Fiscal Summary

Other Fiscal Impact – The extent and timing of any increase in state expenditures and corresponding permissive increase in local revenue cannot be reasonably determined. Additionally, a permissive increase in local expenditures cannot be estimated.

Bill Summary

This bill authorizes a county or municipality, including a metropolitan government, to adopt the following zoning reform strategies that support housing development:

(1) Allow duplexes on lots zoned for single-family homes;

(2) Allow up to quadplexes, townhouses, and cottage courts on lots zoned for single-family homes;

(3) Zone for at least a certain minimum housing density on main streets and transit corridors, and near workplaces, business districts, colleges, and other population centers;

(4) Allow multifamily housing by right anywhere zoned for offices, retail, or commercial by allowing mixed-use development;

(5) Authorize faith institutions, universities, and healthcare facilities to build multifamily housing by right on their existing land, provided there is sufficient sewer access;

(6) Review and reduce requirements on aesthetics, bulk standards, and floor area ratio that either reduce density or inhibit development;

(7) Reduce or eliminate minimum lot sizes, provided there is sufficient sewer access;

(8) Reduce or eliminate setback requirements;

(9) Reduce or eliminate minimum parking requirements to one parking space per unit or fewer;

(10) Allow at least one accessory dwelling unit on single-family lots with an existing single-family home;

(11) Allow for single-room occupancy developments;

(12) Provide zoning that allows or encourages development of tiny houses as defined in the International Residential Code;

(13) Make available pre-approved plans or a pattern book; and

(14) Make available a pre-approved list of third-party professionals that are authorized to review permit applications or conduct inspections.

This bill provides that for each zoning reform strategy above adopted by a county, the county is entitled to receive from the department of revenue 5 percent of the revenue collected pursuant to the recordation tax based on transactions in the unincorporated territory of the county, up to a maximum of 20 percent of the revenue collected pursuant to such tax.

In order to receive the revenue, this bill requires the county or municipality to provide certified copies of the resolution or ordinance adopting the zoning reform strategies that support housing development.