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- Housing Element Policy 1 . 6 <br /> POLICY 1 . 6 : The County shall take all necessary steps to eliminate delays in <br /> the review of affordable housing development projects . In order to define <br /> delay , the county hereby establishes the following maximum timeframes for <br /> approval of projects when an applicant provides needed information in a timely <br /> manner : <br /> - Administrative approval - 5 days ; <br /> - Minor site plan - 5 weeks ; <br /> - Major site plan - 6 weeks ; <br /> - Special exception approval - 13 weeks <br /> Whenever these review times increase by 150 % or more due to the work load of <br /> the review staff , the county will begin prioritizing the review of affordable <br /> housing development project applications . In prioritizing affordable housing <br /> development project applications , staff will schedule affordable housing <br /> project applications for review before other types of project applications to <br /> ensure that maximum review timeframes are not exceeded for affordable housing <br /> projects . <br /> B , Density Bonus : <br /> a . Established policy and procedures <br /> Housing Element Policy 2 . 5 <br /> POLICY 2 . 5 : The County shall maintain its affordable housing <br /> density bonus provision for planned development projects , allowing eligible <br /> affordable housing projects to receive up to a 20 % density bonus based on the <br /> following table . <br /> Very Low Income Density Additional Density Bonus for Range of <br /> ( VLI ) and Low Bonus Providing Additional Buffer and Possible <br /> Income ( LI ) ( Percent Landscaping based on one of the Density <br /> Affordable Units increase following options ( percent Bonus <br /> as Percentage of in increase in allowable units ) Percentage <br /> Project ' s Total allowable ( Percent <br /> Units units ) Option I Option II increase <br /> in <br /> Material equal Material equal allowable - <br /> to a 10 ' wide to a 20 ' wide units ) <br /> Type C buffer * Type B buffer * <br /> with 6 ' opaque with 6 ' opaque <br /> feature along feature along <br /> residential residential <br /> district district <br /> boundaries and boundaries and <br /> 4 ' opaque 4 ' opaque <br /> feature along feature along <br /> roadways roadways <br /> More than 30 % 10 % 5 % or 10 % 10 - 20 � <br /> * Buffer types are identified in Chapter 926 of the county ' s Land Development <br /> Regulations <br /> Section 911 . 14 ( 4 ) of the LDRs , Density Bonus <br /> ( a ) Affordable housing . Residential developments may receive a density bonus <br /> not to exceed twenty ( 20 ) percent of the density permitted by the applicable <br /> zoning district . <br /> 38 <br />