(a) If Council decides not to implement the Growth Management Residential Development Allocation System, the remainder of this chapter does not apply.
(b) If Council decides to implement the Growth Management Residential Development Allocation System, the City Manager will implement the system so that allocations will be awarded January 1 of the following year. The system will be implemented for a minimum of two calendar years according to the regulations in the remainder of this chapter.
(1) Residential development allotment. No application for a zoning certificate for construction of a residential dwelling unit on a legal lot shall be granted by the City until the applicant is awarded a residential development allotment for each dwelling unit on that lot pursuant to this chapter or such development is exempted from this chapter as set forth below.
(2) Exempt development. The following developments are exempted from the requirement of securing a residential development allotment as a condition precedent to the issuance of a zoning certificate.
A. All non-residential development, including civic, commercial, industrial, and institutional development; and
B. Remodeling, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of legally established structures that does not increase the number of residential dwelling units that existed previously on the site.
(Ord. 16-203, § 1. Passed 4-4-17; Ord. 18-93. Passed 10-15-19.)