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<br />7E-2 <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF LAWS RELATING TO HOUSING ELEMENT <br />per State Hen Health and Safety Code <br /> <br />8B520 (Chesbro) of 2001: <br /> <br />Analysis (Gov. Code Section 65583(a)(4)) <br /> <br />. Analyze constraints to housing development, maintenance and improvement of <br />housing for persons with disabilities. <br /> <br />. Analyze zoning and land use, processing and building codes <br /> <br />Program (Gov. Code Section 65583(c)(3)) <br /> <br />. Address constraints <br /> <br />. Establish appropriate "reasonable accommodation" procedure <br /> <br />AD 2348 (Mullin) 2004: <br /> <br />Requires more detailed inventory of sites to accommodate projected housing needs and provide <br />greater development and housing element review certainty. <br /> <br />Adequate sites program: <br /> <br />Requires a minimum of 20 units per acre specifically for Redwood City <br /> <br />By Right approvals <br /> <br />Counting units toward Adequate sites: <br /> <br />1. Substandard housing not habitable but suitable for rehab; <br /> <br />Rehab of the unit with affordability covenants of ] 0 - 20 years with restricted occupancy by low <br />or very low income at affordable housing costs (or time period required by federal or state law or <br />regulation) <br /> <br />Local code enforcement agency must issue certificate of occupancy. <br /> <br />2. Multifamily units with 4 or more units are converted, with assistance from City, <br />from non-affordable to affordable by acquisition and affordability covenants and <br />restrictions for the unit for very low and low income households. <br /> <br />1 <br />