AN ACT INCLUDING IN THE CALCULATION OF THE THRESHOLD FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCEDURE ANY PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED ON A PUBLIC DRINKING WATERSHED OR AN AQUIFER PROTECTION AREA.

HB 6352 modifies a housing law to require that properties located on public drinking water watersheds or aquifer protection areas be included when calculating the 10% threshold for exemption from affordable housing appeals. This means developers building on such properties must now count toward the threshold that triggers the requirement to include affordable housing units in new developments. The bill directly affects property owners and developers in designated water protection zones, changing how their projects are evaluated under the affordable housing appeals process. It does not alter the 10% rule itself but expands which properties are subject to it.