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AUG 2 31993 BOOK 90 FGF 272 <br />• Sections 3H and 3i: These sections add parking standards to <br />Chapter 954, Off -Street Parking, specifically for the tenant <br />dwelling and migrant housing uses. <br />Note: The PSAC and the PZC recommend that the Board of County <br />Commissioners adopt these amendments. <br />SECTION 4: Affordable Housing Density Bonus Amendments <br />Under current LDRs, residential project density bonuses are <br />available through the P.D. (planned development) process in return <br />for providing affordable housing. Although these affordable <br />housing provisions have been in effect for almost three years, the <br />provisions have not been used by any developer. Thus, it appears <br />that the existing LDRs have not provided a feasible density bonus <br />incentive:- Proposed amendments, initiated by the AHAC, would <br />revise the density bonus provisions to increase the incentive for <br />providing affordable housing. Under the proposed amendment,. P.D. <br />approval would still be required of all project sites receiving a <br />density bonus. However, the proposed LMR changes would allow a <br />density bonus to be given in exchange for the following: <br />1. Affordable units provided on-site (allowed under current <br />LDRs), or <br />2. Affordable units provided off-site (not allowed under current <br />LDRs), or <br />3. Providing funds to the affordable housing trust fund, <br />according to a set formula, to provide for affordable housing <br />(not allowed under current LDRs). Most of the other proposed <br />changes provide specific, detailed regulations that will <br />ensure that all units "credited" as affordable remain <br />affordable. <br />• Sections 4A - 4D: These sections add or modify definitions to <br />Chapter 901, Definitions. The changes provide new definitions for <br />items not currently defined in the LDRs. <br />• Section 4E: This section modifies the P.D. section of the LDRs <br />that gives density bonuses for developments which provide <br />affordable housing. Particular portions of this section would do <br />the following: <br />914.14(4)(a)l: Establish general price restrictions for the <br />affordable dwelling units for which density bonuses are given. <br />914.14(4)(a)2: Establish compliance and occupancy <br />restrictions for the affordable dwelling units for which <br />density bonuses are given. <br />914.14(4)(a)3: Establish density bonus ratios which give a <br />greater density bonus for a greater number (percentage) of <br />affordable units. <br />Note: The PSAC recommends that the Board of County Commissioners <br />adopt these amendments. In relation to these LDR amendments, the <br />PSAC also passed a motion recommending that the housing authority <br />(rather than county staff) administer housing programs and <br />affordability verification and qualification tasks. County staff <br />supports use of the housing authority to perform these <br />administrative tasks. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3 <br />to 2 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners adopt <br />these amendments. The 3 vote majority was not enough to carry the <br />motion as an official recommendation. <br />12 <br />