Cupertino, Santa Clara County

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Policy and Jurisdiction Information

Population:	50,546
Land Area (sq mi.):	10.9
Year Adopted:	1983

Compliance Type:	voluntary
Policy Type:	zoning

Developer Options

Construction Alternatives

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

In-Lieu Fee Structure: no in-lieu fees

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	5 units	5 units
% Production Required	fixed formula; 10 - 50%	fixed formula; 10 - 50%
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	10 - 30 years	10 - 30 years

Production Data

Production data not available for this jurisdiction.

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

Other Notes

Under this policy, the density bonus and an additional concession are available to all housing developments greater than five units if they include at least:

20% of the units for lower income households; or
10% of the units for very low income households; or
50% of the units for senior citizens.

(section 19.52.030)

last updated August 30, 2007

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