Dimensional standards
Housing
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Citywide, applies to qualifying applications for development approval yielding 50+ dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. at density >1 unit/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. within approved sewer areas
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Affordable dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. set-aside17 pct
up to 17 percent of the total units approved, including the optional density increase, be affordable dwelling units
- Affordable units must be dispersed
Be dispersed throughout the development; Not be concentrated in one building and/or area of the development; Be indistinguishable from market-rate units
- Maximum density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes.30 pct
an increase of up to 30 percent in the developable density
- Exclusion for elevator buildings 4+ storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
Nothing contained in this Section shall apply to any Application for Development Approval requesting approval of an elevator four stories or above.
- Expedited permitting review period280 days
The City Council shall have no more than 280 days in which to process site or subdivision plans proposing the development or construction of affordable housing
- Minimum density for density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes.1 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
at an equivalent density greater than one unit per acre
- Minimum dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. for density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes.50 units
yields, as submitted by the application, fifty or more dwelling units
- Phasing of market rate units vs affordable units
No certificates of occupancy may be issued for the next twenty-five percent (25%) of the market rate units ... prior to the construction and offering for sale or rental of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the approved Affordable Dwelling Units.
- Restrictive covenant duration15 years
effective for not less than 15 years nor more than 50 years
- Approved sewer area required
The area slated for the affordable dwelling units is located within an approved sewer area.
From the ordinance
For a qualifying applications an increase of up to 30 percent in the developable density of each site subject to this Section is permitted subject to the provision that up to 17 percent of the total units approved, including the optional density increase, be affordable dwelling units.