18.32.050 - DENSITY BONUS EARNED
A density bonus of up to 50% maximum may be earned, at the discretion of the Hearing Examiner, if the options listed below are provided in addition to the minimum cluster performance criteria listed in .040 #1 through #4 above. The minimum lot area requirement may be waived by the City Council if any of the following are achieved: Bonus up to the amount listed below may be granted by the Hearing Examiner based on the quality of the features offered, the extent to which the development exceeds the minimum level which qualifies for a bonus and extent to which the public will benefit from the offered option. The Hearing Examiner may impose conditions to ensure a public benefit of approved bonuses. A. Up to a 50% bonus for the purchase and transfer of all or part of the development rights of a parcel identified as meeting any of the following criteria: 1. A parcel, tract or land area declared as a suitable density donor by City Council Resolution. 2. A parcel with a valid Planned Development Contract which provides for a development right transfer. 3. A parcel previously zoned for residential uses that, due to the adoption of subsequent governmental regulations and as determined by City Council, is unlikely to achieve even 50% of the original allowable density, resulting in the loss of the City's potential infill capacity. B. Up to a 50% bonus when a project is able to provide at least 1/2 of the total unit count of the project as affordable housing, as defined by the City Council Resolution, inclusive of a provision to maintain said housing as such for a reasonable duration determined by City Council. C. Up to a 50% bonus for the redevelopment of an area considered in need of revitalization as declared by City Council Resolution. D. Up to a 25% bonus for the development of a neighborhood park and related improvements that satisfies the needs of the immediate neighborhood as determined by the Parks and Recreation Department except when approval of the City Council is required. E. Up to a 15% bonus for providing at least 15% additional open space that is not otherwise restricted from development by environmental regulations. F. Up to a 15% bonus for restoring a degraded natural area which would provide significant public enjoyment if enhanced. G. Up to a 10% bonus for providing enhanced perimeter buffering of adjacent, less compatible uses that the Hearing Examiner determines would make a cluster subdivision a more compatible neighbor. [Ord. 2002-10-069 §37; Ord. 10833 §1, 1997]
