Therefore this resolution will be continued until notice can be enacted and will be on the agenda at the next regular council meeting on November 15, 1995. It was moved and seconded that Ordinance 95-45 be introduced and read by title only. Clerk Williams read the legislation for first reading. It was moved and seconded that Ordinance 95-45 be adopted. Bonnell explained his intention in drafting this code amendment for removing an inadvertent disincentive towards the building of smaller homes and more affordable homes.
Many times there are subsidies available for the builder that is planning a large project.
We now have minimum base fees that are greater than the square footage of smaller homes. If the Redevelopment Department determines that this is an eligible housing proposal, this removes those minimum fees on both new SF dwellings and a base fee that we charge on rental units. In short if the development meets certain criteria of the Redevelopment Dept, then certain base and minimum fees are waived by the building code department. The costs are low since project eligibility by way of tax abatement or HOME loans will have already been determined by the Redevelopment Dept. The Redevelopment Dept. will create and maintain the ledger of for profit and not for profit projects that are eligible.