Downtown Regional Center (adopted 1999, modified 2015)
- Voluntary Inclusionary Housing (one of multiple bonus options for increasing FAR)
- 50% of bonus units must be affordable
- Affordable at no more than 50% Area Median Income(AMI) (rental) or 80% Area Median Income (ownership)
- 50-year duration
- Fee in-lieu option ($10,000 for every new unit added)
- Example – A 5,000 sq. ft. site in the Downtown Mixed Use Zoning District would be allowed to have a 15,000 sq. ft. building outright with 3 Floor Area Ratio (FAR). The applicant has an average unit size of 750 sq. ft. The Floor Area Ratio is increased from 3 to 5, thereby allowing a building to be 25,000 sq. ft., an additional 10,000 sq. ft. This area can accommodate 12 more units at 750 sq. ft. size. Of these 13 additional added units, 6 would need to be 50% AMI (rental) for next 50 years. Alternatively, the applicant could have all 12 additional units market rate but would be required to pay $10,000 per added unit ($120,000 total).
Private Up Zones (adopted 2015)
- Mandatory Inclusionary Housing
- 25% of additional bonus units must be affordable
- Affordable at no more than 50% Area Median Income (rental) or 70% Area Median Income (ownership)
- 50-year duration
- Fee in-lieu option ($5,000)
- Example – A 6,000 sq. ft. site that only allows one dwelling is rezoned to a zoning district that allows a four-plex. One of the four units would need to be affordable at 50% AMI for 50 years.
Planned Residential Developments (adopted 2015)
- Voluntary Inclusionary Housing (optional density bonus program)
- 50% of bonus units must be affordable
- Affordable at no more than 50% Area Median Income (rental) or 70% Area Median Income (ownership)
- 50-year duration
- Fee in-lieu option ($10,000)
- Example – An R-2 site is allowed 8.7 dwelling units per acre outright. Through a Planned Residential Development, it is allowed 11 dwelling units per acre. Through a Planned Residential Development that provides affordable housing, it is allowed 15 dwelling units per acre. Of the 4 additional dwelling units per acre allowed through affordable housing, 2 would need to be 50% Area Median Income for 50 years.
Mixed-Use Centers (adopted 2009, modified 2015 and 2018)
- Voluntary Inclusionary Housing (one of multiple bonus options for increasing height)
- 20% of units provided must be affordable (tied to Multi-Family Tax Exemption)
- Affordable at no more than 70% Area Median Income(tied to Multi-Family Tax Exemption)
- 12-year duration (tied to Multi-Family Tax Exemption
- Fee in-lieu option ($10, 000)
- Example – A 50-unit multi-family structure needs a height increase of 20 feet (2 stories) to allow for all 50 units. Due to the height increase, 10 units will have to be affordable at 70% Area Median Income. Without the height increase, only 30-units would be able to be permitted based on height limit.