19.28.020 Definitions.

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this chapter shall have the following meanings:

"Above moderate-income households" are those households with income of more than one hundred twenty percent of area median income for Napa County, as published by the state of California Department of Housing and Community Development, and its successors.

"Affordable housing nexus fee" is an impact fee to fund affordable housing demand created by new market-rate housing and new nonresidential development.

"Apartment" is a multifamily development residential project that creates residential dwelling units that cannot be sold individually.

"Financially infeasible" is a residential project, once all costs for development are established, (i.e. land acquisition, entitlements, site development fees, and construction costs), the developer (and/or their creditors) would not achieve an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of at least six percent.

"Gross square feet" is the area included within the surrounding walls of a structure as calculated by the building division in accordance with its standard practice. This area does not include garages or carports.

"Inclusionary units" are those that are required to be provided at affordable rents or sales prices to specified households.

"Lower income households" are those households with income of no more than eighty percent of the area median income for Napa County, adjusted for household size, as published by the state of California Department of Housing and Community Development, and its successors.

"Market rate units" means dwelling units in a residential project which are not affordable units or target units.

"Maximum residential density" means the maximum number of dwelling units permitted in a residential project by the city's zoning ordinance and by the land use element of the general plan on the date that the application for the residential project is deemed complete, excluding any density bonus. If the maximum density allowed by the zoning ordinance is inconsistent with the density allowed by the land use element of general plan, the land use element density shall prevail.

"Median income" means the median income, adjusted for family size, applicable to Napa County as published annually pursuant to Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 6932 (or its successor provision) by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

"Moderate income households" are those households whose income does not exceed the moderate income limits applicable to Napa County as published annually pursuant to Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 6932 (or its successor provision) by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

"Nonresidential development" means any development in the city for which a discretionary permit or building permit is required, other than those developments involving solely residential projects, that includes an addition, the new construction of gross square feet of nonresidential space, the conversion of a residential use to a nonresidential use, or the conversion of one nonresidential use to another nonresidential use.

"Residential ownership project" means any residential project that includes the creation of one or more residential dwelling units that may be sold individually. A residential ownership project also includes the conversion of apartments to condominiums.

"Residential project" means any development for which a discretionary permit or building permit is required that includes the creation of one or more additional dwelling units, an addition to a dwelling unit, conversion of nonresidential uses to dwelling units, or a condominium conversion.

"Residential rental project" means any residential project that creates residential dwelling units that cannot be sold individually.

"Senior citizen residential project" means a senior citizen housing development with at least thirty-five dwelling units as defined in Civil Code Section 51.3, or a mobilehome park that limits residency based on age requirements for older persons pursuant to Civil Code Sections 798.76 or 799.5.

"Stacked Flat means a multi-family residential building with single-level dwelling units, stacked on top of each other in a multi-story building.

"Target unit" means a deed-restricted dwelling unit within a residential project which is reserved for sale or rent, at an affordable rent or affordable sales price, to very low, low, or moderate income households, and which qualifies the residential project for a state density bonus and incentives pursuant to Chapter 19.27.

"Very low income households" are those households with income of no more than fifty percent of the area median income for Napa County, adjusted for household size, as published by the state of California Department of Housing and Community Development, and its successors.