Compton City Zoning Code
§ 30-47.6
Floor Area Bonus and Concessions for Child Day Care Center.
[Ord. #2163, § 1]
a.
Floor Area Bonus or Concession for Inclusion of Child Day Care Facility. An applicant for a development project that complies with the density bonus requirement of this section and that also includes a child day care center that will be located on the premises of, as part of, or adjacent to, the project may request one additional bonus or concession as follows:
1.
Additional net floor area for housing units that is equal to the net floor area in the child day care center. The approval body also has the discretion to grant additional net floor area for housing units in excess of the net floor area in the child day care center.
2.
A concession that contributes significantly to the economic feasibility of the construction of the child day care center, in addition to the concession granted for affordable dwelling units.
b.
Application Requirements. An applicant for a Child Day Care Bonus or Concession Permit shall be filed in compliance with this section. The application shall be accompanied by the information identified in the Department handout for a Child Day Care Bonus or Concession Permit application, including the specific economic information described in the handout.
c.
Procedure. A Child Day Care Bonus or Concession Permit shall be submitted concurrently with the Conditional Use Permit application. Planning Commission will review the application and may:
1.
Approve the bonus or concession described in the application for the Child Day Care Bonus or Concession Permit, if the findings below are made.
2.
Deny the bonus or incentive described in the application for the Child Day Care Bonus or Concession Permit, if the necessary findings cannot be made.
3.
Approve a different bonus or concession that contributes significantly to the economic feasibility of the construction of the child day-care center.
d.
Findings. A child day care bonus or concession shall be approved upon making the following findings.
1.
The bonus or concession would contribute significantly to the economic feasibility of the construction of the child day care center, and the applicant has submitted evidence, to the satisfaction of the approval body, that the concession or incentive would result in identifiable, financially sufficient and actual cost reductions.
2.
The bonus or concession would not have a specific adverse impact on public health, on public safety, on the physical environment, or on a property that is listed in the California Register of Historical Resources; or
3.
The bonus or concession would likely have a specific adverse impact on public health, on public safety, on the physical environment, or on a property that is listed in the California Register of Historical Resources, but there is a feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific adverse impact, or adverse impact, without rendering the development unaffordable to low- and moderate-income households.
4.
The community has inadequate existing child care facilities and the bonus or concession will contribute toward improving the availability of child care facilities.
e.
Conditions of Approval. The child day care center shall comply with conditions of approval as follows:
1.
The child day care center shall remain in operation for a period of time that is equal to or longer than the period during which the designated dwelling units are required to be affordable.
2.
Of the children who attend the child day care center, the children of very low-income households, lower income households, or families of moderate income shall equal a percentage that is equal to or greater than the percentage of dwelling units that are required for very low- or low-income households or families of moderate income.
3.
The child care facility shall not convert any portion of the facility to other uses.