Chapter 22.22

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• ADUs cannot satisfy affordable housing requirements

  Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units cannot be used to satisfy affordable housing requirements.

• Exemptions from affordable housing requirements

  Exempt: agricultural development; agricultural worker housing and all related accessory structures; development by special districts and authorities subject to LAFCO; up to one SB 9 lot/unit; residential Accessory Dwelling Units; and residential projects developed at the targeted income level and percentage cited in the Housing Overlay Designation policies in the Countywide Plan.

• In-lieu fee percentage125 pct

  The applicant may pay an in-lieu participation fee based on 125% of the requirement of Section 22.22.090 (Inclusionary Housing Standards).

• InclusionaryInclusionary requirementA share of new homes that must be sold or let below market rate. housing percentage20 pct

  Twenty percent of the total number of dwelling units or lots within a subdivision shall be developed as, or dedicated to, affordable housing.

• Income restriction in perpetuity

  All affordable housing units shall be income-restricted in perpetuity, unless the review authority reduces the term of the affordability requirement to reflect the maximum term that is permitted by Federal or State financing sources.

• Rounding for projects with 4 or fewer units/lots0.7 decimal fraction

  Projects with 4 or fewer units/lots where the inclusionary housing calculation results in a decimal fraction greater than 0.70, the fraction shall be rounded up to one additional dwelling unit or lot.

• Rounding for projects with 5 or more units/lots

  Projects with five or more units/lots, where the inclusionary housing calculation results in any decimal fraction, the project applicant shall comply with State Density Bonus Law round up provisions.

• Single-family dwellingSingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. size threshold for impact fee2,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  All new single-family dwellings greater than 2,000 square feet, except those located in subdivisions previously subject to an inclusionary requirement, shall pay an Affordable Housing Impact Fee per Ordinance 3500.