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the department may submit written ﬁndings to the local agency as to whether the ordinance complies with this section. (2) (A) If the department ﬁnds that the local agency’s ordinance does not comply with this section, the department shall notify the local agency and shall provide the local agency with a reasonable time, no longer than 30 days, to respond to the ﬁndings before taking any other action authorized by this section. (B) The local agency shall consider the ﬁndings made by the department pursuant to subparagraph (A) and shall do one of the following: (i) Amend the ordinance to comply with this section. (ii) Adopt the ordinance without changes. The local agency shall include ﬁndings in its resolution adopting the ordinance that explain the reasons the local agency believes that the ordinance complies with this section despite the ﬁndings of the department. (3) (A) If the local agency does not amend its ordinance in response to the department’s ﬁndings or does not adopt a resolution with ﬁndings explaining the reason the ordinance complies with this section and addressing the department’s ﬁndings, the department shall notify the local agency and may notify the Attorney General that the local agency is in violation of state law. (B) Before notifying the Attorney General that the local agency is in violation of state law, the department may consider whether a local agency adopted an ordinance in compliance with this section between January 1, 2017, and January 1, 2020. (i) The department may review, adopt, amend, or repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, and standards set forth in this section. The guidelines adopted pursuant to this subdivision are not subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2. (j) As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) “Accessory dwelling unit” means an attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family or multifamily dwelling is or will be situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following: (A) An efﬁciency unit. (B) A manufactured home, as deﬁned in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code. (2) “Accessory structure” means a structure that is accessory and incidental to a dwelling located on the same lot. (3) “Efﬁciency unit” has the same meaning as deﬁned in Section 17958.1 of the Health and Safety Code. (4) “Living area” means the interior habitable area of a dwelling unit, including basements and attics, but does not include a garage or any accessory structure. 90 —24 — Ch. 752