Affordable units in new housing (inclusionary) in Fontana

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Exemptions	Residential developments of fewer than 5 dwelling units or parcels are exempt. § 14-73 · code text Residential developments of less than five dwelling units or parcels. Remodeling or expanding a single-family home, or rebuilding after a calamity, is exempt if units do not increase. Applies: Applies to existing buildings; the housing manager may also find a remodel exempt. § 14-73 · code text Any existing building to be remodeled or reconstructed so long as: Market-rate units built as a density bonus are exempt. § 14-73 · code text Market rate units produced as a density bonus. Residential care facilities with non-self-sufficient dwelling units are exempt. Applies: If a project has both kinds of units, only the non-self-sufficient units are exempt. § 14-73 · code text Residential care facilities with dwelling units that are non-self-sufficient units (i.e., they do not contain kitchen facilities).
Fee instead of units	The fee is the fractional unit's percentage times the in-lieu fee in the adopted fee schedule. Applies: Applies when the fraction of an inclusionary unit is less than 0.5 and the owner chooses to pay a partial unit fee. § 14-74 · code text paying a partial unit fee to the affordable housing trust fund or the low and moderate income housing fund, at the city's discretion, in an amount equal to the percentage represented by the fractional unit multiplied by the in-lieu fee in the fee schedule in the regulations adopted by the city council. The applicable affordable housing impact fee in the fee schedule applies. Applies: Applies to multifamily rental projects. § 14-74 · code text The amount of such payment to be paid by the applicant pursuant to this section shall be the applicable affordable housing impact fee set forth in the fee schedule in the regulations adopted by the city council and shall be deposited into the affordable housing trust fund or the low and moderate income housing fund, at the city's discretion.
Projects it applies to	The rule applies to projects of 5 or more dwelling units or parcels. Applies: Applies to new residential projects. § 14-73 · code text All new residential projects of five or more dwelling units or parcels;
Share of affordable units	At least 10% of the new homes must be sold to very low, low and moderate income households. Applies: Applies to new homes in for-sale projects of 5 or more dwelling units or parcels. § 14-74 · code text A minimum of ten percent of all newly constructed dwelling units in residential ownership projects shall be developed, offered to and sold to very low, low, and moderate income households at a sales price in accordance with the affordable housing agreement and this article. 4% of the new homes must go to very low income households. Applies: Applies to for-sale projects of 5 or more units or parcels; this is 40% of the 10%. § 14-74 · code text Very low income households \| 40% of 10% = 4% 4% of the new homes must go to low income households. Applies: Applies to for-sale projects of 5 or more units or parcels; this is 40% of the 10%. § 14-74 · code text Low income households \| 40% of 10% = 4% 2% of the new homes must go to moderate income households. Applies: Applies to for-sale projects of 5 or more units or parcels; this is 20% of the 10%. § 14-74 · code text Moderate income households \| 20% of 10% = 2%

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Fontana's code: Residential developments of fewer than 5 dwelling units or parcels are exempt. (§ 14-73); Remodeling or expanding a single-family home, or rebuilding after a calamity, is exempt if units do not increase. (Applies to existing buildings; the housing manager may also find a remodel exempt.) (§ 14-73).

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