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5. Accessory structures may encroach into required yards as allowed in section 911.15 of the land development regulations. 6. In lieu of buffering requirements specified in Chapters 911 and 913, the following buffer requirements shall apply to small lot single-family subdivision projects: A. Buffers adjacent to collector and arterial roads. A twenty-five-foot wide Type `B"buffer with six-foot opaque feature shall be provided along all perimeters that are adjacent to collector and arterial roads. B. Buffers for other perimeters. A ten foot wide Type "C" buffer with three-foot opaque feature shall be provided along all perimeters that are not adjacent to collector and arterial roads. C. The buffer improvement(s)shall be located within a buffer easement(s) or tract(s)as designated on the small lot subdivision plat. Said easement(s) or tract(s) shall be depicted on the final plat and shall be dedicated to the subdivision's property owners' association to ensure maintenance of the buffer improvements. The buffer easement improvement(s) shall be considered a required subdivision improvement and shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of section 913.08 of the land development regulations. D. No structure(s), other than those related to buffering, drainage or utilities, shall be located in the buffer easement. 7. In lieu of the green/recreation space, swale, curbing, and sidewalk requirements of Chapters 911 and 913, the following requirements shall apply: A. A minimum seven and one-half(7.5) percent of the total project area shall be provided as green space/recreation space. Said area may consist of preserved wetlands and or native uplands, park space, pools, day-care space, clubhouses, ball-courts, playgrounds, play-field areas, or similar uses approved by the community development director. Said area(s) shall be designed to be conveniently accessible and useable by all project residents. B. Sidewalks (minimum four foot width) shall be provided along both sides of all streets unless an alternative design is approved by the community development director. C. The urban service area boundary buffer and wall variation requirements of Chapter 913 shall apply to small lot single-family subdivisions. 8. Minimum building setbacks as specified in 971.41(9)(b)3. and 4. above, shall be depicted as a residential building envelope on the preliminary plat. Language shall be noted on the final plat to the effect that specially-approved setbacks are in effect on the lots. 9. Workforce or affordable housing. In exchange for lot size and setback reductions, small lot single- family subdivision projects shall meet the following workforce or affordable housing criteria: A. All dwelling unit sales and rent prices shall be restricted for a period of at least ten(10)years from the date of the unit's first sale(closing). 1. The initial sales price of a small lot subdivision housing unit shall not exceed three and one-half(3 1/2) times the Indian River County annual median household income. Over the ten—year restriction period, the sales price may be increased three (3)percent per year(compounded annually). 2. Where a small lot subdivision housing unit is rented, the monthly rental price shall not exceed the Indian River County maximum rent by unit type for moderate income as published by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. B. As an option to and in lieu of criterion "A" above, an applicant may propose an alternative to the resale price and appreciation restriction. Any such alternative must ensure that small lot subdivision housing units remain affordable for at least ten(10)years.An alternative to the sales price restriction shall be structured as a deed restriction which shall apply to lots created by the small lot subdivision process. The draft restriction shall be submitted in conjunction with the small lot subdivision preliminary plat application and shall: •Identft the proposed method of ensuring affordability which may include: -Rent/price resale restriction -Buyer income qualification -Shared equity process -Other •Identfappeal/variance procedure or a prohibition of appeals/variances •Identify a monitoring program which shall be administered by public agencies or private organizations qualified to provide or assist with workforce or affordable housing. The alternative shall be considered by the planning and zoning commission and evaluated under the above criteria. The PZC is authorized to approve the alternative and attach conditions to ensure that the above criteria are satisfied. F:\Community Development\SHIP\AHAC-Affordable Housing Advisory Committee(AHAC)\AHAC 2017\AHAC 2017 4 0 report.doc