California Government Code ARTICLE 2.5 - Development Agreements

• Section 65864.
  The Legislature finds and declares that:(a) The lack of certainty in the approval of development projects can result in a waste of resources, escalate the cost...
• Section 65865.
  (a) Any city, county, or city and county, may enter into a development agreement with any person having a legal or equitable interest in real property...
• Section 65865.1.
  Procedures established pursuant to Section 65865 shall include provisions requiring periodic review at least every 12 months, at which time the applicant, or successor in...
• Section 65865.2.
  A development agreement shall specify the duration of the agreement, the permitted uses of the property, the density or intensity of use, the maximum height...
• Section 65865.3.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), Section 65868, or Section 65869.5, notwithstanding any other law, if a newly incorporated city or newly...
• Section 65865.4.
  Unless amended or canceled pursuant to Section 65868, or modified or suspended pursuant to Section 65869.5, and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of...
• Section 65865.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, after the amendments required by Sections 65302.9 and 65860.1 have become effective, the legislative body of a city or county within...
• Section 65866.
  Unless otherwise provided by the development agreement, rules, regulations, and official policies governing permitted uses of the land, governing density, and governing design, improvement, and...
• Section 65867.
  A public hearing on an application for a development agreement shall be held by the planning agency and by the legislative body. Notice of intention...
• Section 65867.5.
  (a) A development agreement is a legislative act that shall be approved by ordinance and is subject to referendum.(b) A development agreement shall not be approved unless...
• Section 65868.
  A development agreement may be amended, or canceled in whole or in part, by mutual consent of the parties to the agreement or their successors...
• Section 65868.5.
  No later than 10 days after a city, county, or city and county enters into a development agreement, the clerk of the legislative body shall...
• Section 65869.
  A development agreement shall not be applicable to any development project located in an area for which a local coastal program is required to be...
• Section 65869.5.
  In the event that state or federal laws or regulations, enacted after a development agreement has been entered into, prevent or preclude compliance with one...

Last modified: October 22, 2018