Sacramento's Title 17 zoning code includes transit-overlay districts along SacRT light-rail corridors that allow higher residential density, reduced parking minimums, and mixed-use development within a half-mile of stations.
Sacramento's General Plan 2040 designates transit-oriented development (TOD) areas around SacRT light-rail Gold, Blue, and Green lines, plus the planned Streetcar route through Old Sacramento and West Sacramento. Title 17 reduces or eliminates residential parking minimums within a half-mile of a high-quality transit stop, consistent with California AB 2097 (Public Resources Code §65863.2). Floor-area-ratio bonuses, ground-floor retail allowances, and ministerial review for qualifying projects accelerate approvals. Affordable-housing projects within TOD areas stack with state Density Bonus law for compounding benefits.
Projects that misstate transit proximity to claim parking exemptions can have entitlements revoked and certificates of occupancy delayed. Cities that wrongfully impose parking minimums in TOD zones face AB 2097 enforcement.
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