Chapter 19.62
AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES/RESIDENTIAL DENSITY BONUSES

Sections:

19.62.010   Purpose

19.62.020   Applicability

19.62.030   Application and approval

19.62.040   Planning Commission recommendation

19.62.050   Affordable housing agreement

19.62.060   Design and quality

19.62.010 Purpose.

   The purpose of providing a housing density bonus or incentives is to contribute to the economic feasibility of low income and moderate income housing in housing developments proposed within the City.

(Ord. 2185.)

19.62.020 Applicability.

   This chapter shall apply to all zoning districts, including mixed use zoning districts, where residential developments of five (5) or more dwelling units are proposed and where the developer seeks and agrees to provide low, very low, senior or moderate income housing units in the threshold amounts specified in Government Code Section 65915. The total density bonus and number of incentives or concessions shall be calculated per State housing law.

(Ord. 2185, Ord. 2435 §37, Ord. 2600)

19.62.030 Application and approval.

   Any applicant requesting a density bonus, incentive(s) and/or waiver(s) pursuant to state density bonus law shall provide the city with a written proposal. The proposal shall be submitted prior to or concurrently with filing the planning application for the housing development and shall be processed in conjunction with the underlying application.The proposal for a density bonus, incentive(s) and/or waiver(s) pursuant to state density bonus law shall include the following information:

   A.   Requested Density Bonus. The specific requested density bonus proposal shall evidence that the project meets the thresholds for state density bonus law. The proposal shall also include calculations showing the maximum base density, the number/percentage of affordable units and identification of the income level at which such units will be restricted, additional market rate units resulting from the density bonus allowable under state density bonus law and the resulting unit per acre density. The density bonus units shall not be included in determining the percentage of base units that qualify a project for a density bonus pursuant to state density bonus law.

   B.   Requested incentive(s). The request for particular incentive(s) shall include a pro forma or other report evidencing that the requested incentive(s) results in identifiable, financially sufficient and actual cost reductions that are necessary to make the housing units economically feasible. The report shall be sufficiently detailed to allow the city to verify its conclusions.

   C.   Requested Waiver(s). The written proposal shall include an explanation of the waiver(s) of development standards requested and why they are necessary to make the construction of the project physically possible. Any requested waiver(s) shall not exceed the limitations provided by Section 19.62.040 and to the extent such limitations are exceeded will be considered as a request for an incentive.

(Ord. 2185, Ord. 2435 §38, Ord. 2519 §24, Ord. 2600)