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RESOLUTION NO. 3693
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TUSTIN RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL ADOPT THE DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE
ADDING CHAPTER 1 TO ARTICLE 9 (LAND USE) OF THE
TUSTIN CITY CODE.
The Planning Commission of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as
follows:
I. The Planning Commission finds and determines as follows: ·
A.
That it is necessary for the City to establish a policy to comply
with the California Planning and Zoning Law (Government
Code Section 65915 through 65918, Chapter 842), generally
providing that if a developer of housing agrees to construct at
least:
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Twenty (20) percent of the total units of housing
development as Target Units affordable to Lower
Income households; or
Ten (10) percent of the total units of housing
development as Target Units affordable to Very Low
income households; or
Fifty (50) percent Senior citizen housing;
then the City shall either grant a density bonus and at least
one Concession or Incentive, unless the City Council makes a
written finding that the additional concession or incentive is
not required to provide for affordable housing, or provide other
incentives of equivalent financial value.
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That said policy shall comply with Section 65915 of the
Government Code by either granting a density bonus and a
concession or incentive, providing other incentives of
equivalent financial value or a combination thereof, whichever
is deemed by the City Council to be appropriate. It shall be up
to the discretion of the City Council as to whether a project will
receive bonus units above 25 percent and/or any incentives of
direct financial assistance or equivalent financial value shall
as deemed reasonable and appropriate to the case, and may
include but not be limited to:
1. Waived or deferred development fees.
2. Direct financial aid.
3. Subsidizing public improvements.
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Any additional incentives of non-monetary value shall be
determined and stipulated by City Council upon
recommendation by the Planning Commission as it deems
reasonable and appropriate to the case, and may include but
not be limited to:
1. The reduction of development standards,
2. A modification of zoning code or architectural design
requirements.
3. Allowing non-residential uses within the development.
4. Allow the development in a non-residentialzone.
D,
That the provision of bonus units shall not exempt a project
from complying with all applicable development standards of
the zoning district in which it is located, unless development
standards are relaxed as additional incentives.
E.
That such development proposals shall be designed to be
consistent with the character of the surrounding neighborhood
and shall be processed in the manner described by the
Density Bonus Ordinance.
F.
That provision of affordable housing units shall be assured
through recordation of a Development Agreement as required
by the Density Bonus Ordinance.
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That the proposed density bonus ordinance is consistent with
the Tustin General Plan, Housing Element in that it provides
for new affordable housing, encourage incentives to assist in
the development of affordable housing and encourage the
availability of affordable housing for large Iow income family.
H.
That a .Public Hearing was duly noticed, called and held on
by the Planning Commission on September 27, 1999.
That a Negative Declaration has been recommended for
approval by the City Council in conformance with the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act.
The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council
adopt the Density Bonus Ordinance attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tustin Planning
Commission, held on the 27th day Of September, 1999.
ELIZABETH A. BINSACK
Planning Commission Secretary
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTYOF ORANGE )
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, ELIZABETH A. BINSACK, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am the
Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Tustin, California; that
Resolution No. 3693 was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of
the Tustin Planning Commission, held on the 27th day of September11999.
ELIZABETH A. BINSACK
Planning Commission Secretary