Antioch, CA Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Density Bonus Law (2026)

3501 states the Density Bonus Program exists to implement State Density Bonus Law under Cal. Gov't Code § 65915 and the adopted housing element of the Antioch General Plan, giving developers incentives to build affordable units for lower income households. 3502(A), an applicant files the density bonus request with the Community Development Director concurrently with the development plan review or administrative approval application, submitting the approved application form, the Council-set fee, and documentation establishing eligibility for the requested bonus, incentives, concessions, or parking ratio reductions.

A request for a concession or incentive must show how it produces identifiable, actual cost reductions needed to hit the targeted affordability level, while a request to waive or reduce a development standard must show the standard physically precludes building the qualified affordable project. City staff processes the application alongside the underlying development review and must include the information Cal. Gov't Code § 65915 requires when deeming the application complete; the awarded bonus and parking ratios are then adjusted if the project changes during development.

3502(D)-(E), the city must grant the specific incentive or concession requested unless it makes written findings under Gov't Code § 65915(d), and must approve a requested waiver or reduction unless it makes findings under § 65915(e). Before a building permit issues, the applicant must record a covenant guaranteeing continued affordability, and the affordable units must be built concurrently with or before the market-rate units and physically integrated into the project rather than segregated into a single building.