For the purpose of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
A. "Affordable Housing" means housing with a sales price or rental amount within the means of a household that may occupy moderate- and low-income housing. In the case of dwelling units for sale, affordable means housing in which mortgage, amortization, taxes, insurance, and condominium or association fees, if any, constitute no more than 30% of such gross annual household income for a household of the size that may occupy the unit in question. In the case of dwelling units for rent, affordable means housing for which the rent and utilities constitute no more than 30% of such gross annual household income for a household of the size that may occupy the unit in question.
B. "Affordable Housing Development Agreement" means a written agreement between an applicant for a development and the City containing specific requirements to ensure the continuing affordability of housing included in the development.
C. "Affordable Housing Dwelling Unit" means any affordable housing subject to covenants or restrictions requiring such dwelling units to be sold or rented at prices preserving them as affordable housing for a period of at least 30 years.
D. "Affordable Housing Development" means any housing subsidized by the federal or state government, or any housing development in which at least 20% of the housing units are affordable dwelling units.
E. "Affordable Housing Development Plan" means that plan prepared by an applicant for an Affordable Housing Development under this ordinance that outlines and specifies the development's compliance with the applicable requirements of this Chapter.
F. "Affordable Housing Trust Fund" means the fund created by the City to hold in-lieu fees paid by a developer instead of constructing affordable units.
G. "Affordable Housing Unit" means either a housing unit subsidized by the federal or state government or an affordable dwelling unit.
H. "Child care facility" is defined as a child day care facility other than a family day care home, including, but not limited to, infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, and school-age child care centers.
I. "Conversion" means a change in a residential rental development or a mixed-use development that includes rental dwelling units to a development that contains only owner-occupied individual dwelling units or a change in a development that contains owner-occupied individual units to a residential rental development or mixed-use development.
J. "Density bonus" means an increase in density over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density under the applicable general plan designation as of the date of filing of an application for density bonus with City. A density bonus request shall be considered as a component of a qualified housing development.
K. "Development" means the entire proposal to construct or place one or more dwelling units on a particular lot or contiguous lots including, without limitation, a planned unit development, site plan, or subdivision.
L. "Development standard" is defined as the site, development, or construction standards and/or conditions of approval that apply to a residential development.
M. "Housing development" is defined as one or more groups of projects for residential units constructed within a large lot parcel. For the purposes of this Chapter, "housing development" also includes a subdivision or common interest development as defined in Section 1351 of the Civil Code and consists of residential units or unimproved residential lots. A density bonus may be permitted in geographic areas of the housing development other than the areas where the affordable units are located, so long as the density bonus units are located on the same large lot parcel.
N. "Incentive" is defined as a reduction in site development standards or a modification of zoning code requirements or architectural design requirements that exceed the minimum building standards approved by the California Building Standards Commission. An incentive can be requested by the applicant for purposes of reducing the cost of development to make the project financially feasible. The term "incentive" includes the term "concession" as that term is used in California Government Code Sections 65915 through 65918.
O. "Lot" means either: (a) the basic development unit for determination of area, width, depth, and other dimensional variations; or (b) a parcel of land where the boundary has been established by some legal instrument, such as a recorded deed or recorded map, and is recognized as a separate legal entity for purposes of transfer of title.
P. "Lower income" is defined as less than 80% of the area median income, as defined by Section 50079.5 of the California Health and Safety Code.
Q. "Lower income unit" is defined as a unit with an affordable rent or payment that does not exceed 30% of 60% of area median income adjusted for family size appropriate for the unit.
R. "Low-income housing" means housing that is affordable, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, for either home ownership or rental, and that is occupied, reserved, or marketed for occupancy by households with a gross household income that does not exceed 50% of the median gross household income for households of the same size within the in which the housing is located.
S. "Median gross household income" means the median income level for the as established and defined in the annual schedule published by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for household size.
T. "Moderate income" is defined as less than 120% of the area median income, as defined in Section 50093 of the California Health and Safety Code.
U. "Moderate-income housing" means housing that is affordable, according to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, for either home ownership or rental, and that is occupied, reserved, or marketed for occupancy by households with a gross household income that is greater than 50% but does not exceed 80% of the median gross household income for households of the same size.
V. "Moderate income unit" is defined as a unit with an affordable rent or payment that does not exceed 35% of 110% of area median income adjusted for family size appropriate for the unit.
W. "Renovation" means physical improvement that adds to the value of real property, but that excludes painting, ordinary repairs, and normal maintenance.
X. "Senior citizen housing development" is defined as a housing project where residency is restricted to persons 62 years of age or older, or 55 years of age or older in a senior citizen housing development per Sections 51.3 and 51.12 of the California Civil Code.
Y. "Very low income" is defined as less than 50% of the area median income, as defined in Section 50105 of the California Health and Safety Code.
Z. "Very low income unit" is defined as a unit with an affordable rent or payment that does not exceed 30% of 50% of the area median income, adjusted for family size appropriate for the unit.
(Ord. 823-2016 § 11 (part), 2016)