Title:
Title
Reduction of Existing Development Impact Fees for New Affordable Dwelling Units to a Zero-dollar Rate
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FileID
File ID: 2019-00680
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution: 1) rescinding Resolution 2018-0428; and 2) adopting reduction of certain development impact fee residential rates for new affordable dwelling units to a zero-dollar rate.
Contact: Greg Sandlund, Principal Planner, (916) 808-8931, Community Development Department
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Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On October 30, 2018, the City Council adopted a resolution that would reduce certain development impact fee residential rates to a zero-dollar rate for qualified affordable units. The resolution required than any applicant requesting a reduction in city impact fees must have a recorded regulatory agreement between the City, the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, or another local, state or federal agency.
Since the adoption of the resolution, staff has learned that certain developments that meet the intent of the resolution do not ensure affordability through regulatory agreements. For example, self-help housing organizations, such a Habitat for Humanity, utilize private agreements between the organization and homeowner that require the home to remain affordable or a period of at least 30 years. Another example is a facility that provides hospice care for homeless individuals for free. While there are not rent restrictions per se, there can be no argument that this housing is affordable to lower income residents of the City.
Staff recommends rescinding Resolution 2018-0428 and replacing it with another almost identical resolution that would allow the Planning Director the discretion to reduce certain development impact fee residential rates to a zero-dollar rate for qualified affordable units. The level of affordability, the 30-year minimum perio...
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