Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County

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Policy and Jurisdiction Information

Population:	26,411
Land Area (sq mi.):	26.7
Year Adopted:	2003

Compliance Type:	mandatory
Policy Type:	housing element

Developer Options

Construction Alternatives

conversion to affordable housing
credit transfer
in-lieu fee
land dedication
off-site construction

In-Lieu Fee Structure: formula

Projects of less than 10 units may choose between paying in-lieu fees and building inclusionary units; projects of more than 10 units must build inclusionary units unless they recieve permission from the Council to pay in-lieu fees. In-lieu fees are based on 5% of the "construction valuation of the market rate unit." See policy for more details.

Incentives

clustering of IH units
delayed building of IH units
density bonus
fast-track processing
fee deferral
fee reduction
fee waiver
flexible design standards
growth control extension
subsidies
tax abatement
(other)

Requirements

	Rental Units	Ownership Units
IH Requirement Threshold	10 units	10 units
% Production Required	fixed formula; 20%	fixed formula; 20%
Targeted Groups	extremely low income very low income low income moderate income above-moderate income senior	extremely low income very low income low income moderate income above-moderate income senior
Length of Affordability	30 years	30 years

Production Data

Production data not available for this jurisdiction.

Residential building permit activity 5 years before and after adoption of ordinance:

last updated March 4, 2008

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