Jan 28 Commission Meeting Recap

On January 28 (link to meeting recording), the City Commission reviewed the draft Affordable Housing Ordinance (AHO). With input from public comment and city boards, Commission made several amendments to the draft ordinance and directed staff to return with language reflecting those changes. The final draft will return to Commission for a vote on February 11 (link to meeting agenda).

The following summary reflects the amendments directed by Commission:

Sec. 38.380.030.F.

• Utilization of the Type B and C incentives now includes a requirement for the developer to hold a preapplication community meeting. A notice for the meeting must be mailed to owners of all property and all mail addresses withing a 200-foot radius of the proposed development. If the development is located within a city recognized neighborhood association, the developer must provide written notice of the meeting to the presiding officer of the applicable neighborhood association, to the city neighborhood liaison, and to the chair of the inter-neighborhood council. This amendment is located on pages 11 and 12 of the Ordinance.

Sec. 38.380.040 Incentives

• All minimum ADA spaces must be located on the same site as the dwellings.
• The Type A Incentives for multi-household dwellings are amended to only allow for one additional story of height in R-3 if the proposed building has four or fewer total dwellings.
• No height in incentives in R-S, R-1, R-2, and RMH.
• Adds M-1 to the list of height incentives, where it was previously omitted.
• For the Type C incentives, only one (1) additional story of height is available in R-3 and R-4.
• For the Type C incentives, no more than two (2) additional stories of height are available in R-5, R-O, REMU, B-1, B-2, B-2M, B-3, and UMU.
• For the Type C incentives, the minimum parking requirement is increased to 0.75 spaces per dwelling.

Sec. 38.380.050 – Development Standards for Affordable Dwellings

• Subsection D is amended to read:
  • Access to shared amenities, including parking, by residents of the affordable dwellings must be the same as those in market-rate dwellings in the development. For amenities other than parking, the cost of any such amenity must be included in the required affordable rental rate.