California Government Code ARTICLE 5 - Approval of Development Permits

• Section 65950.
  (a) A public agency that is the lead agency for a development project shall approve or disapprove the project within whichever of the following periods is...
• Section 65950.1.
  Notwithstanding Section 65950, if there has been an extension of time pursuant to Section 21100.2 or 21151.5 of the Public Resources Code to complete and...
• Section 65950.5.
  (a) If an applicant for a development project for natural gas exploration or production and a public agency agree in writing to expedite the public agency’s...
• Section 65951.
  In the event that a combined environmental impact report-environmental impact statement is being prepared on a development project pursuant to Section 21083.6 of the Public...
• Section 65952.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a public agency that is a responsible agency for a development project that has been approved by the lead...
• Section 65952.1.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), where a development project consists of a subdivision pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with...
• Section 65952.2.
  No public agency shall disapprove an application for a development project in order to comply with the time limits specified in this chapter. Any disapproval...
• Section 65953.
  All time limits specified in this article are maximum time limits for approving or disapproving development projects. All public agencies shall, if possible, approve or...
• Section 65954.
  The time limits established by this article shall not apply in the event that federal statutes or regulations require time schedules which exceed such time...
• Section 65955.
  The time limits established by this article shall not apply to applications to appropriate water where such applications have been protested pursuant to Chapter 4...
• Section 65956.
  (a) If any provision of law requires the lead agency or responsible agency to provide public notice of the development project or to hold a public...
• Section 65956.5.
  (a) Prior to an applicant providing advance notice to an environmental agency of the intent to provide public notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 65956...
• Section 65957.
  The time limits established by Sections 65950, 65950.1, 65951, and 65952 may be extended once upon mutual written agreement of the project applicant and the...
• Section 65957.1.
  In the event that a development project requires more than one approval by a public agency, such agency may establish time limits (1) for submitting...
• Section 65957.5.
  (a) Whenever the director of a Department of Transportation highway district recommends to a public agency considering an application to subdivide real property or to issue...

Last modified: October 22, 2018