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1 Community
Development Program
Update
January 30, 2024
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Item 12.A.
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2 • Major development projects
• Advanced Planning Initiatives
• Implemented customer service
improvements through TO/24
• Future work program
• Legislative update
2023 Highlights and Accomplishments
Development Planning Applications
Table 6: Summary of Code
Enforcement Cases
Total number of applications
Planning Permit Type 202320222021202020192018
007242
RCAs
(Pre-screenings)
29141095Pre-applications
117149114642128ADUs (all types)
396778616260
PPDs
(single-family)
5539251,023580412296
Other Miscellaneous
Applications
7111,1501,236717508391
All applications
(including above
types)
Summary of Planning Permit Applications 2018 - 2023
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3 • Hillcrest Affordable Housing Project
78 affordable units
• Rolling Oaks Medical Building
• Shapell Industrial (Rancho Conejo)
15 Industrial Buildings
• Nazarbekian/500 E. Thousand Oaks
Blvd
328 apartments, 44 affordable units
Pending Development Projects
Site of proposed Hillcrest Affordable Housing Project
• Navigation Center
• Janss Hotel
• 333 units (33 affordable) at 2150 W. Hillcrest Dr
• 73 units (8 affordable) at 88 Long Court
• 30 units (5 affordable) at 170 Erbes Rd
• 27 units (4 affordable) at Rancho Conejo Blvd
• 120,000 sf Industrial Bldg at 1300 Lawrence Dr
• Inclusionary Housing Program
• Sr. Mobile Home Park Overlay
Key Approved Development Projects and
Municipal Code Amendments
Photo rendering of 88 Long Court
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4 Current and Advanced Planning Highlights
Customers served at
the Public Counter
Planning applications
processed
4,378
711
• General Plan 2045 Adopted
• 2021-2029 Housing Element Adopted
• Inclusionary Housing Program
Building Division Highlights
Customers Assisted at
Public Counter
8,159
Permits Issued
(40% of received
electronically)
7,638
• New State SolarApp+ automated
permit launched
(SB379)
• Launched Application Assistant
T
ool a customer guide.
• Upgraded TO/24 Ve rsion to the
lates
t software.
Total Construction Valuation
Inspections Performed
(82% Passing Rate)
$179,804,456
21,474
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5 TO/24 System Updates and Statistics
Applicants started
applications online:
• Planning Av erage
60%
•
Building Average
40%
TO/24 System Updates and Statistics
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6 Development Activity
Building Services
Annual Permits Issued (2018-2023)
Permits IssuedYear
7,4182018
7,9592019
6,6162020
8,8082021
9,5512022
7,6382023
TO/24 System Updates and Statistics
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7 Code Enforcement
Summary of Cases
Investigative inspections: 1,760
Annual Code Compliance Division –
Investigations Initiated/Closed
(2018-2023)
Investigations
Closed
New Initiated
InvestigationsYear
5855602018
5996642019
4344572020
4814842021
6094222022
7005012023
2024 Work Program – General Plan &
Housing Element Implementation
• Implementation of the General Plan and Housing Element Programs • Comprehensive update of Munici pal Code for consistency with General Plan
• Create Mixed-Use Zoning District as part of rezoning program to meet RHNA
• Update to Specific Plans for General Plan consistency • Code updates in response to State Legislation
• Update TO/24 to configure additional processes and system improvements
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8 Legislation Update
Accessory Dwelling Units – AB 1332
• Requires by January 1, 2025, every
local agency to establish a program
for locally “preapproved” ADU plans
• Preapproved plans must be available
on City website
• Streamlined review of detached ADUs
within 30 days from a complete
application
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9 Accessory Dwelling Units – AB 1033
• Optional – Gives cities the option to allow properties with ADUs to be subdivided as condominiums and conveyed separately from the primary dwelling unit. • If the local agency wants to allow this , it must adopt an ordinance requiring:
• Development is considered common interest
• Conform with objective requirements of Subdivision Map Act • Conduct safety inspection before recordation
• City to provide submittal checklists and public information about the process • Homeowner required to notify utility providers
• Property owner must obtain authorization from existing association Affordable Housing on Faith Lands Act – SB 4
• Allows for by-right housing development
on land owned by an “institution of higher
education or religious institution”
• Will be difficult to implement
• Components include, but not limited to:
• “Qualified developer”
• 100% affordable units
• Limit
on alterations to existing sf, parking,
operations
•
Prevailing wage
• Cannot be located adjacent to certain uses
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10 Streamlining Infill Housing Projects – SB 684
• Allows for ministerial approval of up to
10 units on qualifying multi-family infill
sites.
• Streamlines the Subdivision Map Act
• Exempt from complying with some
parcel standards
• Sites cannot be located within a
wetlands, very high fire hazard severity
zone, a regulatory floodway, and
conservation easement
General Plan & Zoning Conflicts – SB 821
• Applies to commercial, industrial, and retail projects, and housing projects not covered by the Housing Accountability Act
• If a local agency receives an application that is consistent with the general plan but not the zoning, the agency must either:
1) Amend the zoning ordinance within 180 days from receipt of the application to be consistent with the general plan; or
2) Process the application based on objec tive general plan standards but not inconsistent zoning standards.
• Provides a legal remedy against loca l agencies that do not comply within 90- days
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11 COSCA Highlights and Accomplishments
Partnered with the Ventura County
Fire Department to improve 8 miles
of roads in the Lang Ranch
Open Space
Completed the Habitat Mitigation Plan
for the Hill Canyon Bridge Permit
Acquired 5 acres of new open
space
100 community volunteers
recruited for the Fall Trail Workday.
Began new monthly volunteer trail
projects
Over 900 students participated in
Trail Education Days
Assisted the CDD with the General Plan
update; Parks and Open Space and Conservation
Elements
Updated COSCA’s bicycle ordinance to
adapt to expanding use of electric
vehicles
Removed invasive species from 1.8
miles of Arroyo Conejo
Recommendation
1. Receive the update regarding progress in the Community Development Department (CDD) work program.
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