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

). 040(C), all requests for a density bonus, incentives, parking reductions, and waivers must be filed on a city form with the community development director, or designee, concurrently with the first discretionary or ministerial permit application for the housing development, and the city must tell the applicant whether the application is complete consistent with Government Code § 65943. 040(D) requires a detailed submittal package: a summary table of base units, proposed affordable units by income level, the requested bonus percentage, bedroom mix, a scaled site plan showing bonus and affordable unit locations, and a five-year rent and occupancy history for the site.

880, the city's general land-use appeals chapter. The decision-making body must grant a requested incentive or waiver unless it makes a written, evidence-based finding that it fails to reduce affordable housing costs, conflicts with state or federal law, or would cause a specific adverse impact on public health, safety, or a historic resource that cannot be mitigated without making the project unaffordable. 050(F) lets the city manager approve minor modifications that substantially comply with the original approved density bonus plan.