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Planning Commission <br />Page 6 of 10 <br /> <br />“allowable use” if specified conditions are met, such as minimum allowable densities, and <br />standards applicable to the zoning district or nearest zoning district that permits the allowable <br />density. Public notice, comment, hearing, or other procedures, site location and size, <br />inclusionary requirements, and prevailing wage, and a skilled and trained workforce <br />requirement must also be met, as noted below. <br /> <br />Locations where SB 6 may be applied: <br />• A zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use <br />• Within an urbanized area or urban cluster <br />• Site smaller than 20 acres <br />• Not on or adjoined to a site where more than 1/3 of the square footage is dedicated to <br />industrial use (meaning either used for, zoned or designated to be used for, industrial). <br /> <br />Project Criteria <br />Project must be a housing development project that includes res idential units or a mixed-use <br />project where at least half of the square footage is designated residential use. A Project must <br />be consistent with approved sustainable community strategy or alternative plan. If commercial <br />tenants exist in at a prospective development site, project managers must provide relocation <br />assistance to certain qualifying independently owned tenants. <br /> <br />Affordability Requirements <br />There are no affordability requirements. However, a local jurisdiction may apply its local <br />inclusionary zoning requirements. <br /> <br />Labor Standards <br />Prevailing wage and skilled and trained workforce are required. An exception to these <br />standards is only granted if, after a specified bidding process, less than two prequalified <br />contractors promising to use a skilled and trained workforce bid on the project . <br /> <br />Development Requirements <br />Developments must meet applicable objective standards including design, parking, a nd <br />zoning. Requirements for Development are: <br />• Residential density must meet or exceed density deemed appropriate to accommodate <br />lower income individuals in the jurisdiction pursuant to housing element law. <br />• Development is subject to local zoning, parking, design, and other ordinances. <br />• Local code requirements applicable to processing and permitting of residential <br />developments in a zone that allows for the housing with the density allowed by SB 6. <br />• Development must adhere to all objective local standards, other than those that <br />expressly prohibit residential use or standards that allow for a lower density than <br />prescribed by housing element law, including impact fee requirements. <br /> <br />Impacts and Implications <br />Both AB 2011 and SB 6 are far-reaching pieces of legislation, with numerous complex <br />requirements, limitations, and exceptions. Despite its more stringent affordability <br />requirements, it is likely that AB 2011’s ministerial process will prove to be an attractive option <br />for some developers seeking to develop multi-family projects on existing commercially-zoned <br />properties, assuming that they can build at the minimum densities required. Both bills unlock