City Council

(4) 26-1329 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the drafting of an ordinance to utilize the City's authority under State law to establish simplified and expedited processing procedures for eligible new-construction condominium and Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) condominium projects. Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Yaroslavsky - Padilla, et al.): INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the Department of Building and Safety, and the Bureau of Engineering, within 30 days, to draft an ordinance to utilize the City's authority under State law to establish simplified and expedited processing procedures for eligible new-construction condominium and ADU condominium projects. The ordinance should identify and address all streamlining possibilities including but not limited to: 1. An administrative procedure for waiving parcel, tentative, and final map requirements including a streamlined process for making the statutory findings required by California Government Code Section 66428(b), including but not limited to requirements as to site area, design, floodwater drainage control, public road access, sanitary sewage disposal, water supply availability, and environmental protection. 2. Opportunities to eliminate duplicative review requirements currently imposed through the City's condominium and subdivision review processes such as building permits, zoning review, utility review, or other permitting processes, while maintaining applicable health, safety, infrastructure, and other substantive requirements. 3. Streamlined coordination of subdivision, condominium- plan, building-permit, and Certificate of Occupancy processes. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.