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Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) Recommendations <br />January 22, 2020 <br />Type of Action <br />Policy Adoption <br />Policy Adoption <br />Administrative/Staff <br />Action <br />Ordinance Revision <br />Ordinance <br />Revisions <br />Administrative/Staff <br />Action <br />Ordinance <br />Revisions <br />Ordinance Revision <br />Foreclosure on <br />Property and RFP <br />process for site <br />development <br />Details <br />Set a 5 year (2025) county -wide target of 1,500 additional affordable housing units produced, secured, or <br />provided through assistance by private sector and public sector efforts. <br />Set a 2030 county -wide target of 4,000 additional affordable housing units produced, secured, or provided <br />through assistance by private sector and public sector efforts. <br />Revise expedited permitting process with new forms and follow-up (completed by staff). <br />Develop regulations that would allow for smaller 36 foot wide lots with smaller homes. Review with <br />various County departments to identify issues that may arise with small lots (e.g. drainage, ac unit <br />location, noise, roof overhangs, etc.) <br />Decrease ability to develop market rate housing on small lots and increase. incentives for affordable small <br />lot developments. Propose modifications to existing small lot affordable housing subdivisions, plat over <br />site plan, and Planned Development (PD) regulations to remove small lot options for market rate housing. <br />Make sure that the regulations address potential compatibility issues between such developments and <br />adjacent uses. Review affordable housing development incentive provisions and propose appropriate <br />modifications that will encourage the use of the regulations. <br />Develop informational packets for tiny homes and/or modular homes to make people aware of the <br />possibilities and requirements. Make sure regulations don't unnecessarily drive up costs. <br />Update accessory dwelling regulations to increase square footage cap from 33% to 50% of heated/cooled <br />gross floor area of principal home. Keep 750 square foot under air accessory dwelling cap, except for lots <br />greater than one acre, containing a principal home of 2,500 square feet or larger. Those lots would have a <br />cap of 1,000 square feet under air. <br />Support reduction of impact fees for affordable housing. $0 impact fees for very low and low income <br />single-family housing of less than 1,000 square foot. 50% of reduced impact fee rate for very low and low <br />income single-family housing between 1,000 and 1,500 square foot. (part of impact fee study update). <br />4730 40th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32967, Property Parcel Number 32392200000500000018.0 <br />Acquire through foreclosure or purchase the now vacant (empty lot) of the former Gifford Gardens <br />apartment complex. That property has multiple liens that have not been paid. Then solicit proposals from <br />housing organizations to develop site with owner occupied or mix of owner occupied and rental housing. <br />(underway). <br />GeneraUBrief Description <br />1. Set Affordable Housing <br />Targets and Achieve Them <br />2. Revised Expedited <br />Permitting <br />3. Allow Very Small Lot <br />Subdivisions <br />4. Remove/Limit Small Lot <br />Market Rate Housing Options <br />and <br />Increase Incentives for Small <br />Lot Affordable Development <br />5. Tiny and Modular Home <br />Promotion <br />6. Increase Accessory <br />Dwelling Size <br />7. Impact Fee Reduction <br />8. Gifford Gardens Site <br />Acquisition and Design <br />Concept <br />