Fee mitigation act: housing developments.

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, deems, except as provided in a development agreement, the rules, regulations, and official policies governing permitted uses of the land, governing density, and governing design, improvement, and construction standards and specifications, applicable to property subject to a development agreement to be the rules, regulations, and official policies in force at the time of execution of the agreement. The Mitigation Fee Act requires a local agency that establishes, increases, or imposes a fee as a condition of approval of a development project to, among other things, determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee's use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed. This bill would require, at the time that an application for a housing development project is deemed complete, a city, county, and city and county to provide a good faith statement disclosing the amount of impact and development fees applicable to the housing development. The bill would also prohibit these disclosed impact and development fees from being increased for 2 years following issuance of the good faith statement. The bill would make related findings and declarations. By increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.