Does Lompoc require affordable units in new housing?

Lompoc's code: A minimum of 55 years, or longer if specified financing, insurance or subsidy programs require it. (§ 17.324.080); Exempt: live/work units, ADUs and JADUs, mobile homes, emergency shelters, residential care homes, transitional housing, supportive housing. (§ 17.324.020).

Affordable units in new housing (inclusionary) in Lompoc

Lompoc code What Lompoc's code adds
How long units stay affordable	A minimum of 55 years, or longer if specified financing, insurance or subsidy programs require it. § 17.324.080 · code text Such units shall be legally restricted to occupancy by households of the target income levels for which the units were designated for a minimum of 55 years or a longer period of time if required by the construction or mortgage financing assistance program, mortgage insurance program, or rental subsidy program.
Exemptions	Exempt: live/work units, ADUs and JADUs, mobile homes, emergency shelters, residential care homes, transitional housing, supportive housing. § 17.324.020 · code text The following developments are exempt from the inclusionary housing requirement of this Chapter:
Fee instead of units	The maximum Homebuyer Assistance Program aid to one applicant, plus a 10% administrative fee, using the stated formulas. Applies: Per-unit housing in-lieu fee. § 17.324.040 · code text The per-unit housing in-lieu fee shall be equal to the maximum amount of financial assistance available to a single applicant under the Homebuyer Assistance Program, as established by a resolution of the City Council, plus a 10% administrative fee. The required number of inclusionary units multiplied by the per-unit housing in-lieu fee. Applies: Total housing in-lieu fee. § 17.324.040 · code text The total housing in-lieu fee shall be calculated by multiplying the required number of inclusionary units by the per-unit housing in-lieu fee.
Projects it applies to	10 units or more Applies: Residential developments outside the Old Town Redevelopment Project, Amendment No. 2 Area, that are not exempt. § 17.324.020 · code text Residential developments of 10 units or more that are not exempt pursuant to Subsection B, and that are outside of the Old Town Redevelopment Project, Amendment No. 2 Area, shall be required to comply with inclusionary housing requirements in compliance with Section 17.324.030.A unless an alternative method of compliance, per Section 17.324.040 (Alternative Methods of Compliance), is approved by the review authority.
Share of affordable units	At least 10% of total units must be affordable to target income groups. Applies: Applies to residential developments outside the Old Town Redevelopment Project, Amendment No. 2 Area. § 17.324.030 · code text A minimum of 10% of the total units shall be affordable units restricted for occupancy by target income groups, in compliance with Section 17.324.080 (Eligibility, Continued Affordability). At least 15% of new housing for low- and moderate-income households; at least 40% of those units for very low-income. Applies: Applies to residential projects within the Old Town Redevelopment Project, Amendment No. 2 Area. § 17.324.030 · code text A minimum of 15% of new housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households. A minimum of 40% of the required affordable units shall qualify for very low-income households.

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