§ 18.107.080. Residential projects—Basic inclusionary requirement.  


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  • A.

    To mitigate the impacts of market rate residential projects on the need for affordable housing in Napa County, a portion of all new dwelling units in a residential ownership project shall be made available at an affordable sales price to moderate income households whose annual household income does not exceed one hundred twenty percent of median income, as follows:

    Single-family detached-20%

    Attached single-family and common interest projects-17%

    B.

    For residential rental projects, housing fees shall be paid as specified in Section 18.107.090 to mitigate the project's impact on the need for affordable housing in the county, unless an equivalency proposal is approved pursuant to Section 18.107.100 or rental is approved pursuant to Section 18.107.110.

    C.

    Affordable units shall be comparable in number of bedrooms, exterior appearance and overall quality of construction to market rate units in the same residential project. Affordable units shall be dispersed throughout the residential project, or, subject to the approval of the planning director, may be clustered within the residential project when this furthers affordable housing opportunities.

    D.

    The following residential projects are exempt from the affordable housing requirements in this Section 18.107.080 and in Section 18.107.090:

    1.

    Farmworker housing units of twelve hundred square feet or less; or

    2.

    Any residential project that is deed-restricted to be affordable to extremely low, very low, low income, or moderate income households, and which meets the requirements of Section 18.107.140; or

    3.

    Any residential project located on a Specified Priority Housing Development Site, as defined in Section 18.82.020, and developed in conformance with the :AH Combination District standards included in the 2009 Housing Element Update and Chapter 18.82; or

    4.

    Any density bonus units, as required by Government Code Section 65915.

    E.

    Compliance with this chapter shall be made a condition of approval of each discretionary permit approved for a residential development unless the project is exempt pursuant to subsection (D) above.

    (Ord. No. 1334, § 3, 1-19-2010)

(Ord. No. 1386, § 2, 12-10-2013)