionally, a more complete summary of the 2020 statutes impacting the construction or permitting of Second Units can be found in Appendix B. 21New state laws for ADU/Second Unit construction, effective January 1, 2020: AB 670 (Friedman), AB 671 (Friedman), AB 68 (Ting), AB 587 (Friedman), AB 881 (Bloom), SB 13 (Wieckowski) are designed to help narrow the shortfall in affordable housing in California. Another bill is being worked on to tie all bills together. (Appendix B: Summary of bills) 2019-2020 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury 141