Ordinance 2408-99 - Laserfiche WebLink

1. Location. The project must be located within the residential targeted area as designated pursuant to Section 15. 2. Tenant Displacement Prohibited. The project must not displace existing residential tenants of structures that are proposed for redevelopment. Existing dwelling units proposed for rehabilitation must have been unoccupied for a minimum of 12 months prior to submission of an application and must fail to comply with one or more requirements the Uniform Building Code or of the City's housing ordinance as set forth in Title 16 EMC. Applications for new construction cannot be submitted for vacant property upon which an occupied residential rental structure previously stood, unless a minimum of 12 months has elapsed from the time of most recent occupancy. 3. Size. The project must include at least twenty units of multifamily housing within a residential structure. A minimum of twenty new units must be constructed or at least twenty additional multifamily units must be added to existing occupied multifamily housing. Existing multifamily housing that has been vacant for 12 months or more does not have to provide additional units so long as the project provides at least twenty units of new, converted or rehabilitated multifamily housing. 4. Permanent Residential Housing. At least 50 percent of the space designated for multifamily housing must be provided for permanent residential occupancy, as defined in Section 3 E and only that portion of the space designated for multifamily housing shall be eligible for the exemption provided for herein. 5. Proposed Completion Date. New construction multifamily housing and rehabilitation improvements must be completed within three years from the date of approval of the application,plus any extension of time granted under Section 9 B. 6. Compliance with Guidelines and Standards. The project must be designed to comply with the City's comprehensive plan,building,housing and zoning codes, and any other applicable regulations in effect at the time the applicant submits a fully completed application to the Director. New construction must comply with the Uniform Building Code and all other applicable regulations. Rehabilitation and conversion improvements must comply with the Uniform Building Code, the City's Housing Ordinance as set forth in Title 16 EMC, and all other applicable regulations. For the duration of the exemption granted under this ordinance, the property shall have 7