Developer and Investor Opportunities

High Density Parcels

The County rezoned several privately held parcels in 2015 to provide for a statutorily required increase in developable housing units.  That effort, titled the “Nevada County Housing Element Rezone Program Implementation Project”, was implemented to comply with the state mandated rezone program(s) contained within the County’s 4th and 5th revision to the Housing Element (Chapter 8 of the Nevada County General Plan).

The County prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et. seq.) and the CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations Title 14, Section 15000 et seq.), which provides both a programmatic and project level review.

The project yielded high density residential zoning at 16-units minimum per acre, and allows development of those sites as a by-right use, not subject to further discretionary action by the County as regulated by the County’s Regional Housing Need (RH) Combining District.

Advantages:

*“By Right” development
* Programmatic EIR highlights specific mitigations needed, not necessary to complete a full CEQA study
* Sites are rezoned to minimum 16 units/acre, and are near infrastructure (sewer, water & roads) that would facilitate a high-density project
* Parcels are privately owned, and each owner indicated willingness/interest in participating in the rezone process.