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• The allowance of increased density levels. • The reservation of infrastructure capacity for housing for Very Low -Income Persons and Low -Income Persons. • The transfer of development rights as a financing mechanism for housing for Very Low -Income Persons and Low -Income Persons. • The reduction of parking and setback requirement. • The allowance of zero -lot -line configurations. • the modification of street requirements. • The establishment of a process by which a Local Government considers, before adoption, the impact of proposed policies, procedures, ordinances, regulations, or Plan provisions upon the cost of housing. • The preparation of a printed inventory of locally owned public lands suitable for Affordable housing. In the past year, the County's Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) has addressed all of the issues referenced above and prepared a draft Housing Incentive Plan. This plan was approved by the AHAC at its meeting of February 10, 1994. At that time, the AHAC recommended that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the plan and forward it to the state for its review. As scheduled, the Board of County Commissioners will consider adoption of the Housing Incentive Plan'at its meeting of March 8, 1994. To provide adequate review time and to permit discussion of the plan at the affordable housing workshop, copies of the draft plan have already been distributed. ANALYSIS: As indicated in the draft Housing Incentive Plan, many of the issue areas referenced in the SHIP rule have already been addressed by the County. Through the efforts of the original Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and the Professional Services Advisory Committee, the County's land development regulations have been reviewed in detail, impact fee issues and alternatives have been discussed, and provisions have been made for special housing development types. While the draft Housing Incentive Plan does not include recommendations for major changes, some recommendations may be controversial. These are discussed below. • County Surplus Property This is an issue that was briefly considered in the past. While the state SHIP rule requires that only a printed inventory of locally owned public lands suitable for affordable housing be prepared, the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee has recommended that County surplus property suitable for affordable housing be made available to non-profit housing agencies at below market cost. The AHAC has also recommended that, where surplus property is sold for other than affordable housing purposes, 50% of the proceeds be deposited in the housing trust fund. 25 i BOOK 91 FA,c 872