19.27.005 Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
"Affordable housing cost" has the definition set forth in California Health and Safety Code Section 50052.5.
"Affordable rent" has the definition set forth in California Health and Safety Code Section 50053.
"Child care facility" means a facility other than a family day care home, including, but not limited to, infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, and school age childcare centers.
"Common interest development" has the definition set forth in California Civil Code Section 4100.
"Concession" or "incentive" means any of the following:
1. A reduction in site development standards or a modification of zoning code requirements or architectural design requirements that exceed the minimum building standards approved by the California Building Standards Commission, as provided in Part 2.5 (the State Building Code commencing with Health and Safety Code Section 18901) of Division 13 of the California Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, a reduction in setback and square footage requirements, and in the ratio of vehicular parking spaces that would otherwise be required, that results in identifiable and actual cost reductions.
2. Approval of mixed use zoning in conjunction with a housing project, if commercial, office, industrial or other land uses will reduce the cost of a housing development, and if the commercial, office, industrial or other land uses are compatible with the housing project and the existing or planned development in the area where the proposed housing project will be located.
3. Other regulatory incentives or concessions proposed by the applicant or the city and approved by the city that result in identifiable and actual cost reductions.
This definition does not limit or require the provision of direct financial incentives for a housing development, including the provision of publicly owned land, by the city or the waiver of fees or dedication requirements.
"Density bonus" means a density increase over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density under the applicable zoning code provisions and the land use element of the general plan as of the date of application by the applicant to the city.
"Development standard" means the site or construction conditions that apply to a residential development pursuant to any ordinance, general plan element, specific plan, or other city condition, law, policy, resolution or regulation.
"Director" means the director of community development or the director's designee.
"Disabled veteran" has the definition set forth in California Government Code Section 18541.
"Equivalent size" means that the replacement dwelling units contain at least the same total number of bedrooms as the units being replaced.
"Homeless person" has the definition set forth in 42 U.S.C. Section 11301 et seq.
"Housing development" means a development project for five or more residential units, including mixed-use developments. "Housing development" also includes a subdivision or common interest development, or the substantial rehabilitation of an existing multifamily dwelling where the result of the rehabilitation would be a net increase in the number of residential units.
"Lower income households" has the definition set forth in California Health and Safety Code Section 50079.5.
"Major transit stop" has the definition set forth in Public Resources Code Section 21155.
"Maximum allowable residential density" means the density allowed under the zoning code, or if a range of density is permitted, the maximum allowable density for the specific zoning range applicable to the project.
"Moderate income households" has the definition for "persons or families of moderate income" set forth in California Health and Safety Code Section 50093(b).
"Multifamily dwelling" has the definition set forth in California Government Code Section 65863.4(d).
"Property containing existing affordable housing" means any property that includes any parcel on which rental dwelling units are or have been: (1) subject to any other form of rent or price control through a public entity's valid exercise of its police power; (2) occupied by lower or very low income households; or (3) subject to a recorded covenant, ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to persons and households of lower or very low income. Such rental dwelling units include rental dwelling units that have been vacated or demolished in the five-year period preceding the application seeking the density bonus.
"Replace" has the definition set forth in California Government Code Section 65915(c)(3)(B).
"Senior citizen housing development" has the definition set forth in California Civil Code Section 51.3.
"Special needs housing development" has the definition set forth in California Health and Safety Code Section 51312.
"Specific, adverse impact" has the definition set forth in California Government Code Section 6559.5(d)(2).
"Transitional foster youth" has the definition set forth in California Education Code Section 66025.9.
"Unobstructed access" means access where a resident is able to travel without encountering natural or constructed impediments, as outlined in California Government Code Section 65915(p)(2).
"Very low income households" has the definition set forth in California Health and Safety Code Section 50105.