Affordable units in new housing (inclusionary) in Claremont

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Exemptions	Projects with 4 or fewer units are exempt from inclusionary housing. Applies: Applies to housing development projects of 4 or fewer units. § 16.036.020 · code text Housing development projects that will contain four or fewer units. Rebuilt units damaged or destroyed by fire or natural catastrophe are exempt if use and unit count stay the same. Applies: Rehabilitation cost must be no more than 25% of the after-rehabilitation square footage, including land value. § 16.036.020 · code text Any dwelling unit or housing development project which is damaged or destroyed by fire or natural catastrophes so long as the use of the reconstructed building and number of dwelling units remain the same, and the cost of such rehabilitation constitutes no more than 25% of the after-rehabilitation square footage of the dwelling unit, inclusive of the land value. Student dormitories, student apartments owned and built by educational institutions, and faculty housing for schools below college level are exempt. Applies: Applies only to the student or faculty housing types listed. § 16.036.020 · code text Student dormitories, student apartments owned and developed by educational institutions, and faculty housing associated with boarding schools below the college level.
Fee instead of units	The fee instead of units follows the fee schedule the City Council set by resolution when the fee is paid. § 16.036.040 · code text The amount of the fee shall be calculated using the fee schedule established by resolution of the City Council at the time the fee is paid. A fractional unit is paid as that fraction multiplied by the applicable in lieu fee. Applies: Applies when the calculation gives a fraction of an inclusionary unit. § 16.036.030 · code text Making an in lieu payment to the inclusionary housing fund in an amount equal to the percentage represented by the fractional unit multiplied by the applicable in lieu fee.
Projects it applies to	Inclusionary rules apply to projects of 5 or more units. Projects of 4 or fewer units are exempt. Applies: Applies to housing development projects. § 16.036.020 · code text Housing development projects that will contain four or fewer units. Projects of 5 or 6 units may pay a fee instead of building an on-site inclusionary unit, by right. § 16.036.040 · code text For housing development projects proposing five or six units, the developer may, by right, pay a fee in lieu of providing an inclusionary unit on site. Projects of 7 or more units may ask the Council to approve a fee instead of some or all units. § 16.036.040 · code text For housing development projects proposing seven units or more units, the developer may request the City Council's discretionary approval of a fee in lieu of providing all or some of the required inclusionary units on-site.
Share of affordable units	5% of newly built rental units must be low income units. Applies: Applies to rental units. § 16.036.030 · code text A total of 5% of all newly constructed rental units shall be low income units, and a total of 10% of all newly constructed rental units shall be moderate income units. 10% of newly built units must be moderate income units. Applies: Applies to both rental and for-sale units. § 16.036.030 · code text A total of 5% of all newly constructed rental units shall be low income units, and a total of 10% of all newly constructed rental units shall be moderate income units. 5% of newly built for-sale units must be Claremont low income units. Applies: Applies to for-sale units. § 16.036.030 · code text A total of 5% of all newly constructed for-sale units shall be Claremont low income units, and a total of 10% of all newly constructed for-sale units shall be moderate income units.

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Claremont's code: Projects with 4 or fewer units are exempt from inclusionary housing. (Applies to housing development projects of 4 or fewer units.) (§ 16.036.020); Rebuilt units damaged or destroyed by fire or natural catastrophe are exempt if use and unit count stay the same. (Rehabilitation cost must be no more than 25% of the after-rehabilitation square footage, including land value.) (§ 16.036.020).

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