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)

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

permit data not available

     The City does have a voter imposed Residential Development Control System (RDCS) that includes standards and criteria that encourages homebuilders to include below market rate (BMR) housing within market rate residential developments. Under the RDCS, homebuilders must enter a competition for a portion of the limited annual building allotment. A project can receive maximum points under a housing needs category when a homebuilder commits to provide 5 percent of the total housing units affordable to lower income households and another 8 percent affordable to median income households. 

     These units are deed restricted for 45 years under the City's BMR program with the City having a first option to buy upon resale. Because the RDCS is a competitive process, nearly all developers will commit to include BMR housing in their market rate developments. In addition to the BMR units provided within market rate developments, the City has adopted policies within ow Housing Element that requires the City to reserve 20 percent of each year's RDCS building allotment for affordable housing. These units are awarded to non-profit housing developers to construct 100 percent affordable housing developments. See attached policies lh and li. The attached Table B-5 is a list of the City's affordable housing production under the Residential Development Control System for the period from 1999 to 2006. This table includes developer committed BMR units and affordable housing units built under the 20 percent RDCS affordable housing setaside.