California Coalition for Rural Housing

California Coalition for Rural Housing

Working to ensure affordable housing opportunities for low income and rural households since 1976.

California Inclusionary Housing Policy Database

 

Menlo Park, San Mateo County

download the full policy: Menlo Park ord905.pdf (0.02 MB pdf)

Policy and Jurisdiction Information

Population: 30,785
Land Area (sq mi.): 10.1
Year Adopted: 1980
Compliance Type: mandatory
Policy Type: ordinance
   

Developer Options

Construction Alternatives

  • (not offered)conversion to affordable housing
  • (not offered)credit transfer
  • (offered)in-lieu fee
  • (not offered)land dedication
  • (offered)off-site construction

In-Lieu Fee Structure: formula

Number of units. For 1, 2 or 3 units, in-lieu fee = 1% of the sales price. For 4, 5 or 6 units, in lieu fee = 2% of the sales price. For 7, 8 or 9 units, in lieu fee = 3% of the sales price.

Incentives

  • (not offered)clustering of IH units
  • (not offered)delayed building of IH units
  • (offered)density bonus
  • (not offered)fast-track processing
  • (not offered)fee deferral
  • (not offered)fee reduction
  • (not offered)fee waiver
  • (not offered)flexible design standards
  • (not offered)growth control extension
  • (not offered)subsidies
  • (not offered)tax abatement
  • (not offered)(other)

Requirements

  Rental Units Ownership Units
IH Requirement Threshold 5 units or 1 lots 5 units or 1 lots
% Production Required variable formula; 10 - 15% variable formula; 10 - 15%
Targeted Groups
  • (not offered)extremely low income
  • (offered)very low income
  • (offered)low income
  • (offered)moderate income
  • (not offered)above-moderate income
  • (not offered)senior
  • (not offered)extremely low income
  • (offered)very low income
  • (offered)low income
  • (offered)moderate income
  • (not offered)above-moderate income
  • (not offered)senior
Length of Affordability not available not available

Production Data

Production data not available for this jurisdiction.


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

Other Notes


Incentives. To accommodate the increase in allowable density and floor area ratio described in subsection 16.96.040(2), the developer may request exceptions from all development regulations of the applicable zoning district of a residential development project that includes below market rate units, except for density and floor area ratio.

last updated March 31, 2008