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AGENDA REPORT Reviewed:
Manager
Finance DirectorNIA
MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
TO: JEFFREY C. PARKER, CITY MANAGER
FROM: ERICA N. YASUDA, CITY CLERK
SUBJECT: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1491
SUMMARY:
Ordinance No. 1491 amends the Tustin City Code by adding Chapter 9B to Article 9 of
the Tustin City Code Establishing a Voluntary Workforce Housing Incentive Program.
RECOMMENDATION:
Have second reading by title only and adoption of Ordinance No. 1491.
BACKGROUND:
On August 11, 2018, the City Council had first reading by title only of the following
Ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. 1491
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA,
ADDING CHAPTER 9B TO ARTICLE 9 OF THE TUSTIN CITY CODE ESTABLISHING
A VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
Attachment: Ordinance No. 1491
ORDINANCE NO. 1491
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 9B TO
ARTICLE 9 OF THE TUSTIN CITY CODE ESTABLISHING
A VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE HOUSING INCENTIVE
PROGRAM.
The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION I. The City Council finds and determines as follows:
A. That this Ordinance is being adopted pursuant to the City's police power
authority to regulate the development and use of real property within its
jurisdiction to promote the public welfare.
B. That many municipalities have adopted ordinances that require, as a condition
of development of residential units, that the development include a certain
percentage of owner -occupied or rental units affordable to, and occupied by,
extremely low, very low, low, or moderate -income households.
C. That the California Supreme Court has affirmed that adopting such housing
ordinances is a constitutional exercise of the local police power (CBIA v. City
of San Jose, 61 CalAth 435 (2015)).
D. That on September 29, 2017, the Governor approved Assembly Bill No. 1505
("AB 1505"), adding subdivision (g) to Section 65850 of the Government Code.
AB 1505 provides additional authorization for municipalities to adopt such
housing ordinances.
E. That in support of AB 1505, the Legislature noted that since the 1970s, more
than 170 jurisdictions have enacted housing ordinances to meet their affordable
housing needs. Additionally, the Legislature proclaimed that such housing
ordinances have provided quality affordable housing to more than 80,000
Californians, including the production of an estimated 30,000 units of affordable
housing in the last decade.
F. That the City Council desires to implement a voluntary workforce housing
incentive program to enhance the public welfare by establishing policies that
foster the construction of housing affordable to households of extremely low,
very low, low, and moderate incomes, help the City meet the needs of its local
workforce, help meet its share of regional housing needs, and implement the
City of Tustin General Plan Housing Element's goals and policies.
G. That the addition of Chapter 9B — Voluntary Workforce Housing Incentive
Program to Article 9 of the Tustin City Code is consistent with AB 1505.
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H. That the addition of Chapter 9B — Voluntary Workforce Housing Incentive
Program to Article 9 of the Tustin City Code is consistent with the City of Tustin
General Plan Housing Element in that it complies with the following goals and
policies:
Goal 1: Provide an adequate supply of housing to meet the need for
a variety of housing types and the diverse socioeconomic needs of
all community residents.
Policy 1.1: Promote the construction of additional dwelling units to
accommodate Tustin's share of regional housing needs identified by
the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), in
accordance with adopted land use policies.
Policy 1.5: Promote the dispersion and integration of housing for low -
and very -low income families throughout the community as opposed to
within any particular geographic area, neighborhood, or project.
Policy 1.7: Utilize various resources, where feasible, to assist in
creating opportunities which will expand opportunities for
development of affordable housing in the community.
Policy 3.1: Encourage new housing construction for home -ownership
in a mixture of price ranges.
That on March 27, 2018, a public hearing was duly noticed, called, and held on
the addition of Chapter 9B to Article 9 of the Tustin City Code by the Planning
Commission.
J. That on March 27, 2018, the Planning Commission, by a 3-2 vote, denied by
minute order Resolution No. 4358, which if approved would have
recommended that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 1491 adding Chapter
9B to Article 9 of the Tustin City Code.
K. That on April 17, 2018, a public hearing was duly noticed, called, and held by
the City Council to consider the Planning Commission's action and the addition
of the Voluntary Workforce Housing Incentive Program to Article 9 of the Tustin
City Code.
L. That on April 17, 2018, the City Council unanimously passed the first reading of
Ordinance No. 1491 and scheduled the second reading for June 19, 2018,
providing staff with enough time between the first and second reading to meet
with building industry officials to review concerns raised in the public hearing.
M. That on June 5, 2018, a public hearing was duly noticed, called and held by the
City Council to consider revisions to Ordinance No. 1491 after the April 17,
2018 public hearing to the Voluntary Workforce Housing Incentive Program to
Article 9 of the Tustin City Code.
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N. That after the public hearing on June 5, 2018, the City Council unanimously
introduced and approved first reading of the revised version of Ordinance 1491,
set second reading forthe next regular meeting of the City Council, and directed
staff to revisit the Ordinance in two years to present an update to the City
Council at that time.
O. That on June 19, 2018, a public hearing was duly noticed, called and held by
the City Council to consider the revisions to Ordinance No. 1491 after the June
5, 2018 public hearing.
P. That after the public hearing on June 19, 2018, the City Council directed staff
to make further revisions to Ordinance No. 1491 to: (a) require that it apply only
to projects in which the applicant has elected to request a Residential Allocation
Reservations (RARs); and (b) require all required voluntary workforce housing
to be constructed on-site with the project.
Q. That on July 3, 2018, a public hearing was duly noticed, called and held by the
City Council to consider Ordinance No. 1491 as further revised after the June
19, 2018 public hearing.
R. That on July 17, 2018, a public hearing was duly noticed, called and held by
the City Council to consider Ordinance No. 1491 as further revised after the
July 3, 2018 public hearing, and adjourned the matter and the meeting to and
adjourned regular meeting scheduled for August 11, 2018.
S. That on August 11, 2018, a public hearing was duly noticed, called and held by
the City Council at an adjourned regular meeting to consider Ordinance No.
1491 as further revised after the July 17, 2018 public hearing.
SECTION II. Chapter 9B — Voluntary Workforce Housing Incentive Program is hereby
added to Article 9 of the Tustin City Code to read as follows:
CHAPTER 9B — VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE HOUSING INCENTIVE
PROGRAM
PART 1 - GENERAL
B9911 - PURPOSE
The purpose of this Chapter is to enhance the public welfare by establishing policies
which require the development of housing affordable to households of extremely low, very
low, low, and moderate incomes, help meet the needs of the City's local workforce, help
meet the City's regional share of housing needs, and implement the goals and objectives
of the Tustin General Plan Housing Element, through the development of voluntary
workforce housing incentive program units within new residential developments when a
developer makes the voluntary election to request the benefit of Residential Allocation
Reservations (RARs) pursuant to a Specific Plan.
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B9912 - DEFINITIONS
Whenever the following terms are used in this Chapter, they shall have the meaning
established by this Section:
"Affordable housing cost" means the housing cost for dwelling units as defined by
California Health and Safety Code Section 50052.5 for owner -occupied housing and the
affordable rent for rental units as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section
50053, as applicable.
"Applicant" or "developer" means a person, persons, or entity that applies for a
residential project and also includes the owner or owners of the property if the applicant
does not own the property on which development is proposed.
"Base units" means the total number of units in a residential project obtained via a
Residential Allocation Reservation pursuant to a Specific Plan, excluding any density
bonus units.
"Density bonus units" means dwelling units approved in a residential development
calculated by applying the formulas set forth in California Government Code Section
65915 et seq. and Tustin City Code Section 9111 et seq. to the base units as permitted
pursuant to any existing or future -adopted Specific Plan, that are in excess of the base
units and maximum residential density otherwise permitted by the applicable Specific
Plan, the City of Tustin General Plan, and Tustin City Code.
"Development approval" means a tentative map, parcel map, conditional use permit,
development agreement, or any other discretionary permit.
"Extremely low-income household" shall have the definition given in California Health
and Safety Code Section 50106.
"For -sale" means and refers to any dwelling unit, including a condominium, stock
cooperative, community apartment, or attached or detached single family home, for which
a parcel or tentative and final map is required for the lawful subdivision of the parcel upon
which the dwelling unit is located or for the creation of the unit in accordance with the
Subdivision Map Act (California Government Code Section 66410 et seq.), or any
residential development including such for -sale dwelling units.
"Low income household" shall have the definition given in California Health and
Safety Code Section 50079.5.
"Market rate unit" means a new dwelling unit in a residential project that is not a
voluntary workforce housing incentive program unit as defined by Section B9912 of this
Chapter.
"Mixed use residential development" means any development that combines
residential land uses with office, commercial, light industrial, or business park land uses.
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"Moderate income household" shall have the definition given in California Health and
Safety Code Section 50093(b).
"Residential area" means the area of base units within a residential project made
available for occupancy and use as a dwelling unit, including private open space and
excluding common open space.
"Rental" means and refers to a dwelling unit that is not a for -sale dwelling unit, and
does not include any dwelling unit, whether offered for rental or sale, that may be sold as
a result of the lawful subdivision of the parcel upon which the dwelling unit is located or
creation of the unit in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act (California Government
Code Section 66410 et seq.), or any residential development including such rental
dwelling units.
"Residential project" means any residential development, including any mixed use
residential development, requiring a development approval for which an application has
been submitted to the City for a project that will utilize a Residential Allocation
Reservation.
"Residential Allocation Reservation" means the process described in any existing or
future -adopted Specific Play by which residential units are allocated by the City to a
residential project.
"Very low-income household" means a household earning no more than the amount
defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 50105.
"Voluntary workforce housing incentive program agreement" means an agreement in
conformance with Section B9932 of this Chapter between the City and an applicant,
governing how the applicant shall comply with this Chapter.
"Voluntary workforce housing incentive program fund" means the fund created by the
City in which all fees collected in compliance with this Chapter shall be deposited pursuant
to Section B9929 of this Chapter.
"Voluntary workforce housing incentive program guidelines" means the requirements
for implementation and administration of this Chapter as may be promulgated by the City
Manager pursuant to Section B9942 of this Chapter.
"Voluntary workforce housing incentive program in -lieu fee" means a fee payable per
base unit or per square foot of residential area, as may be established by resolution of the
City Council, and as specified by this Chapter, payable to the City prior to the issuance of
a building permit for the residential project, unless the timing of payment is otherwise
specified in an approved voluntary workforce housing incentive agreement pursuant to
Section B9932 of this Chapter, or the conditions of approval for the residential project.
"Voluntary workforce housing incentive program plan" means a plan containing all of
the information specified in and submitted in conformance with Section B9932 of this
Chapter specifying the manner in which workforce housing units will be provided in
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conformance with this Chapter and the workforce housing incentive guidelines, and
consistent with the City of Tustin General Plan and Article 9 of the Tustin City Code.
"Voluntary workforce housing incentive program unit" means a dwelling unit required
by this Chapter to be affordable to very low, low, or moderate -income households.
PART 2 - APPLICABILITY AND VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE HOUSING INCENTIVE
PROGRAM UNIT REQUIREMENTS
B9921 - APPLICABILITY
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all residential projects, as defined in
Section B9912 of this Chapter, except for any residential project exempt under Section
B9922 of this Chapter.
B9922 - EXEMPTIONS
This Chapter shall not apply to any of the following:
(a) Applications for a development approval that include a residential project
for which an application has been deemed complete prior to the effective
date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter.
(b) A residential project that is the subject of a development agreement under
applicable provisions of the California Government Code that expressly
provide for an exclusion to this Chapter or provide for a different amount of
voluntary workforce housing incentive program units from that specified by
this Chapter, provided the development agreement was executed by the
City prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter.
(c) A residential project for which a housing incentive agreement has been
approved pursuant to Section 9142 of Article 9, Chapter 1, Part 4 of this
Code, provided that the housing incentive agreement is effective prior to the
effective date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter, and there is no
uncured breach of the housing incentive agreement before issuance of a
certificate of occupancy for the project.
(d) A residential project for which a development approval has been approved
by the City by no later than the effective date of the ordinance codified in
this Chapter. Upon expiration of any development approval, and unless
otherwise exempted, the residential project shall be subject to the
requirements of this Chapter, and shall not proceed until such time as a
voluntary workforce housing incentive program plan is approved in
conjunction with any other required development approval or amendment
thereto. The exemption set forth in this Subsection shall not apply to any
discretionary extension of a development approval or land use approval
beyond its initial term granted after the effective date of the ordinance
codified in this Chapter.
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B9923 — VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM UNIT
REQUIREMENTS
All new residential projects, as defined in Section B9912 and as specified in Section
B9921, shall include voluntary workforce housing incentive program units. Calculations of
the number of voluntary workforce housing incentive program units required by this
Section shall be based on the number of base units in the residential project.
(a) On-site voluntary workforce housing requirement. Except as provided in
Subsection (a)(3) below or when otherwise exempted from this Chapter, residential
projects shall include voluntary workforce housing incentive program units upon
the same site as the residential project. The number and type of voluntary
workforce housing incentive program units required for the residential project shall
be either:
(1) Fifteen percent (15%) of the base units in the residential project made
available at an affordable housing cost. Of these affordable housing units,
six percent (6%) shall be made available to very low-income households,
four and a half percent (4.5%) shall be made available to low-income
households, and four and a half percent (4.5%) shall be made available to
moderate -income households; or
(2) Twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the base units in the residential
project made available at an affordable housing cost. Of these affordable
housing units, seven and one-half percent (7.5%) shall be made available
to very low-income households, and five percent (5%) shall be made
available to moderate -income households; or
(3) One of the following:
a. Five percent (5%) of base units in the residential project provided
on-site or off-site, and made available to very low income
households; or
b. Ten percent (10%) of the base units in the residential project
provided on-site or off-site, and made available to low income
households.
(b) Any residential project providing voluntary workforce housing incentive units
pursuant to Subsection (a)(3) above must also pay to City a voluntary workforce
housing incentive program in -lieu fee calculated by either:
(1) Multiplying the voluntary workforce housing incentive program in -lieu fee
by one-half (1/2) the number of base units provided on-site, or one-half
(1/2) the residential project's total square feet of residential area (as
established by resolution of the City Council); or
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(2) For residential projects where an application was received but not
deemed complete on or before April 17, 2018, multiplying the voluntary
workforce housing incentive program in -lieu fee by one-half (1/2) the
residential project's total square feet of residential area (as established
by resolution of the City Council).
(c) For residential projects providing a mix of on-site voluntary workforce
housing program units and paying a voluntary workforce housing incentive
program in -lieu fee calculated pursuant to Subsection (b) of this Section, the
voluntary workforce housing incentive program unit requirements of Section B9923
may be satisfied in part by payment to the City of a voluntary workforce housing
incentive program in -lieu fee calculated pursuant to that Subsection, provided that
such fee is received by the City prior to the issuance of a building permit for the
residential project, unless the timing of payment is otherwise specified in an
approved voluntary workforce housing incentive agreement pursuant to Section
B9932 of this Chapter, or the conditions of approval for the residential project.
(d) Any off-site units provided pursuant to Subsection (a)(3) above shall comply
with the requirements for off-site units set forth in Section B9925(b)(1) through
(b)(7).
B9924 - FRACTIONAL UNITS
In computing the total number of voluntary workforce housing incentive program units
required in a residential project, fractions shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
B9925 - OPTIONS FOR PROJECTS OF FEWER THAN 20 UNITS TO SATISFY
VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Subsections (a) through (d) of this Section B9925 shall apply only to residential projects
of fewer than twenty (20) units.
(a) On-site units. The primary means of complying with the voluntary workforce
housing incentive program unit requirements of this Chapter shall be the provision of on-
site voluntary workforce housing incentive program units in accordance with Section
B9923. A developer of a residential project of fewer than twenty (20) units may only satisfy
the requirements of this Chapter by means of an alternative to on-site voluntary workforce
housing incentive program units in accordance with the requirements and procedures of
this Section.
(b) Off-site units. For residential projects of fewer than twenty (20) units, the voluntary
workforce housing incentive program unit requirements of Section B9923 may be satisfied,
in whole or in part, by the construction of new voluntary workforce housing incentive
program units, or the conversion of existing market rate units to voluntary workforce
housing incentive program units, offsite within the City's jurisdictional boundary. All
workforce housing incentive program units developed off-site of the residential project in
accordance with this Subsection shall comply with the following criteria:
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(1) The off-site location has a general plan designation that authorizes
residential uses and is zoned for residential development at a density to accommodate at
least the number of otherwise required workforce housing incentive program units within
the residential project;
(2) The off-site location is suitable for development of the workforce housing
incentive program units in terms of configuration, physical characteristics, location,
access, adjacent uses, and other relevant planning and development criteria;
(3) Environmental review for the off-site location has been completed for the
presence of hazardous materials and geological review for the presence of geological
hazards and all such hazards are or shall be mitigated to the satisfaction of the City prior
to acceptance of the site by the City;
(4) The construction schedule for the off-site voluntary workforce housing
incentive program units shall be included in the voluntary workforce housing incentive
program plan and the voluntary workforce housing incentive program agreement;
(5) Any off-site voluntary workforce housing incentive program units shall be
constructed and made available for occupancy prior to or concurrently with the market
rate residential project pursuant to Section B9927;
(6) Any off-site voluntary workforce housing incentive program housing units
shall be substantially comparable to the market rate units included in the residential
project in terms of quality of design, materials and finish; and
(7) Any off-site voluntary workforce housing incentive program housing units
shall be substantially comparable to the market rate units included in the residential
project in terms of gross floor area of habitable space and number of bedrooms per unit.
(c) In -lieu fee. For residential projects of fewer than twenty (20) units, the voluntary
workforce housing incentive program unit requirements of Section B9923 may be
satisfied, in whole or in part, by payment to the City of a voluntary workforce housing
incentive program in -lieu fee, as established by resolution of the City Council, provided
that such fee is received by the City prior to the issuance of a building permit for the
residential project, unless the timing of payment is otherwise specified in an approved
voluntary workforce housing incentive agreement pursuant to Section B9932 of this
Chapter, or the conditions of approval for the residential project. All voluntary workforce
housing incentive program in -lieu fees collected under this Subsection shall be deposited
in the voluntary workforce housing incentive program fund.
(d) Alternative option. For residential projects of fewer than twenty (20) units, the
workforce housing incentive program unit requirements of Section B9923 may be
satisfied, in whole or in part, by an alternative option acceptable to the City, which may
include without limitation the dedication of land for affordable housing.
B9926 - Density Bonuses and Other Incentives
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All residential projects as defined in Section B9912 and subject to the voluntary workforce
housing incentive program established by this Chapter shall be eligible for the density
bonuses and other incentives, and for the waivers and reductions in development
standards identified by State law as set forth in Government Code Section 65915 et seq.
and Tustin City Code Section 9111 et seq., so long as the residential project provides
voluntary workforce housing incentive program units in accordance with this Chapter. All
calculations with respect to density bonuses, other incentives, and waivers or reductions
in development standards provided pursuant to this Section B9926 shall be calculated by
applying the provisions of Government Code Section 65915 to the proposed base units of
the residential project.
B9927 - STANDARDS
(a) Location within the residential project. All voluntary workforce housing
incentive program units shall be:
(1) Reasonably dispersed throughout the residential project;
(2) Proportional, in number of bedrooms, gross floor area of
habitable space, and location, to the market rate units;
(3) Comparable to the market rate units in terms of quality of
design, materials, finish and appearance;
(4) Permitted the same access to community amenities and
recreational facilities, as the market rate units; and
(5) Provided functionally equivalent parking when parking is
offered to the market rate units.
(b) Timing of construction. All voluntary workforce housing incentive program
units in a residential project shall be constructed and made available for
occupancy prior to or concurrently with the market rate units. If the City
approves a phased project, a proportional share of the required voluntary
workforce housing incentive program units shall be provided within each
phase of the residential project.
(c) General Prohibitions
(1) No person shall sell or rent a voluntary workforce housing
incentive program unit at a price or rent in excess of the maximum
amount allowed by any restriction placed on the unit in accordance
with this Chapter.
(2) No person shall sell or rent a voluntary workforce housing
incentive program unit to a person or persons that do not meet the
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income restrictions placed on the unit in accordance with this
Chapter.
(3) No person shall provide false or materially incomplete
information to the City or to a seller or lessor of a voluntary workforce
housing incentive program unit to obtain occupancy of housing for
which the person is not eligible.
B9928 - VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM FUND
(a) All monies collected pursuant to this Chapter, including all voluntary
workforce housing incentive program in -lieu fees, shall be deposited into a
separate account to be designated as the City of Tustin voluntary workforce
housing incentive program fund.
(b) The monies in the voluntary workforce housing incentive program fund shall
be expended exclusively to provide housing affordable to extremely low,
very low, low, and moderate -income households in the City of Tustin, and
administration and compliance monitoring of the voluntary workforce
housing incentive program.
PART 3 - CONTINUING AFFORDABILITY
B9931 - CONTINUING AFFORDABILITY
(a) Execution and recording of documents. The Director of Economic
Development or designee may require execution and recording of
documents necessary to ensure enforcement of this Chapter, including but
not limited to promissory notes, deeds of trust, resale restrictions, rights of
first refusal, options to purchase, and/or other documents, which shall be
recorded against the residential project, all voluntary workforce housing
incentive program units, and any site subject to the provisions of this
Chapter. Affordability documents for for -sale owner -occupied voluntary
workforce housing incentive program units may also include subordinate
shared appreciation documents permitting the City to capture at resale the
difference between the market rate value of the voluntary workforce housing
incentive program unit and the affordable housing cost, plus a share of
appreciation realized from an unrestricted sale in such amounts as deemed
necessary by the City to replace the voluntary workforce housing incentive
program unit.
(b) Affordability periods. All voluntary workforce housing incentive program
units shall remain affordable to the targeted income groups for no less than
the time periods set forth in California Health and Safety Code Sections
33413(c)(1) and (2), as may be amended.
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(c) Unless otherwise required by law, all promissory note repayments, shared
appreciation payments, or other payments collected under this Section shall
be deposited in the voluntary workforce housing incentive program fund.
(d) Any household that occupies a voluntary workforce housing incentive
program unit must occupy that unit as its principal residence, unless
otherwise approved in writing by the Director of Economic Development or
his or her designee for rental to a third party for a limited period of time due
to household hardship, as specified in the voluntary workforce housing
incentive program guidelines.
(e) No household may begin occupancy of a voluntary workforce housing
incentive program unit until the household has been determined to be
eligible to occupy that unit. Rental voluntary workforce housing incentive
program units shall continue to be rented to income eligible households at
an affordable housing cost for the entire term of the voluntary workforce
housing incentive program restriction. The voluntary workforce housing
incentive program guidelines shall establish standards for determining
household income, maximum occupancy, affordable housing cost,
provisions for continued monitoring of tenant eligibility, and other eligibility
criteria.
B9932 - VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM PLAN AND
VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM
AGREEMENT
(a) Voluntary Workforce Housing Incentive Program Plan. The developer shall
submit a voluntary workforce housing incentive program plan in a form
specified by the Director of Community Development or designee and
consistent with this Chapter, detailing how the provisions of this Chapter will
be implemented for the proposed residential project. The voluntary workforce
housing incentive program plan and its supportive documents, plans, and
details shall be submitted at the same time as the development approval
application materials for the residential project. Upon submittal, the Director
shall determine if the voluntary workforce housing incentive program plan is
complete and conforms to the provisions of this Chapter and, if applicable, the
voluntary workforce housing incentive program guidelines. No project approval
shall be issued for a residential project subject to this Chapter until a voluntary
workforce housing incentive program plan has been approved as compliant
with this Chapter. Any person may appeal any decision of the Director of
Community Development in accordance with Section 9294 of this Code.
(b) Voluntary Workforce Housing Incentive Program Agreement. Where the
workforce housing incentive program requirements of this Chapter will be
satisfied through the provision of on-site or off-site voluntary workforce housing
incentive program units, prior to the approval of any final or parcel map or
issuance of any building permit for a residential project subject to this Chapter,
the City and Developer shall execute and cause to be recorded a voluntary
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workforce housing incentive program agreement containing those provisions
necessary to ensure the requirements of this Chapter are satisfied. The
voluntary workforce housing incentive program agreement shall be recorded
against the entire residential project property and any other property used for
the purposes of providing voluntary workforce housing pursuant to this Chapter.
PART 4 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
B9941 - MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE
The voluntary workforce housing incentive program guidelines may, and each
voluntary workforce housing incentive program agreement shall, include provisions for
the monitoring by the City of each residential project and each voluntary workforce
housing incentive program unit for compliance with the terms of this Chapter, the
voluntary workforce housing incentive program guidelines, and the applicable voluntary
workforce housing incentive program agreement. Such provisions shall require annual
compliance reports to be submitted to the City by the owner and the City shall conduct
periodic on-site audits to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, policies, and
agreements. The developer and voluntary workforce housing incentive program unit
owners or tenants are required to cooperate with the City in promptly providing all
information requested by the City in monitoring compliance with program requirements.
B9942 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
The City Manager may promulgate and amend voluntary workforce housing incentive
program guidelines for the implementation and administration of all aspects of this
Chapter.
B9943 - ENFORCEMENT
(a) Violation. Any violation of this Chapter, any development approval or
entitlement issued pursuant to any provisions of this Code, or the terms of
any voluntary workforce housing incentive program agreement entered into
pursuant to this Chapter constitutes a misdemeanor and is deemed a public
nuisance.
(b) Forfeiture of funds. Any individual who sells a voluntary workforce housing
incentive program unit in violation of this Chapter shall be required to forfeit
to the City any money and other consideration received for the unit in excess
of the affordable housing cost at such time. Any individual who rents out a
voluntary workforce housing incentive program unit in violation of this
Chapter shall be required to forfeit to the City all money and other
consideration received for the unit so obtained. Recovered funds shall be
deposited into the voluntary workforce housing incentive program fund.
(c) Legal actions. The City may institute any appropriate legal actions or
proceedings necessary to ensure compliance with this Chapter, including
actions:
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(1) To disapprove, revoke, or suspend any permit, including a
building permit, certificate of occupancy, development
approval or discretionary approval; and
(2) To recover any funds or other consideration due under
Section 9943(b); and
(3) To enforce this Chapter by means authorized by this Chapter,
by the Tustin City Code, and/or by State or Federal law; and
(4) For injunctive relief or damages.
(d) Recovery of costs. In any action to enforce this Chapter, or a voluntary
workforce housing incentive program agreement approved hereunder, the
City shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
SECTION III. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect on the 31S1 day after its
adoption. The City Clerk or his or her duly appointed deputy shall certify to adoption of
the Ordinance and cause this Ordinance to be published as required by law.
SECTION IV. CEQA Exemption. The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"; Cal. Pub. Resources Code Section 21000
et seq.). The Ordinance does not commit the City to approve any particular project, or any
aspect of any particular project, now or any time in the future. Any project subject to the
Ordinance will require its own review for CEQA compliance. As a result, the Ordinance does
not have any reasonably foreseeable environmental consequences or commit the City to a
definite course of action. Thus, the Ordinance is not a "project" subject to CEQA. (Public
Resources Code § 21065; CEQA Guidelines § 15378(a); CEQA Guidelines § 15352(a).)
Further, to the extent the Ordinance establishes voluntary workforce housing incentive
program fund, the Ordinance is, a government funding mechanism expressly excluded
from CEQA's definition of "project." (CEQA Guidelines § 15378(b)(4).) Even if the
Ordinance were construed to be a project, it can be seen with certainty that there is no
possibility that the Ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment for the
foregoing reasons and thus falls within CEQA's "common sense" exemption. (CEQA
Guidelines § 15061(b)(3).)
SECTION V. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
of this Ordinance is for any reason held out to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision
of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Tustin hereby
declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the City Council for the City of Tustin
on this 4th day of September, 2018.
ELWYN A. MURRAY,
Mayor
ATTEST:
ERICA N. YASUDA,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE) ss.
CITY OF TUSTIN )
CERTIFICATION FOR ORDINANCE NO. 1491
I, Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council
of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1491 was duly
and regularly introduced and read by title only at the regular adjourned meeting of the City
Council held on the 11th day of August, 2018, and was given its second reading, passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 4th day of September,
2018, by the following vote:
COUNCILPERSONS AYES:
COUNCILPERSONS NOES:
COUNCILPERSONS ABSTAINED:
COUNCILPERSONS ABSENT:
Erica N. Yasuda;
City Clerk
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