ARTICLE 11.5. Office to Housing Conversion Act
Article 11.5 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 493, Sec. 4.
§§ 65658–65658.16 · 16 sections
- § 65658 This article may be cited as the Office to Housing Conversion Act.
- § 65658.1 For purposes of this article: (a) (1) “Adaptive reuse project” means the retrofitting and repurposing of an existing building to create new residential or…
- § 65658.3 (a) A local government may adopt an ordinance to implement this article and specify the process and requirements applicable to adaptive reuse projects,…
- § 65658.4 The Legislature finds and declares that encouraging commercial-to-resident conversions to help address the statewide housing crisis addresses a matter of…
- § 65658.5 (a) (1) An adaptive reuse project that meets the requirements of subdivision (b) shall be deemed a use by right in all zones, regardless of the zoning of the…
- § 65658.6 (a) An adaptive reuse project that satisfies the requirements of Section 65658.5 may include the development of new residential or mixed-use structures on…
- § 65658.7 (a) (1) (A) Before submitting an application for an adaptive reuse project pursuant to Section 65658.5 for a structure that is more than 50 years old and not…
- § 65658.8 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any local law, if a local government’s planning director or equivalent position determines that an adaptive reuse project submitted…
- § 65658.9 (a) A local government shall issue a subsequent permit required for an adaptive reuse project approved under this article if the application substantially…
- § 65658.10 (a) A local government shall not adopt or impose any requirement, including, but not limited to, increased fees or inclusionary housing requirements, that…
- § 65658.11 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an adaptive reuse project shall be exempt from all impact fees that are not reasonably related to the impacts resulting from…
- § 65658.12 Notwithstanding any law, and in addition to any other applicable labor standards provided in this article, any adaptive reuse project approved by a local…
- § 65658.13 Notwithstanding any law, and in addition to any other applicable labor standards provided in this article, any adaptive reuse project approved by a local…
- § 65658.14 In addition to any other applicable labor standards provided in this article, any development project for an adaptive reuse project approved by a local…
- § 65658.15 In addition to any other applicable labor standards provided in this article, any development project for an adaptive reuse project that includes 40 or more…
- § 65658.16 This article shall become operative on July 1, 2026.