Palo Alto, Santa Clara County

download the full policy: Palo Alto AH IH Muni Code.pdf (0.04 MB pdf)

Policy and Jurisdiction Information

Population:	58,598
Land Area (sq mi.):	23.7
Year Adopted:	1973

Compliance Type:	mandatory
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: formula

The formula is based on the reasonable approximation of the amount of housing necessary to satisfy ten percent of the demand for low to moderate-income housing based on the average number of low to moderate-income employees generated per average household by the average commercial and industrial development. (see ordinance for complete description)

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; 15%	fixed formula; 15%
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	59 years	59 years

Production Data

Production data not available for this jurisdiction.

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

permit data not available

last updated February 5, 2008

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