Affordability Fee

“To implement Policy HE-5-2 (E3), to carry out the policies of the State of California, to achieve the benefits of economic diversity for the residents of the County and to assist in making affordable housing available in the County for all income levels, it is essential that new residential development contain housing opportunities to households of low, very low and extremely low income, and that the County provide a regulatory framework which provides opportunities for development of a supply and mix of new housing to meet the future housing needs of all income segments of the community.”

“There is hereby created by the Office of the County Auditor-Controller in the County Treasury a special interest-bearing fund entitled the Fund for Affordability Fees. All fees collected pursuant to Section 22.35.050 and interest shall be placed in said fund and shall be expended solely to purchase land for affordable housing, produce or substantially rehabilitate affordable units, or buy down ELI units.”

“"Development project" means any real estate development project in the unincorporated County that includes at least one dwelling unit. Projects at one location developed by the same owner or developer undertaken in phases, stages or otherwise developed in distinct sections shall be considered a single development project for purposes of this section.”

2014-02-25

“On February 25, 2014, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors (Board) repealed Chapter 22.35 of the County Code known as the County's Affordable Housing Ordinance (Repealed Ordinance) and adopted a revised Ordinance (Ordinance).”

Ordinance SCC 1549 (codified as County Code Ch. 22.35; each section carries the history note "SCC 1549 § 2, 2014")

“On February 25, 2014, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors (Board) repealed Chapter 22.35 of the County Code known as the County's Affordable Housing Ordinance (Repealed Ordinance) and adopted a revised Ordinance (Ordinance).”

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“The affordability fee shall be paid concurrently with the payment of building permit fees for the development project in accordance with the fee schedule in effect at the time of building permit application.”

“The affordability fees collected shall be transferred to SHRA and administered by the SHRA Executive Director who shall have the authority to govern the fund consistent with this chapter, established priorities pursuant to subsection C, and the guidelines prepared pursuant to Section 22.35.100. Transfer of affordability fees to SHRA shall occur no less than quarterly.”

“The following development projects are exempt from this chapter and generate no affordable housing obligation: A. Conversion of nonresidential buildings to residential use; B. Mobilehome parks; C. Market rate and affordable units in a mixed-income development on a newly created multifamily site located on-site built at a density of seventeen (17) units per acre or more where at least twenty (20) percent of the units are affordable to low income renters or buyers. Affordable housing units shall have a regulatory agreement recorded and monitored by SHRA; D. A new single-family residential structure built by an owner-builder on his or her property, provided that: (1) the new home is not intended for sale within two years of completion of construction; (2) the owner has not utilized the exemption set forth in this section within two years of applying for a building permit for the new structure; and (3) the owner personally performs the work, or the owner directly contracts with a contractor to complete the project.”

“Development projects may purchase credits for affordable housing units banked with SHRA prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. Credits may be purchased in combination with payment of fees pursuant to subsection (A)(1) or land dedication, construction of units or other mechanism which leads to the production of affordable housing pursuant to subsection (A)(3).”