75B - PH - HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ORD

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Zoning Ordinance Amendment 2015 -03 July 20, 2015 Page 4 • 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 jZgjjigns of the incentives, standards and concessions allowed and prescribed under California State- adopted SB1818. The developer may opt to take advantage of up to two (2) concessions among the following possible concessions: • Parking Concession — • one (1) onsite parking spaces for each 0 -1 bedroom unit; • two (2) onsite parking spaces for each 2 -3 bedroom unit; • 2' /z parking spaces for each 4 or more bedroom unit. • Concession on one of the following Zoning Code site development standards: • Setback reduction — up to 25% reduction on subject property; • Height - up to 20 additional feet; • Density Bonus: • An applicant must select only one housing affordability income level to merit a density bonus. A combination of affordable housing income levels is not permitted to be combined to increase the amount of density bonus. • For each 1 percent increase above 15 percent in the percentage of units affordable to low income households, the density bonus shall be increased by 1.5 percent up to a maximum of 35 percent. • For each 1 percent increase above 10 percent in the percentage of units affordable to very low income households, the density bonus shall be increased by 2.5 percent up to a maximum of 35 percent. • Only projects targeted for condos and other ownership units may provide moderate income housing to meet their affordable inclusionary housing requirement. For each 1 percent above 15 percent of the percentage of units affordable to moderate income households, the density bonus shall be increased by 1 percent up to a maximum of 35 percent. • Calculate in -lieu fee at $5 per square foot of required inclusionary affordable housing. For the purposes of this ordinance, the square footage of the development is calculated as the sum -total of the number of square feet within the habitable units, measured from the exterior wall to exterior wall of the habitable units. This calculation does not include hallways, common areas, landscaping, open space, stairways, etc. 75B -8