Housing Impact Fee

“17.712.010 Purpose and intent. This chapter is intended to require residential projects to contribute to the construction of affordable housing and to implement the policies of the housing element of the city's general plan. (Ord. 2015-0029 § 2)”

“A. All fees collected pursuant to section 17.712.050 shall be placed in the citywide low income housing fund and shall be administered and used for the purposes described in chapter 17.708.”

“Summary of the Draft Mixed Income Housing Ordinance 1. Applies citywide. 2. All housing units pay a fee of $2.58 per square foot, indexed annually.”

2015-09-01

“On September 1, 2015, the City Council (Council) repealed Chapter 17.712 of the City Code, known as the Mixed Income Housing Ordinance (No. 2000-039), and adopted a revised citywide Mixed Income Housing Ordinance (No. 2015-0029) effective November 1, 2015 (Ordinance).”

Ordinance No. 2015-0029

“On September 1, 2015, the City Council (Council) repealed Chapter 17.712 of the City Code, known as the Mixed Income Housing Ordinance (No. 2000-039), and adopted a revised citywide Mixed Income Housing Ordinance (No. 2015-0029) effective November 1, 2015 (Ordinance).”

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“H. Unless exempt from payment under section 17.712.040, no building permit or building permit extension for a project described in section 17.712.030 shall be issued or granted unless and until the full amount of the housing impact fee has been paid to the city in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.”

City of Sacramento, the agency that levies it

“G. The methodologies set forth in the nexus study shall be used as the basis for setting the amount of the housing impact fees. Applicants for building or other development permits shall include plans and calculations prepared by the applicant or applicant's agent, specifying data necessary to calculate housing impact fees, including, without limitation, the square footage of each use ... All fees due under this chapter shall be determined and calculated by the planning director, or authorized designee(s).”

“17.712.040 Exempted development projects. The following development projects are exempt from this chapter and generate no affordable housing obligation: A. Mobilehome parks. B. Development projects in which at least 10% of the dwelling units are affordable dwelling units ... C. A new single-unit dwelling built by an owner-builder on his or her property if: 1. The owner does not intend to sell the dwelling within two years of completion of construction ... D. A secondary dwelling unit. E. A development project subject to a development agreement adopted prior to October 3, 2000 ... H. Uninhabitable square footage without conditioned air, such as garages, carports, open porches, open entryways, pool houses, storage, patio covers, and unfinished basements. I. Community rooms for residential developments. (Ord. 2015-0029 § 2)”

“1. The mixed income housing strategy may provide for fee credits for land dedication to SHRA, construction of affordable dwelling units, or other mechanisms that lead to the provision of affordable housing. a. Land dedication must be approved and accepted by the SHRA consistent with the guidelines prepared pursuant to section 17.712.090.”

“adopted a revised citywide Mixed Income Housing Ordinance (No. 2015-0029) effective November 1, 2015 (Ordinance)”