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residential unit or 750 square feet, whichever is less. The AHAC proposes that the Accessory Dwelling regulations be modified to allow accessory dwellings of up to 1,000 square feet under air on lots of greater than 1 acre in size that have houses greater than 2,500 square feet. The AHAC also recommends increasing the cap of accessory dwellings from 33% to 50% of the heated/cooled gross floor area of the primary residential unit. Modifying the regulations as proposed should not have a substantial negative impact upon neighboring properties given the fact that minimum zoning setback requirements are still required. 7. Support the reduction of impact fees for affordable housing. This recommendation was recently reviewed by the BCC on January 21, 2020 as part of the County's impact fee study update report. At that time the BCC indicated its support of the recommendation through a $0 impact fee for affordable housing for very low and low income households with housing units below 1,000 square foot in size and a 50% impact fee rate for affordable housing for very low and low income households with housing units between 1,000 and 1,500 square feet in size. The elimination and reduction of impact fees for affordable housing is allowed per Florida Statute amended during the 2019 legislative session. 8. Foreclose on or otherwise acquire the former Gifford Gardens apartment complex site located at 4730 40t'Avenue, Vero Beach FL 32967 so that the County can work with non-profit or for-profit housing providers to provide new affordable housing on the site. Currently the site is vacant, but formerly contained a dilapidated apartment complex that had numerous health, safety, and maintenance code violations. The complex was ultimately torn down in 2011 but currently has substantial public liens on it. The BCC recently reviewed this request from AHAC and directed the County Attorney's Office to coordinate with the current owner to see if the County could purchase the property at a justifiable price. If such coordination was unsuccessful in three months, the County Attorney's Office was directed to pursue foreclosure. Since BCC direction, the County Attorney's Office has spoken with the property owner and has negotiated a purchase price of $10,000. The County Attorney's Office recommends that the BCC approve the negotiated priced and authorize the chair to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the sale. 9. Direct the AHAC to meet regularly to review affordable housing progress and challenges. While this task will likely involve greater staff resources, it does not appear that the issue of affordable housing is going to be easily solved and that challenges will remain that will take more time and resources to solve. 10. Work with existing housing providers and businesses in the County to support educational programs for credit repair, mortgage process education, probate process education, and other related educational programs that will help facilitate money management and homeownership. With this recommendation, the BCC and municipalities could look to provide meeting space for educational programs and could help to facilitate, however, this should be a partnership with non -profits and the private sector. The degree to which the BCC should dedicate staff time and resources to this needs to be defined. 11. Review of the county's various multi -family zoning districts to identify opportunities to remove some use allowances to preserve those zoning districts for multi -family housing. For example, currently the County's multi -family zoning districts allow for uses such as single-family homes in plat over site plan developments. These developments produce market rate single family homes on lots similar in size to the County's small lot subdivisions, which are intended for affordable housing. As reviewed by the AHAC, there is a limited supply of multi -family housing in the County and allowing other non -multi -family uses to develop Attachment 2