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THE CITY OF ATTACHMENT 4 pL-EASANTON. 2019 Monitored Legislation Assembly Bill/ Summary Guiding Principle CASA Compact Senate Bill garage, carport, or covered parking is demolished to construct an accessory dwelling unit. The bill would also prohibit a local agency from imposing parking standards on an accessory dwelling unit that is located within a traversable distance of one-half mile of public transit, and would define the term "public transit" for those purposes.(3) This bill would prohibit a local agency from requiring occupancy of either the primary or the accessory dwelling unit.(4) The bill would require a local agency, whether or not it has adopted an ordinance, to consider and approve an application, ministerially and without discretionary review, within 60 days after receiving the application. The bill would also provide that, if a local agency does not act on the application within that time period, the application shall be deemed approved. (5) This bill would prohibit a local agency, special district, or water corporation from imposing any impact fee upon the development of an accessory dwelling unit if that fee, in the aggregate, exceeds specified requirements depending on the size of the unit. The bill would revise the basis for calculating the connection fee or capacity charge specified above to either the accessory dwelling unit's square feet or the number of its drainage fixture unit values, as specified. (6) This bill would instead authorize the department to submit written findings to the local agency as to whether the ordinance complies with the statute authorizing the creation of an accessory dwelling unit, and, if the department finds that the local agency's ordinance does not comply with those provisions, would require 26