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except as otherwise provided in this subdivision. If a local agency has an <br />existing accessory dwelling unit ordinance that fails to meet the requirements <br />of this subdivision, that ordinance shall be null and void and that agency <br />shall thereafter apply the standards established in this subdivision for the <br />approval of accessory dwelling units, unless and until the agency adopts an <br />ordinance that complies with this section. <br />(7) No other local ordinance, policy, or regulation shall be the basis for <br />the delay or denial of a building permit or a use permit under this subdivision. <br />(8) This subdivision establishes the maximum standards that local <br />agencies shall use to evaluate a proposed accessory dwelling unit on a lot <br />that includes a proposed or existing single-family dwelling. No additional <br />standards, other than those provided in this subdivision, shall be used or <br />imposed, including an owner-occupant requirement, except that a local <br />agency may require that the property may be used for rentals of terms 30 <br />days or longer. <br />(9) A local agency may amend its zoning ordinance or general plan to <br />incorporate the policies, procedures, or other provisions applicable to the <br />creation of an accessory dwelling unit if these provisions are consistent with <br />the limitations of this subdivision. <br />(10) In addition to the requirement that a local agency allow the separate <br />sale or conveyance of an accessory dwelling unit pursuant to Section <br />65852.26, a local agency may also adopt a local ordinance to allow the <br />separate conveyance of the primary dwelling unit and accessory dwelling <br />unit or units as condominiums. Any such ordinance shall include all of the <br />following requirements: <br />(A) The condominiums shall be created pursuant to the Davis-Stirling <br />Common Interest DevelopmentAct (Part 5 (commencing with Section 4000) <br />of Division 4 of the Civil Code). <br />(B) The condominiums shall be created in conformance with all applicable <br />objective requirements of the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing <br />with Section 66410)) and all objective requirements of a local subdivision <br />ordinance. <br />(C) Before recordation of the condominium plan, a safety inspection of <br />the accessory dwelling unit shall be conducted as evidenced either through <br />a certificate of occupancy from the local agency or a housing quality <br />standards report from a building inspector certified by the United States <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development. <br />(D) (i) Neither a subdivision map nor a condominium plan shall be <br />recorded with the county recorder in the county where the real property is <br />located without each lienholder’s consent. The following shall apply to the <br />consent of a lienholder: <br />(I) A lienholder may refuse to give consent. <br />(II) A lienholder may consent provided that any terms and conditions <br />required by the lienholder are satisfied. <br />(ii) Prior to recordation of the initial or any subsequent modifications to <br />the condominium plan, written evidence of the lienholder’s consent shall <br />90 <br />Ch. 752—17 —