§ 66331

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 7, Sec. 20. (SB 477) Effective March 25, 2024.

In enforcing building standards pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 17960) of Chapter 5 of Part 1.5 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code for an accessory dwelling unit described in subdivision (a) or (b), a local agency, upon request of an owner of an accessory dwelling unit for a delay in enforcement, shall delay enforcement of a building standard, subject to compliance with Section 17980.12 of the Health and Safety Code:

(a)The accessory dwelling unit was built before January 1, 2020.
(b)The accessory dwelling unit was built on or after January 1, 2020, in a local jurisdiction that, at the time the accessory dwelling unit was built, had a noncompliant accessory dwelling unit

ordinance, but the ordinance is compliant at the time the request is made.

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