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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 <br />(VLI) and Low <br />Income (LI) <br />Affordable Units <br />as Percentage of <br />Project's Total <br />Units <br />Density <br />Bonus <br />(Percent <br />increase <br />in <br />allowable <br />units) <br />Additional Density Bonus for <br />Providing Additional Buffer and <br />Landscaping based on one of the <br />-following options (percent <br />increase in allowable units) <br />Range of <br />Possible <br />Density <br />Bonus <br />Percentage <br />(Percent <br />increase <br />in <br />allowable <br />units) <br />Option I <br />Option II <br />Material equal <br />to a 10' wide <br />Type C buffer* <br />with 6' opaque <br />feature along <br />residential <br />district <br />boundaries and <br />4' opaque <br />feature along <br />roadways <br />Material equal <br />to a 20' wide <br />Type B buffer* <br />with 6' opaque <br />feature along <br />residential <br />district <br />boundaries and <br />4' opaque <br />feature along <br />roadways <br />More than 30% <br />10% <br />5% or <br />10% <br />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 />37 <br />