Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 25, § 7826 - Site Selection Criteria

Proposed project sites must be certified by the applicant as meeting the following criteria:

(a) The site and neighborhood must be suitable for the type of housing proposed.

(b) The site must be free from severe environmental or social conditions, or such conditions must be mitigated when the housing is completed.

(c) The housing must be accessible to employment and to appropriate social, recreational, educational, commercial and health services that are typically found in the market-rate residential neighborhoods consisting largely of unassisted housing.

(d) The project must not be built on a site that has occupied residential structures which would be razed or from which residents would be permanently displaced, or has had such structures within the six months prior to application to the applicant.

(e) The project may not be built in an area identified as having special flood hazards unless the project is covered by flood insurance.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 25, § 7826

1. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 11-13-80 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 80, No. 46). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 3-13-81.
2. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 3-13-81 and filed 4-14-81 (Register No. 16).

Note: Authority cited: Section 50737, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 50737, 50737.5, Health and Safety Code.

1. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 11-13-80 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 80, No. 46). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 3-13-81.
2. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 3-13-81 and filed 4-14-81 (Register No. 16).