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Zoning Ordinance Amendment 2015 -03 August 4; 2015 Page 2 o 15 %a if the affordable housing provided is for moderate income families. However the moderate income housing provision is only applicable and allowed when the application is for a 100% ownership housing project. Exempt projects approved prior to the date of adoption of the original Housing Opportunities Ordinance; • Exempt adaptive reuse of historic structures from the HOO; • Exempt retrofitting of existing buildings for a new use from the HOO; Allow for off -site construction of incluslonary housing units at the rate of one square foot of new housing for each square foot of required inclusionary housing; • Allow rehabilitation of existing off -site housing to meet inclusionary requirement, provided c Off -site rehabilitated units are produced at a rate of 1 square foot per each required square foot of Inolusionary affordable housing within a City - designated "Target Area," c Off -site rehabilitated units are produced at a rate of 1,5 square feet of newly rehabilitated housing per each (1) square foot of required inclusionary affordable housing when the rehabilitated housing is outside a City - designated "Target Area." o When a building is acquired by a developer to be rehabilitated to meet the developer's incluslonary, housing requirement, the developer is 100 %u responsible for the terms and costs of relocation of existing tenants, Remove the entire section on "takings determination" from the ordinance, as recent case law has established that inclusionary housing standards do not constitute a taking. « Apply inclusionary housing requirements to conversion of apartments to condominiums only when the density of the building being converted exceeds the densities allowed under the General Plan and only to the incremental portion of the density that is over the General Plan prescribed densities on site. • Remove the in -lieu fee option for applications for projects of 21 or more units. For such projects, the developer is to produce the inclusionary affordable housing requirement either on-site or off -site as provided by the ordinance. • Require all inclusionary affordable units to be produced 100% by the developer with no subsidy or financial assistance from the City of Santa Ana or the Santa Ana Successor Agency, In order to make the production of new affordable housing units on -site or off -site or off -site rehabilitated units, adopt g2EU= of the incentives, standards and concessions allowed and prescribed under California State- adopted 8131818. The developer may opt to take advantage of up to two (2) concessions among the following possible concessions: c Parking Concession — tR one (1) onsite parking spaces for each 0 -1 bedroom unit; ■ two (2) onsite parking spaces for each 2 -3 bedroom unit; a 2/a parking spaces for each 4 or more bedroom unit, c Concession on one of the following Zoning Code site development standards: • Setback reduction -T up to 26% reduction on subject property; • Height - up to 20 additional feet; • Density Bonus: 75B -2