Enacting the by-right housing development act to provide a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments, allowing third-party review of new residential construction development documents and inspection of improvements, requiring political subdivisions to allow certain building provisions for certain single-family residences of a certain size, excluding owner initiated rezoning to a single-family residential district from protest petition provisions and providing for a...

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The bill creates a ‘by‑right’ process that automatically approves qualifying single‑family homes, townhouses and accessory dwelling units without discretionary review, provided they meet size and impact limits. It also lets local governments opt into third‑party document review and inspection, and changes zoning rules so any residentially‑zoned land in a city is treated as single‑family‑zoned. The aim is to speed housing construction and help address shortages.

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