American Canyon, Napa County

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Policy and Jurisdiction Information

Population:	9,774
Land Area (sq mi.):	4.1
Year Adopted:	2001

Compliance Type:	mandatory
Policy Type:	ordinance

Developer Options

Construction Alternatives

conversion to affordable housing
credit transfer
in-lieu fee
land dedication
off-site construction

In-Lieu Fee Structure: fixed per-unit fee

In-lieu fees are $3000 per unit, and in-lieu fees for fractional units are the unit fraction time $3000. The in-lieu fee option is only available for ownership units, not rental.

Incentives

clustering of IH units
delayed building of IH units
density bonus
fast-track processing
fee deferral
fee reduction
fee waiver
flexible design standards
growth control extension
subsidies
tax abatement
(other)

Requirements

	Rental Units	Ownership Units
IH Requirement Threshold	10 units	10 units
% Production Required	fixed formula; 10%	fixed formula; 10%
Targeted Groups	extremely low income very low income low income moderate income above-moderate income senior	extremely low income very low income low income moderate income above-moderate income senior
Length of Affordability	10 years	10 years

Production Data

Production data not available for this jurisdiction.

Residential building permit activity 5 years before and after adoption of ordinance:

permit data not available

last updated September 26, 2007

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