24 C20-2024-011 - DB90 Revisions Haynes Amendments — original pdf

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Proposed Haynes Amendment #1 Amend draft ordinance Amending City Code 25-2-652 Related to Regulations that Apply to Density Bonus 90 (DB90) Combining District by Amending Subsection (E) on line 17 by adding new subsections 25-2-652 (E)(1)(c), 25-2-652 (E)(1)(d), and 25-2-652 (E)(2)(c) : (E) Affordability Requirements. (1) Affordability Minimums - Ownership Units. If an applicant develops dwelling units for sale, this subdivision applies. (a) An applicant must reserve a minimum of 12 percent of the residential units as affordable for ownership and occupancy by households earning 80 percent or less of the current Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area Median Family Income as determined by the Housing Director. (b) An applicant for a proposed owner-occupied housing development may elect to meet the affordability requirement without providing income-restricted units onsite by paying a fee in-lieu to the Housing Trust Fund. At a minimum the fee-in-lieu shall be equivalent to the required percentage of the total residential units, including the mix of bedrooms required, at the rate set in the fee schedule at the time of final site plan submission. (c) An owner of a residential affordable unit meeting the criteria of this subsection may lease the unit for less than 30 days a year only after a public hearing required by Section 4-18-33. (d) An owner of a residential affordable unit meeting the criteria of this subsection may lease the unit for more than 30 days a year if the proposed occupancy is by households earning 50 percent or less of the current Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area Median Family Income as determined by the Housing director. (2) Affordability Minimums - Rental Units. If an applicant develops dwelling units for lease, this subdivision applies. An applicant must reserve: (a) a minimum of 12 percent of the residential units as affordable for lease and occupancy by households earning 60 percent or less of the current Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area Median Family Income as determined by the Housing director; or (b) a minimum of ten percent of the residential units as affordable for lease and occupancy by households earning 50 percent or less of the current Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area Median Family Income as determined by the Housing director. (c) An owner of, or an occupant leasing, an affordable unit meeting the criteria of this subsection may only lease or sublease the unit for less than 30 days a year only after a public hearing required by Section 4-18-33. Proposed Haynes Amendment #2 Amend draft ordinance Amending City Code 25-2-652 Related to Regulations that Apply to Density Bonus 90 (DB90) Combining District by Amending Subsection (E) on line 17 by amending subsection 25-2-652 (E)(1)(b) as follows: (E) Affordability Requirements. (1) Affordability Minimums - Ownership Units. If an applicant develops dwelling units for sale, this subdivision applies. (a) An applicant must reserve a minimum of 12 percent of the residential units as affordable for ownership and occupancy by households earning 80 percent or less of the current Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area Median Family Income as determined by the Housing Director. (b) An applicant for a proposed owner-occupied housing development may elect to meet the affordability requirement without providing income-restricted units onsite by paying a fee in-lieu to the Housing Trust Fund. At a minimum the fee-in-lieu shall be equivalent to one hundred and twenty-five percent (125%) of the required percentage of the total residential units, including the mix of bedrooms required, at the rate set in the fee schedule at the time of final site plan submission. Proposed Haynes Amendment #3 Amend draft ordinance Amending City Code 25-2-652 Related to Regulations that Apply to Density Bonus 90 (DB90) Combining District by Amending Subsection (E) on line 17 by amending subsections 25-2-652 (E)(1)(a), 25-2-652 (E)(2)(a), and 25-2-652 (E)(2)(b) as follows: : (E) Affordability Requirements. (1) Affordability Minimums - Ownership Units. If an applicant develops dwelling units for sale, this subdivision applies. (a) An applicant must reserve a minimum of 12 15 percent of the residential units as affordable for ownership and occupancy by households earning 80 percent or less of the current Austin- Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area Median Family Income as determined by the Housing Director. (b) An applicant for a proposed owner-occupied housing development may elect to meet the affordability requirement without providing income-restricted units onsite by paying a fee in-lieu to the Housing Trust Fund. At a minimum the fee-in-lieu shall be equivalent to the required percentage of the total residential units, including the mix of bedrooms required, at the rate set in the fee schedule at the time of final site plan submission. (2) Affordability Minimums - Rental Units. If an applicant develops dwelling units for lease, this subdivision applies. An applicant must reserve: (a) a minimum of 12 15 percent of the residential units as affordable for lease and occupancy by households earning 60 percent or less of the current Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area Median Family Income as determined by the Housing director; or (b) a minimum of ten 12 percent of the residential units as affordable for lease and occupancy by households earning 50 percent or less of the current Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area Median Family Income as determined by the Housing director. Proposed Haynes Amendment #4 Amend draft ordinance Amending City Code 25-2-652 Related to Regulations that Apply to Density Bonus 90 (DB90) Combining District by Amending Subsection (F)(3) on line 59 by adding new subsections 25-2-652 (F)(3)(f) and 25-2-652 (F)(3)(g) as follows: (f) An applicant may request a waiver of up to 50% of the Pedestrian-Oriented Commercial and Civic Spaces required under Subsection (3)(b) by applying to the director of the Housing Department on a form developed by the Director. (g) Before granting the waiver, the Director shall determine if the request meets the following: (1) it is in the best interest of the public to increase affordable housing units; (2) sufficient commercial space is available for lease in the surrounding area; and (3) the applicant replaces the amount of commercial square footage waived with 110% of additional square footage of affordable housing units under this Section.