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Oakdale City Zoning Code

§ 36-18.20.2

Definitions.

[Ord. No. 1132, § 2, Exh. A.]
Whenever the following terms are used in this section, they shall have the meaning established by this section:
AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP COST
Monthly housing payments during the first calendar year of a household's occupancy, including interest, principal, mortgage insurance, property taxes, homeowners insurance, property maintenance and repairs, a reasonable allowance for utilities, and homeowners association dues, if any, not exceeding the following:
1. 
Moderate Income Units: One hundred ten (110%) percent of the area median income, adjusted for assumed household size based on unit size, multiplied by thirty-five (35%) percent and divided by twelve (12).
The assumed household size shall be one (1) person in a studio apartment, two (2) persons in a one (1) bedroom unit, three (3) persons in a two (2) bedroom unit, and one (1) additional person for each additional bedroom.
AFFORDABLE RENT
Monthly housing expenses, including all fees for housing services and a reasonable allowance for utilities, not exceeding the following:
1. 
Very Low Income Units: Fifty (50%) percent of the area median income, adjusted for assumed household size based on unit size, multiplied by thirty (30%) percent and divided by twelve (12).
2. 
Low Income Units: Sixty (60%) percent of the area median income, adjusted for assumed household size based on unit size, multiplied by thirty (30%) percent and divided by twelve (12).
The assumed household size shall be 0.75 person in a single room occupancy unit, one (1) person in a studio apartment, two (2) persons in a one (1) bedroom unit, three (3) persons in a two (2) bedroom unit, and one (1) additional person for each additional bedroom.
AREA MEDIAN INCOME
Area median income for Stanislaus County as published pursuant to California Code of Regulations.
CHILD CARE FACILITY
A child day care facility other than a family day care home, including, but not limited to, infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, and school age child care centers.
CONDOMINIUM PROJECT
A housing development as defined per the applicable sections of the California Civil Code, not including the conversion of existing rental apartments to condominiums.
DENSITY BONUS
A density increase over the otherwise allowable maximum residential density, as described in § 36-18.20.3.
DENSITY BONUS HOUSING AGREEMENT
A recorded agreement between a developer and the City as described in § 36-18.20.10 of this section to ensure that the requirements of this article are satisfied. The agreement, among other things, shall establish the number of target units, their size, location, terms and conditions of affordability, and production schedule.
DENSITY BONUS UNITS
Those residential units granted pursuant to the provisions of this section which exceed the otherwise allowable maximum residential density for the development site.
DEVELOPMENT STANDARD
Any site or construction condition that applies to a residential development pursuant to any ordinance, general plan element, specific plan, or other local condition, law, policy, resolution, or regulation. "Site and construction conditions" means standards that specify the physical development of a site and buildings on the site in a housing development.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
Construction projects consisting of five (5) or more residential units, including single family and multifamily units, for sale or for rent. For the purposes of this section, "housing development" also includes a subdivision, planned unit development, or condominium project consisting of five (5) or more residential units or unimproved residential lots, the substantial rehabilitation and conversion of an existing commercial building to residential use, and the substantial rehabilitation of an existing multifamily dwelling, where the rehabilitation or conversion would create a net increase of at least five (5) residential units.
INCENTIVES OR CONCESSIONS
Such regulatory concessions as listed in § 36-18.20.8.
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD
Households whose income does not exceed the low income limits applicable to Stanislaus County, as published and periodically updated by the State Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to the applicable sections of the California Health and Safety Code.
MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY
The maximum number of residential units permitted by the City's Zoning Ordinance on the date the application is deemed complete.
MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLD
Households whose income does not exceed the moderate income limits applicable to Stanislaus County, as published and periodically updated by the State Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to the applicable sections of the California Health and Safety Code.
NON-RESTRICTED UNIT
All units within a housing development excluding the target units.
QUALIFYING RESIDENT
Senior citizens or other persons eligible to reside in a senior citizen housing development.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
A development (other than a community apartment project, a condominium project, or a stock cooperative) having either or both of the following features:
1. 
The common area is owned either by an association or in common by the owners of the separate interests who possess appurtenant rights to the beneficial use and enjoyment of the common area.
2. 
A power exists in the association to enforce an obligation of an owner of a separate interest with respect to the beneficial use and enjoyment of the common area by means of an assessment which may become a lien upon the separate interests in accordance per the applicable sections of the California Civil Code.
SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
A housing development as defined per the applicable sections of the California Civil Code.
TARGET UNIT
A dwelling unit within a housing development which will be reserved for sale or rent to, and is made available at an affordable rent or affordable ownership cost to, very low, low, or moderate income households, or is a unit in a senior citizen housing development.
VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD
Households whose income does not exceed the very low income limits applicable to Stanislaus County, as published and periodically updated by the State Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to the applicable sections of the California Health and Safety Code.