As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning and usage indicated below:
Area Median Income.The median household income as provided in Section
50093(c) of the California Government Code, as it is currently enacted or hereinafter amended.
Applicant.Any person, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, corporation, or any entity or combination of entities, which seeks City approvals for all or part of a Residential Development.
Household.One person living alone or two or more persons sharing residency whose income is considered for housing payments.
Inclusionary Unit.An Ownership Unit that must be offered to eligible purchasers (in accordance with eligibility requirements set by the City) at a City-approved affordable sale price according to the requirements herein.
Market-Rate Unit.An Ownership Unit in a Residential Development that is not an Inclusionary Unit.
Middle Income Household.A Household whose income is between 120% and 160% of the Area Median Income, adjusted for household size.
Ownership Unit.A dwelling unit that may be sold separately under the requirements of the State Subdivision Map Act. For purposes of this chapter, a dwelling unit may be designated as an Ownership Unit whether or not it is rented by the owner thereof. The following shall be considered to be a single Ownership Unit: (1) a dwelling unit together with an attached Secondary Dwelling Unit approved under Chapter
28.94; or (2) a dwelling unit together with an additional dwelling unit on the same lot approved under Chapter
28.93 of the City's Municipal Code.
Residential Development.The proposed development of any single family, duplex or condominium Dwelling Units in residential or mixed-use developments requiring a tentative subdivision map under the City's Subdivision Ordinance. Residential Development shall include the conversion of rental housing to condominiums or similar uses as described in Chapter
28.88 of this Municipal Code.
Residential Lot Subdivision.The subdivision of land into individual parcels where the application to the City for the subdivision approval does not include a concurrent request for City design approval of the residential dwelling units or homes to be constructed upon on such lots.
Target Income.A number, expressed as a percentage of Area Median Income, used in calculating the maximum sale price of an affordable housing unit. It is the household income to which the unit is targeted to be affordable.
Unit Size.All of the usable floor area within the perimeter walls of a dwelling unit, exclusive of open porches, decks, balconies, garages, basements, cellars that extend no more than two feet above finished grade, and attics that do not exceed a floor-to-ceiling height of five feet.
(Ord. 5310, 2004; Ord. 5380, 2005)