CHAPTER 4.5. Review and Approval of Development Projects
Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1200.
§§ 65920–65964.5 · 70 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 65920–65923.8 · 5 sections
- § 65920 (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Permit Streamlining Act. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this chapter…
- § 65921 The Legislature finds and declares that there is a statewide need to ensure clear understanding of the specific requirements which must be met in connection…
- § 65922 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following: (a) Activities of the State Energy Resources Development and Conservation Commission…
- § 65922.1 During a year declared by the State Water Resources Control Board or the Department of Water Resources to be a critically dry year, or during a drought…
- § 65923.8 Any state agency which is the lead agency for a development project shall inform the applicant for a permit that the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 65925–65934 · 11 sections
- § 65925 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 65926 “Air pollution control district” means any district created or continued in existence pursuant to the provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 40000) of…
- § 65927 “Development” means, on land, in or under water, the placement or erection of any solid material or structure; discharge or disposal of any dredged material or…
- § 65928 (a) “Development project” means any project undertaken for the purpose of development. “Development project” includes a project involving the issuance of a…
- § 65928.5 “Geothermal field development project” means a development project as defined in Section 65928 which is composed of geothermal wells, resource transportation…
- § 65929 “Lead agency” means the public agency which has the principal responsibility for carrying out or approving a project.
- § 65930 “Local agency” means any public agency other than a state agency. For purposes of this chapter, a redevelopment agency is a local agency and is not a state…
- § 65931 “Project” means any activity involving the issuance to a person of a lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement for use by one or more public…
- § 65932 “Public agency” means any state agency, any county, city and county, city, regional agency, public district, redevelopment agency, or other political…
- § 65933 “Responsible agency” means a public agency, other than the lead agency, which has responsibility for carrying out or approving a project.
- § 65934 “State agency” means any agency, board, or commission of state government. For all purposes of this chapter, the term “state agency” shall include an air…
ARTICLE 3. Applications for Development Projects §§ 65940–65945.7 · 18 sections
- § 65940 (a) (1) Each public agency shall compile one or more lists that shall specify in detail the information that will be required from any applicant for a…
- § 65940.1 (a) (1) A city, county, or special district that has an internet website shall make all of the following available on its internet website, as applicable: (A)…
- § 65940.2 (a) A city or county that has an internet website shall make a fee estimate tool that the public can use to calculate an estimate of fees and exactions for a…
- § 65940.3 (a) (1) A city or county with a population of 150,000 or more persons shall, no later than January 1, 2028, make a centralized application portal available on…
- § 65940.5 (a) No list compiled pursuant to Section 65940 shall include an extension or waiver of the time periods prescribed by this chapter within which a state or…
- § 65941 (a) The information compiled pursuant to Section 65940 shall also indicate the criteria which the agency will apply in order to determine the completeness of…
- § 65941.1 (a) An applicant for a housing development project, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 65905.5, shall be deemed to have submitted a…
- § 65941.5 Each public agency shall notify applicants for development permits of the time limits established for the review and approval of development permits pursuant…
- § 65941.6 (a) Each local agency shall develop materials relating to the requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et…
- § 65942 The information and the criteria specified in Sections 65940, 65941, 65941.5 shall be revised as needed so that they shall be current and accurate at all…
- § 65943 (a) Not later than 30 calendar days after any public agency has received an application for a development project, the agency shall determine in writing…
- § 65943.1 (a) (1) Upon final approval of a housing development project, the city, county, or city and county shall provide the development proponent with an itemized…
- § 65943.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any appeal pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65943 involving a permit application to a board,…
- § 65944 (a) After a public agency accepts an application as complete, the agency shall not subsequently request of an applicant any new or additional information which…
- § 65945 (a) At the time of filing an application for a development permit with a city or county, the city or county shall inform the applicant that he or she may make…
- § 65945.3 At the time of filing an application for a development permit with a local agency, other than a city or county, the local agency shall inform the applicant…
- § 65945.5 At the time of filing an application for a development permit with a state agency, the state agency shall inform the applicant that he or she may make a…
- § 65945.7 No action, inaction, or recommendation regarding any ordinance, rule, or regulation subject to this Section 65945, 65945.3, or 65945.5 by any legislative body,…
ARTICLE 4. Expedited Review §§ 65946–65946.1 · 2 sections
- § 65946 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Certified access specialist” or “CASp” means any person who has been…
- § 65946.1 (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Affected property” means a residential real property that satisfies either of the following conditions: (A) The property…
ARTICLE 5. Approval of Development Permits §§ 65950–65957.5 · 15 sections
- § 65950 (a) A public agency that is the lead agency for a development project shall approve or disapprove the project within whichever of the following periods is…
- § 65950.1 Notwithstanding Section 65950, if there has been an extension of time pursuant to Section 21100.2 or 21151.5 of the Public Resources Code to complete and…
- § 65950.5 (a) If an applicant for a development project for natural gas exploration or production and a public agency agree in writing to expedite the public agency’s…
- § 65951 In the event that a combined environmental impact report-environmental impact statement is being prepared on a development project pursuant to Section 21083.6…
- § 65952 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a public agency that is a responsible agency for a development project that has been approved by the lead agency…
- § 65952.1 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), where a development project consists of a subdivision pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2…
- § 65952.2 No public agency shall disapprove an application for a development project in order to comply with the time limits specified in this chapter. Any disapproval…
- § 65953 (a) All time limits specified in this article are maximum time limits for approving or disapproving development projects. All public agencies shall, if…
- § 65954 The time limits established by this article shall not apply in the event that federal statutes or regulations require time schedules which exceed such time…
- § 65955 The time limits established by this article shall not apply to applications to appropriate water where such applications have been protested pursuant to…
- § 65956 (a) If any provision of law requires the lead agency or responsible agency to provide public notice of the development project or to hold a public hearing, or…
- § 65956.5 (a) Prior to an applicant providing advance notice to an environmental agency of the intent to provide public notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section…
- § 65957 The time limits established by Sections 65950, 65950.1, 65951, and 65952 may be extended once upon mutual written agreement of the project applicant and the…
- § 65957.1 In the event that a development project requires more than one approval by a public agency, such agency may establish time limits (1) for submitting the…
- § 65957.5 (a) Whenever the director of a Department of Transportation highway district recommends to a public agency considering an application to subdivide real…
ARTICLE 5.6. Environmental Permits §§ 65959–65959.3 · 4 sections
- § 65959 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the California Environmental Protection Agency was established to enhance the state’s protection of the…
- § 65959.1 For purposes of this article, “environmental permit” means any permit issued by the Department of Toxic Substances Control for the storage, treatment,…
- § 65959.2 (a) At the request of an applicant for more than one environmental permit, the Secretary for Environmental Protection may, using existing staff and budgetary…
- § 65959.3 This article does not confer any new or additional authority over the issuance of environmental permits on the California Environmental Protection Agency or…
ARTICLE 6. Development Permits for Classes of Projects §§ 65960–65964.5 · 15 sections
- § 65960 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any person applies for approval of a geothermal field development project, then only one permit from the lead…
- § 65960.1 (a) Any local source of funding that can be used for the development of affordable housing shall include adaptive reuse as an eligible project. No agency with…
- § 65961 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subdivisions (e) and (f), upon approval or conditional approval of a tentative map for a…
- § 65962 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, after the amendments required by Sections 65302.9 and 65860.1 have become effective, each city and county within the…
- § 65962.1 (a) For purposes of Sections 65865.5, 65962, and 66474.5, the Mossdale Tract shall achieve the urban level of flood protection by 2040. (b) For purposes of…
- § 65962.2 (a) For purposes of Sections 65865.5, 65962, and 66474.5, the City of West Sacramento shall achieve the urban level of flood protection by 2040. (b) For…
- § 65962.3 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 9795 and 10231.5, on or before December 31, 2028, and every five years thereafter until December 31, 2038, the West Sacramento…
- § 65962.4 (a) For purposes of Sections 65865.5, 65962, and 66474.5, the following locations shall achieve the urban level of flood protection by 2030: (1) The Natomas…
- § 65962.5 (a) The Department of Toxic Substances Control shall compile and update as appropriate, but at least annually, and shall submit to the Secretary for…
- § 65963.1 Except as otherwise provided in Article 8.7 (commencing with Section 25199) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, this chapter applies…
- § 65963.2 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission. (2) “Pipeline…
- § 65964 As a condition of approval of an application for a permit for construction or reconstruction for a development project for a wireless telecommunications…
- § 65964.1 (a) A collocation or siting application for a wireless telecommunications facility, as defined in Section 65850.6, shall be deemed approved if all of the…
- § 65964.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Batch broadband permit processing” means the simultaneous processing of multiple…
- § 65964.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Fiber” means fiber optic cables, and related ancillary equipment such as conduit,…