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   59-A-6.18.1. Generally.
   The workforce housing program complements the Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit MPDU Program, the Productivity Housing Program, and other County programs designed to promote affordable housing.  Under Chapter 25B, a developer may build the number of workforce housing units allowed in any zone under this Chapter.  All workforce housing units must be constructed in the area regulated by a single project plan, preliminary plan, or lot that uses the FAR and building height flexibility under this Section.
   59-A-6.18.2. Allowances.
   (a)   Any subdivision that would contain 35 or more market dwelling units, and that would be located in a zone with a maximum permitted residential density at or above 40 dwelling units per acre and in a Metro Station Policy Area, may include a number of workforce housing units under Chapter 25B.
   (b)   A site plan is required under Division 59-D-3 for any project that includes a workforce housing unit.
   (c)   To allow the construction of workforce housing units on site, the Planning Board must permit:
      (1)   any residential density or residential FAR limit of the applicable zone to be exceeded to the extent required for the number of workforce housing units that are constructed, but not by more than 10 percent of the total FAR or number of dwelling units;
      (2)   any residential density or residential FAR limit established in a master or sector plan to be exceeded to the extent required for the number of workforce housing units that are constructed, but not to more than the maximum density and FAR of the zone, except as provided in paragraph (1); and
      (3)   any building height limit established in a master or sector plan to be exceeded to the extent required for the number of workforce housing units that are constructed, but not to more than the maximum height of the zone.
   59-A-6.18.3. Amendments.
   An application to amend a project plan or preliminary plan approved before April 26, 2010, may be made concurrently with an application for a site plan or a site plan amendment, for the purpose of removing the previously required workforce housing units.
(Legislative History: Ord. No. 15-77, § 2; Ord. No. 16-46, § 1.)
   Editor’s note—Ord. No. 15-77, § 10, states: Applicability. This requirement to construct workforce housing under Chapter 25A and Section 59-A-6.18 does not apply to any development for which an application for a local map amendment, development plan, project plan, preliminary subdivision plan, site plan filed before December 1, 2006.
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