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CA HCD Guidelines - 2 - SB 2 Planning Grants Program Year 1 <br /> <br />(a) “Accelerating Housing Production” means improving the timing, cost, feasibility, <br />approval and amount of development through various mechanisms such as zoning <br />incentives (e.g., increased density and heights, reduced parking requirements), <br />upzoning, zoning amendments to permit residential in non-residential zones, <br />corridor planning, development standards modifications, non-discretionary review, <br />financing strategies, sliding scale fee modifications, facilitating adequate <br />infrastructure to support development, approval streamlining that addresses <br />quickness and ease of entitlements, and other mechanisms that promote <br />production or remove or mitigate regulatory barriers. <br /> <br />(b) “Affordability” means a housing unit that satisfies at least one of the following <br />criteria: <br /> <br />1. It is available at an “affordable rent” as that term is used and defined in Section <br />50053 of the Health & Safety Code; <br /> <br />2. It is offered at an “affordable housing cost”, as that term is used and defined in <br />Section 50052.5 of the Health & Safety Code; or <br /> <br />3. It is available at an “affordable rent” or an “affordable housing cost” according to <br />the alternative percentages of income for agency-assisted rental and cooperative <br />housing developments pursuant to Department regulations adopted under Health <br />and Safety Code section 50462(f). <br /> <br />(c) “Annual Progress Report” (APR) means the housing element Annual Progress <br />Report required by Government Code section 65400 on the prior year’s activities <br />and due to the Department April 1 of each year. <br /> <br />(d) “Department” means the California Department of Housing and Community <br />Development. <br /> <br />(e) “Disaster Recovery Area” means a locality experiencing a state o r federally <br />declared disaster in the last five years, where proposed planning activities will <br />significantly address the present and future housing needs of the disaster, <br />including climate adaptation. <br /> <br />(f) “Fund” means the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund pursuant to Health and <br />Safety Code section 50470. <br /> <br />(g) “High-quality transit corridor” means an existing corridor with fixed route bus <br />service with service intervals no longer than 15 minutes during peak commute <br />hours. An existing stop along a high-quality transit corridor may include a stop <br />currently in service or a planned and funded stop that is included in an adopted <br />regional transportation improvement program. <br /> <br />(h) “Housing” means any development that satisfies both of the following criteria: <br /> <br />49