California Code
DIVISION 1 - PLANNING AND ZONING
CHAPTER 4.5 - Review and Approval of Development Projects

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 65920. - 65920. (a) This chapter shall be known and may be...

Section 65921. - 65921. The Legislature finds and declares that there is a...

Section 65922. - 65922. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to...

Section 65922.1. - 65922.1. During a year declared by the State Water Resources...

Section 65923.8. - 65923.8. Any state agency which is the lead agency for...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 65925. - 65925. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 65926. - 65926. “Air pollution control district” means any district created or...

Section 65927. - 65927. “Development” means, on land, in or under water, the...

Section 65928. - 65928. “Development project” means any project undertaken for the purpose...

Section 65928.5. - 65928.5. “Geothermal field development project” means a development project as...

Section 65929. - 65929. “Lead agency” means the public agency which has the...

Section 65930. - 65930. “Local agency” means any public agency other than a...

Section 65931. - 65931. “Project” means any activity involving the issuance to a...

Section 65932. - 65932. “Public agency” means any state agency, any county, city...

Section 65933. - 65933. “Responsible agency” means a public agency, other than the...

Section 65934. - 65934. “State agency” means any agency, board, or commission of...

ARTICLE 3 - Applications for Development Projects

Section 65940. - 65940. (a) (1) Each public agency shall compile one or...

Section 65940. - 65940. (a) Each public agency shall compile one or more...

Section 65940.1. - 65940.1. (a) (1) A city, county, or special district that...

Section 65940.5. - 65940.5. (a) No list compiled pursuant to Section 65940 shall...

Section 65941. - 65941. (a) The information compiled pursuant to Section 65940 shall...

Section 65941.1. - 65941.1. (a) An applicant for a housing development project, as...

Section 65941.1. - 65941.1. (a) An applicant for a housing development project, as...

Section 65941.5. - 65941.5. Each public agency shall notify applicants for development permits...

Section 65941.6. - 65941.6. (a) Each local agency shall develop materials relating to...

Section 65942. - 65942. The information and the criteria specified in Sections 65940,...

Section 65943. - 65943. (a) Not later than 30 calendar days after any...

Section 65943. - 65943. (a) Not later than 30 calendar days after any...

Section 65943.5. - 65943.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any...

Section 65944. - 65944. (a) After a public agency accepts an application as...

Section 65945. - 65945. (a) At the time of filing an application for...

Section 65945.3. - 65945.3. At the time of filing an application for a...

Section 65945.5. - 65945.5. At the time of filing an application for a...

Section 65945.7. - 65945.7. No action, inaction, or recommendation regarding any ordinance, rule,...

ARTICLE 4 - Expedited Review

Section 65946. - 65946. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

ARTICLE 5 - Approval of Development Permits

Section 65950. - 65950. (a) A public agency that is the lead agency...

Section 65950. - 65950. (a) A public agency that is the lead agency...

Section 65950.1. - 65950.1. Notwithstanding Section 65950, if there has been an extension...

Section 65950.5. - 65950.5. (a) If an applicant for a development project for...

Section 65951. - 65951. In the event that a combined environmental impact report-environmental...

Section 65952. - 65952. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a public...

Section 65952.1. - 65952.1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), where...

Section 65952.2. - 65952.2. No public agency shall disapprove an application for a...

Section 65953. - 65953. All time limits specified in this article are maximum...

Section 65954. - 65954. The time limits established by this article shall not...

Section 65955. - 65955. The time limits established by this article shall not...

Section 65956. - 65956. (a) If any provision of law requires the lead...

Section 65956.5. - 65956.5. (a) Prior to an applicant providing advance notice to...

Section 65957. - 65957. The time limits established by Sections 65950, 65950.1, 65951,...

Section 65957.1. - 65957.1. In the event that a development project requires more...

Section 65957.5. - 65957.5. (a) Whenever the director of a Department of Transportation...

ARTICLE 5.4 - Short-term Port Freight Transportation Use

Section 65957.8. - 65957.8. For purposes of this article: (a) “California port” means...

Section 65957.85. - 65957.85. (a) When the governing body of a California port...

Section 65957.9. - 65957.9. This article shall remain in effect only until January...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Short-term Freight Transportation Use Permit Application Decision

Section 65958. - 65958. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 65958.1. - 65958.1. A local agency shall not deny a permit for...

Section 65958.2. - 65958.2. (a) Short-term freight transportation use pursuant to this article...

Section 65958.3. - 65958.3. No actions, ministerial or discretionary, are authorized, required, or...

Section 65958.4. - 65958.4. This article does not supersede any other local, state,...

Section 65958.5. - 65958.5. This article does not prohibit a local agency from...

Section 65958.6. - 65958.6. This article shall remain in effect only until January...

ARTICLE 5.6 - Environmental Permits

Section 65959. - 65959. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the California...

Section 65959.1. - 65959.1. For purposes of this article, “environmental permit” means any...

Section 65959.2. - 65959.2. (a) At the request of an applicant for more...

Section 65959.3. - 65959.3. This article does not confer any new or additional...

ARTICLE 6 - Development Permits for Classes of Projects

Section 65960. - 65960. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any person...

Section 65961. - 65961. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided...

Section 65962. - 65962. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, after the amendments required...

Section 65962.1. - 65962.1. (a) For purposes of Sections 65865.5, 65962, and 66474.5,...

Section 65962.2. - 65962.2. (a) For purposes of Sections 65865.5, 65962, and 66474.5,...

Section 65962.5. - 65962.5. (a) The Department of Toxic Substances Control shall compile...

Section 65962.5. - 65962.5. (a) The Department of Toxic Substances Control shall compile...

Section 65963.1. - 65963.1. Except as otherwise provided in Article 8.7 (commencing with...

Section 65963.2. - 65963.2. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 65964. - 65964. As a condition of approval of an application for...

Section 65964.1. - 65964.1. (a) A collocation or siting application for a wireless...

Section 65964.5. - 65964.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...