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SHIP LHAP Template 2016-001 Jeff. Date 7/1/20241 da Housing begin prioritizing the review of affordable housing development project applications. In prioritizing affordable housing development project applications, staff will schedule affordable housing project applications for review before other types of project applications to ensure that maximum review timeframes are not exceeded for affordable housing projects. In 2019, after a recommendation from the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC), the County revised the permit expediting process to make identification of affordable housing permits more identifiable. For hardcopy permit application submissions, the new process uses a bright neon green affordable housing permit expediting form and a similarly colored permit review folder to designate the permit as a permit that must be expedited. More recently, in 2020, in response to the COVID-19 health crisis, the Community Development Department implemented an electronic permit e-mail application process for all building permits. The process is currently being changed over to a permanent process. While not specific to affordable housing, the electronic permit application process will eliminate the time it takes to produce paper copies and have them delivered. With this process, applicants may request that the permit be expedited in the subject line of the e-mail and provide a copy of the neon green permit expediting form. B. Name of the Strategy: Ongoing Review Process An ongoing process for review of local policies, ordinances, regulations, and plan provisions that increase the cost of housing prior to their adoption (Housing Element Policy 1.7). - Housing Element Policy 1.7 POLICY 1.7: As part of the adoption process for any county regulations that could affect housing development, county planning staff shall prepare a Financial Impact Statement to assess the anticipated impact of the proposed regulation on the cost of housing. When proposed regulatory activities are anticipated to increase the estimated cost per unit projection. The financial impact statement then will be reviewed by the Professional Services Advisory Committee, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and, if possible, the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. Those groups shall consider the regulation's effect on housing costs in making their recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners will consider the financial impact statement in making its final decision on the adoption of any proposed regulations. C. Other Incentive Strategies Adopted: 1. Regulations providing up to a 20% density bonus for affordable housing development projects (housing element policy 2.5, Land Development Regulations Section 911.14(4)(a)). 2. Regulations allowing for small lot subdivisions with reduced setbacks, lot size, and lot width requirements for Workforce or Affordable Housing subdivision projects (Land Development Regulations, Chapter 911 and section 971.41(9)). 3. Regulations allowing for accessory single-family dwelling units in all agricultural and residential zoning districts (Land Development Regulations, Chapter 911 and Section 971.41(10)). -20- 92