(a) Frequency of Allotments. There shall be one allocation date each of the next two years. The total number of residential development allotments approved each year by City Council shall be awarded on or before January 1 of each year except as provided in this chapter.
(b) Maximum Allotment. No single development may apply for an allocation in excess of the number available in the allocation period or be awarded more than thirty residential development allotments in any one year, except if there are no competing applicants for such allotments.
(c) Unallocated surplus allotments. Allotments that are not awarded in any given year shall be carried over automatically into the next year.
(1) For allotments that remain available after the award of allotments: one allotment shall be made available to each applicant qualifying under Section 1211.05, Development Allotment Application Procedures.
(d) Additional Allowance. The City Council may, upon advice of the City Manager, award residential development allotments in addition to the normal yearly allocation provided for in division (a) of this section to projects of extraordinary circumstances, including:
(1) Projects in which at least twenty-five percent of the units to be built are deed restricted to housing for the elderly over sixty-two years of age or disabled persons or are classified as affordable housing units as defined in this Code;
(2) The project is a mixed-use commercial/residential development that will contribute substantially to the preservation, enhancement and revitalization of the downtown area of the City;
(3) Already approved subdivision plans that are proposed to be redesigned in such a manner that substantially advances the goals of the Comprehensive Plan and accomplishes one or more of the following purposes: substantially lessens the impact on public services and facilities, reduces overall densities, improves protection of sensitive natural areas such as wetlands, riparian areas, wildlife habitat, and woodlands, or provides additional public amenities such as parks, green ways, and open space; or
(4) Where exceptional or other unusual conditions exist that are not common to other similarly situated developments, where the property in question will not yield a reasonable return in the foreseeable future or there will not be any beneficial use of the property in the foreseeable future without an allotment being awarded during the current allocation period, and provided that such allotment will not have the effect of nullifying or impairing the intent and purpose of this chapter.
(f) Adjustment of Annual Development Allocation. If conditions warrant, the City Council, upon advice by the City Manager, may increase or decrease the annual allocation. However, if the allocation is reduced, it shall not reduce or revoke any allotments made pursuant to the previously existing allocation.
(Ord. 16-203, § 1. Passed 4-4-17; Ord. 18-93. Passed 10-15-19.)