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square footage and are limited to neighborhood commercial uses. If an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is prepared, the lead agency must act on the development within 120 days of the EIR certification. Once a lead agency approves a project, the responsible agency must act within 90 days of the lead agency's approval or within 90 days of the date an application has been received and accepted as complete by the responsible agency, whichever time is longer. AB 2442 (Holden) Density Bonuses. Chapter 756, Statutes of 2016 This measure requires a local agency to grant a density bonus to a housing developer that agrees to set aside at least 10 percent of a housing development for transitional foster youth, disabled veterans, or homeless persons. The units must be subject to a recorded affordability restriction of 55 years and be provided as very low-income units. AB 2501 (Bloom) Housing. Density Bonuses. Chapter 758, Statutes of 2016 This measure makes a variety of technical and process changes to density bonus law including: • Prohibits local agencies from requiring an additional report or study that is not otherwise required by state law. This does not prohibit local agencies from requiring reasonable documentation to establish eligibility for a requested density bonus; • Requires local agencies to adopt procedures and timelines for processing a density bonus application, and to provide a list of all documents and information required with a density bonus; • Requires local agencies to notify the applicant for a density bonus whether the application is complete; • Adds authority for a local agency to deny a concession or incentive if it does not result in identifiable and actual cost reductions; • Requires the local agency to bear the burden of proof for the denial of a requested concession or incentive; and • Adds mixed use developments to the definition of "housing development". AB 2556 (Nazarian) Density Bonuses. Chapter 761, Statutes of 2016 This measure provides a process for determining the number and type of affordable housing units necessary for density bonus eligibility for projects where a proposed development is replacing affordable housing units and requires that the units be replaced in compliance with the jurisdiction's rent or price control ordinance. AB 2685 (Lopez) Housing Elements. Adoption. Chapter 271, Statutes of 2016 This measure requires planning agency staff to compile public comments regarding a proposed housing element and provide the comments to each member of the city council or board of supervisors.