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Administrative approval - 5 days; <br />Minor site plan - 5 weeks; <br />Major site plan - 6 weeks; <br />Special exception approval - 13 weeks <br />Whenever these review times increase by 150% or more due to the work load of the review staff, the <br />county will begin prioritizing the review of affordable housing development project applications. In <br />prioritizing affordable housing development project applications, staff will schedule affordable <br />housing project applications for review before other types of project applications to ensure that <br />maximum review timeframes are not exceeded for affordable housing projects. <br />B. Density Bonus: <br />a. Established policy and procedures <br />- Housing Element Policy 2.5 <br />POLICY 2.5: The County shall maintain its affordable housing density bonus provision for planned <br />development projects, allowing eligible affordable housing projects to receive up to a 20% density <br />bonus based on the following table. <br />Very Low Income <br />(VLI) and Low <br />Income (LI) <br />Affordable Units as <br />Percentage of <br />Project's Total <br />Units <br />Density <br />Bonus <br />(Percent <br />increase in <br />allowable <br />units) <br />Additional Density Bonus for Providing <br />Additional Buffer and Landscaping based <br />on one of the following options (percent <br />increase in allowable units) <br />Range of <br />Possible <br />Density <br />Bonus <br />Percentage <br />(Percent <br />increase in <br />allowable <br />units) <br />Option I <br />Option II <br />Material equal to a <br />20' wide Type C <br />buffer* with 6' <br />opaque feature <br />along residential <br />district boundaries <br />and 4' opaque <br />feature along <br />roadways <br />Material equal to a <br />25' wide Type B <br />buffer* with 6' <br />opaque feature <br />along residential <br />district boundaries <br />and 4' opaque <br />feature along <br />roadways <br />More than 30% <br />10% <br />5% or <br />10% <br />10-20% <br />* Buffer types are identified in Chapter 926 of the county's Land Development Regulations <br />‘V'35 <br />