10% reserved for lower income students

Required number of affordable units: 33 x 0.10 = 3.3 dwelling units = 4 dwelling units

Bonus dwelling units: 33 x 0.20 (20% bonus) = 6.6 dwelling units = 7 dwelling units

• For the purposes of calculating a density bonus granted pursuant to Section 143.0720(g), the term “unit” means one rental bed and its pro rata share of associated common area facilities.

4. Off-Site Affordable Units

Affordable units may be provided off-site when the off-site units are:

• Within the same community planning area and City Council District; or
• Within one mile of the premises of the development (measured in a straight line from the property lines of the proposed housing development)

• Off-site affordable units that do not meet the locational criteria above may be located in an area where the receiver site is within a Sustainable Development Area, an area identified as a High or Highest Resource California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) Opportunity Area, and less than five percent of the existing dwelling units in that community planning area are covenant-restricted to very low income, low income, or moderate income households.
• Off-site affordable units that do not meet any of the criteria above may be approved with a Process Four Planned Development Permit (Section 126.0604).
• The off-site units must be provided at the same number of affordable dwelling units required of the development, at the same affordability levels, and the same total bedroom count as the development. Different bedroom mixes may be provided to meet the total dwelling unit and bedroom count.
• Prior to the issuance of the building permit for the development, the applicant is required to enter into an agreement with the San Diego Housing Commission for the affordable units.
• Existing structures used for off-site affordable dwelling units must have a remaining useful life of at least 55 years and complies with current California Building Code standards.

5. Program Benefits

In exchange for providing affordable units, an applicant shall be entitled to the following incentives:

1. Density bonus of up to 75% as outlined in Section 143.0740, Table 143-07B
2. Use of up to five Affordable Housing Incentives as outlined in Section 143.0740, Table 143-07B
   
   1. Incentives can be any of the following:
      1. A deviation to a development regulation;
      2. Approval of mixed use zoning in conjunction with a residential development provided that the commercial, office, or industrial uses
         
         1. Reduce the cost of the residential development; and
         2. Are compatible with the proposed residential development; and
         3. Are compatible with existing or planned development in the area where the proposed residential development will be located.
      3. Any other incentive proposed by the applicant that results in identifiable, actual cost reductions.
   2. Items not considered incentives include, but are not limited, to the following:
      
      1. A waiver of a required permit, except as permitted by Sections 132.1202(b) and 132.1402(b);
      2. A waiver of fees or dedication requirements;
      3. A direct financial incentive;
      4. An increase in the maximum permitted floor area ratio in land use plans that use floor area ratio rather than dwelling units per acre or per square foot as the mechanism to control density.
   3. Where a project not requesting an incentive to exceed the maximum structure height or setbacks of the base zone, an additional density bonus of 10 percent of the pre-density bonus dwelling units may be granted, provided that development of the additional density does not cause the need for an incentive, waiver, or deviation to exceed the maximum structure height or setbacks of the base zone.
   4. Where at least 20 percent of the total dwelling units are three bedrooms or greater, an additional density bonus of 20 percent shall be granted and an additional density bonus of 10 percent of the pre-density bonus dwelling units shall be granted, if the density bonus dwelling units provided contain at least three bedrooms.

F. Parking Requirement?

Parking rates are outlined in Section 142.0525, Table 142-05C

G. Student Housing May be Eligible for  “Housing in All Communities”

Affordable student housing may be permitted on a premises owned by a public agency or a qualified nonprofit corporation within a base zone that does not allow multiple dwelling unit development, subject to all of the following:

1. The application for the premises is submitted by a person that has the authority to fill out an application in accordance with Section 112.0102 and is a public agency or a qualified nonprofit corporation qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
2. The lower income student housing is constructed by or through a contract with a community college district or a state operated university.
3. The affordable dwelling units shall remain available and affordable for a period of 55 years.
4. The premises is located:
   
   1. Within Mobility Zone 1, 2, or 3; and
   2. Outside of an area of an area designated for Industrial, Park, or Open Space in a land use plan.
5. Development shall comply with the following development regulations:
   
   1. Within Mobility Zone 1, residential development shall comply with the underlying base zone, except for the floor area ratio.
   2. Within Mobility Zones 2 and 3, residential development shall comply with the development regulations of the RM-2-5 zone with the exception of the following:
      
      1. Floor area ratio and density shall be based on Section 143.0746, Table 143-07E.
      2. Lot area and lot dimensions shall be based on the base zone.

Where development complies with all the above, it is entitled to the following allowances:

1. Incentives and waivers in accordance with Sections 143.0740 through 143.0743.
2. Unlimited density.
3. The residential maximum floor area ratio shall be determined by the Mobility Zone and the percentage of low income dwelling units provided as identified in Section 143.0746, Table 143-07E.
   
   1. Where a premises is located in two or more Mobility Zones, the entire premises shall be subject to the regulations applicable to the Mobility Zone with the greatest floor area ratio bonus.
   2. Development located within the Coastal Overlay Zone and the Coastal Height Limit Overlay Zone shall be limited to a maximum floor area ratio of 2.5, and to a maximum height of 30 feet, except for those areas located within Mobility Zone 1.