21.20.060 Supplemental Requirements

21.20.060 Supplemental Requirements.

1. As provided for in Comprehensive Plan policy N-WR-E-7, the allowed density shall be seven units per acre for a demonstration project in which at least 20 percent of the total dwelling units are affordable. Other bonuses allowed by the RZC may be used in addition to this bonus.

2. Consistent with Comprehensive Plan policy HO-38, new development in the Northwest Design District shall provide affordable housing as follows:

a. At least 10 percent of new dwelling units that are ground-oriented containing exterior ground level access to the outside with one or more shared walls and without any unit located over another unit must be affordable to a household having an annual income of 80 percent of the area median income, adjusted for household size.

b. At least 10 percent of new dwelling units within a multifamily or mixed use structure and which are not ground-oriented, as described above, must be affordable to a household having an annual income of 70 percent of the area median income, adjusted for household size.

c. The provisions of RZC 21.20.030.C, D, E, and H shall not apply in the Northwest Design District.

1. Consistent with policy HO-38 and N-SE-22, properties rezoned from GC or R-12 to R-30 as part of the Southeast Redmond Neighborhood Plan Update (Ord. 2753) shall be required to provide 10% of units in developments of 10 units or more as low-cost affordable housing units. The bonus provisions of RZC 21.20.030.E shall apply.

i. At least 10 percent of the units in new housing developments of 10 units or more must be affordable units.

ii. Pursuant to RZC 21.20.030.H, the bonus for required affordable housing is an additional FAR of .09 above the base FAR. No other density bonuses shall be given for affordable housing.

i. At least 10 percent of the units in new owner-occupied housing developments of 10 units or more must be affordable to a household having an annual income of 70 percent of the area median income, adjusted for household size.

ii. At least 10 percent of the units in the new renter-occupied housing developments of 10 units or more must be low-cost affordable units.

iii. The provisions of RZC 21.20.030.C, D, E, and H shall not apply.

1. Consistent with policies HO-38 and N-EH-15, properties rezoned from R-5 to R-18 shall be required to provide 10% of units as affordable housing units if eight or fewer homes are developed. If more than eight homes are developed, 10% of units shall be low-cost affordable units. The bonus provisions of RZC 21.20.030.E shall not apply. (Ord. 2786)

1. In portions of Overlake where density limits are expressed as a Floor Area Ratio, the bonus above the maximum residential FAR expressed in RZC 21.12, Overlake Regulations, is two times the equivalent floor area for each affordable unit provided. The bonus residential floor area may be used to increase building height by up to one story above the base standards shown in RZC 21.12, Overlake Regulations. The bonuses granted under this provision are in addition to any bonuses granted for senior housing under RZC 21.20.070, Affordable Senior Housing.

2. Downtown. Development in Downtown will receive a square footage density credit equal to the square footage of the affordable housing units provided on-site, or the square footage of the affordable housing units provided off-site pursuant to RZC 21.20.050, Alternative Compliance Methods. This square footage credit can be converted to TDRs pursuant to RZC 21.48.010.G, Affordable Housing Bonus. The bonus is subject to the limitations of RZC 21.10.110.B, Downtown Height Limit Overlay. (Ord. 2733; Ord. 2753; Ord. 2786; Ord. 2883; Ord. 2951; Ord. 3028)