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

Redding repealed and completely re-enacted its density bonus chapter by Ordinance No. 2671 on November 5, 2024. by reference," and the city reserves the right to apply the state sections directly whenever they are more generous than the local chapter. 040 lists nine eligibility paths: at least five percent very-low-income units, at least ten percent low-income units, at least ten percent moderate-income units in a for-sale common-interest development, one hundred percent restricted units (with up to twenty percent at moderate income), at least ten percent for transitional foster youth, disabled veterans or homeless persons at very-low rents, twenty percent for low-income college students, a one-acre land donation to the city for very-low-income housing, senior housing developments, and age-restricted senior mobile home parks (the last two require no affordable units at all).

060 walks through the math with a worked example: a 100-unit project reserving five percent very-low-income units (five units) earns a twenty-percent density bonus, or twenty bonus units, of which the same five must remain very-low-income. 070 lets a qualifying developer request incentives such as reduced lot sizes, reduced setbacks, increased lot coverage, increased building height, reduced parking, or a waiver of any development standard that would otherwise physically block the project, under Government Code Section 65915(e)(1). 120 lets the city recover any rent or sale-price overcharge from the property owner on a tenant's or buyer's behalf.