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DATE: January
, 2019
TO: City Council
FROM: Michael Codron, Community Development Director
VIA: Derek Johnson, City Manager DJ
SUBJECT: Item #9: 790 Foothill
Staff received questions about density calculations and the affordable studio units in the 790
Foothill project. This memo responds to those questions and provides general information about
the management of the City's Affordable Housing Program in response to questions included in
public agenda correspondence.
Summary of Questions Received:
The density calculation based on the number of bedrooms, where spaces may actually be
rented on a per bed basis (i.e., I -BR and 2 -BR units may be separately leased to two and
four individuals, respectively)?
The partitions that are used as privacy screens in the proposed project do not constitute walls that
create additional bedrooms in the project. Therefore, the partitions do not increase the occupancy
or the number of bedrooms in the project under the Zoning Regulations and Building Code. The
owner's marketing and leasing practices don't increase the allowable occupancy of the units in the
project, they actually decrease the maximum number of occupants that could otherwise live in
each unit. The applicant has stated that the project occupancy will be limited and that the two-
bedroom units will have a maximum occupancy of four people. This issue was discussed at the
Planning Commission and a condition of approval is provided in the resolution as Condition No.
12.' It should be noted that the City is preempted by the Uniform Housing Code from regulating
the occupancy of the building.
2. The discussion on page 159 about the mix of affordable housing states that "Twelve of the
studio units will be deed restricted... ” Does the fact that the 12 studio units in the
development are the only deed -restricted units violate City housing policies for diversity
and integration?
The project is required to provide Inclusionary Housing (per City standards) and is also proposing
additional affordable units to obtain a density bonus and incentive for height and lot coverage (also
evaluated as waivers under applicable law) based on the State's Density Bonus Law (DBL). The
City's Inclusionary Housing Requirement for the project is based on the lot size and is then
'Condition of Approval No. 12: The project shall limit the maximum number of occupants to 2 people in a studio
and in a one bedroom and no more than 4 people in a 2 -bedroom unit.