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HousingSet by city fee ordinanceCitation DMC 18.05.050(f)

Affordable Housing In-Lieu Fee

Levied by City of Davis on new development in Davis. Authorized under the Mitigation Fee Act - Gov. Code Sec. 66000 et seq. Collected at certificate of occupancy.

This is an in-lieu option, not a charge every house pays. It is what a builder pays INSTEAD of doing something else - building the affordable units, or providing the artwork on site. A builder who does that thing pays none of it, so it is never summed into Davis's one-time total. It is levied per affordable unit required; every published rate is in the table below.

The record

Why it exists

“WHEREAS, Article 18.05 of the City of Davis Municipal Code (the "Affordable Housing Ordinance") establishes requirements that rental and for-sale residential development within the City create affordable housing opportunities, either through the development of on-site affordable units, payments of affordable housing in-lieu fees, dedication of land for affordable housing development or other alternative means”

Resolution No. 25-002, 2025-01-07, recitals, p. 1 of 7 · source document ↗
What it pays for

“Alternative for Non-Discretionary Projects – Financial Contributions to Affordable Housing Fund ... Multi-Year Fee: Enter into a regulatory agreement with the City to provide ongoing inclusionary housing fee payments to the City of Davis Affordable Housing Fund over a 10-year period.”

Resolution No. 25-002, Exhibit A, Rental Housing Inclusionary Guidelines, adopted 2025-01-07, Section 3, p. 3 of the Guidelines / p. 5 of 7 · source document ↗
Where it applies

“All rental residential development containing seven or more dwelling units must comply with the inclusionary housing ordinance.”

Resolution No. 25-002, Exhibit A, SECTION 2: APPLICABILITY, 2025-01-07, p. 2 of the Guidelines / p. 4 of 7 · source document ↗
When it was adopted

2025-01-07

“RESOLUTION NO. 25-002, SERIES 2025 — RESOLUTION ADOPTING RENTAL HOUSING INCLUSIONARY GUIDELINES PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL CODE 18.05.060 ... PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Davis on this 7th day of January, 2025, by the following vote: AYES: Deos, Neville, Partida, Vaitla, Chapman NOES: None”

Resolution No. 25-002, Series 2025, adopted 2025-01-07, pp. 1-2 of 7 · source document ↗
Who adopted it

Resolution No. 25-002, Series 2025

“RESOLUTION NO. 25-002, SERIES 2025 — RESOLUTION ADOPTING RENTAL HOUSING INCLUSIONARY GUIDELINES PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL CODE 18.05.060 ... PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Davis on this 7th day of January, 2025, by the following vote: AYES: Deos, Neville, Partida, Vaitla, Chapman NOES: None”

Resolution No. 25-002, Series 2025, adopted 2025-01-07, pp. 1-2 of 7 · source document ↗
When it is paid

at certificate of occupancy

“One-time fee: Pay the full in-lieu fee to the City of Davis prior to receiving a certificate of occupancy for the project. The total in-lieu fee will be determined by multiplying the base fee by the total number of units necessary to meet the inclusionary requirements, including any fractional units.”

Resolution No. 25-002, Exhibit A, SECTION 3, 2025-01-07, p. 3 of the Guidelines / p. 5 of 7 · source document ↗
Who collects it

City of Davis, the agency that levies it

“Pay the full in-lieu fee to the City of Davis prior to receiving a certificate of occupancy for the project.”

Resolution No. 25-002, Exhibit A, SECTION 3, 2025-01-07, p. 5 of 7 · source document ↗
Who is exempt

“Any rental residential development project with an application that was deemed complete, prior to the operative date of the inclusionary housing ordinance is exempt from these requirements.”

Resolution No. 25-002, Exhibit A, SECTION 2: APPLICABILITY, 2025-01-07, p. 4 of 7 · source document ↗

Every published rate

Every rate below applies to affordable unit required.

RateBasisEffectiveAmount
per affordable unit required 1 Jul 2026 $250,000
the line this rate was read from

“In-Lieu of Housing - Per Unit * $250,000.00”

City of Davis Fees and Charges FY 2026-2027, "CITY OF DAVIS / SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING / FEE SCHEDULE FOR FY 2026/2027", section "HOUSING/OWNER OCCUPANCY", column "Proposed Fee 26/27", p. 24 · source document ↗

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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