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Affordable units in new housing (inclusionary) in Oceanside

Oceanside's own rules on affordable units in new housing (inclusionary), with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Oceanside Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Oceanside's code says

Oceanside code What Oceanside's code adds
How long units stay affordable	Rental restrictions last 55 years. § 14C.6 · code text Reserved units shall remain restricted and affordable to the designated income group for fifty-five (55) years. Resale restrictions on reserved ownership units last 55 years. § 14C.6 · code text reserved ownership units shall remain affordable to subsequent income eligible buyers pursuant to a resale restriction with a term of fifty-five (55) years
Exemptions	A new structure replacing one destroyed or demolished within 2 years before the permit application is exempt. Applies: The number of units must not increase and the structure must not grow by 500 square feet or more of habitable space. § 14C.2 · code text The construction of a new residential structure of ten (10) or more units which replaces a residential structure that was destroyed or demolished within two (2) years prior to the application for a building permit for the new residential structure, provided that the number of residential units is not increased from the number of residential units of the previously destroyed or demolished residential structure or expanded or enlarged by five hundred (500) square feet or more of habitable space;
Fee instead of units	Not allowed for projects requesting a density bonus, incentive, concession, waiver or parking ratio under density bonus rules. § 14C.7 · code text Projects requesting a density bonus, incentive or concession, waiver, or parking ratio under Government Code Section 65915 or section 3032 of the Oceanside Zoning Ordinance shall not be permitted to pay in-lieu fees as an alternative to satisfying the inclusionary housing requirements of this chapter. The fee is per square foot of net building area, capped at the subsidy needed for a typical new unit. Applies: Applies to lower- and moderate-income households. § 14C.7 · code text The fee will be based upon and not exceed the subsidy needed to make affordable to a lower- and moderate-income household a newly constructed, typical attached-housing unit with an assumed affordability tenure of at least fifty-five (55) years.
Projects it applies to	The rule applies to projects of 10 or more units. § 14C.2 · code text The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all residential projects of ten (10) or more units including, without limitation, mixed-use developments with residential units, condominium conversions and time extensions of development plan approval for previously approved residential projects.
Share of affordable units	At least 15 percent must be reserved for sale to lower- and moderate-income households, or as rentals for lower-income households. Applies: Applies to ownership projects. § 14C.5 · code text At least fifteen (15) percent of such housing units are reserved for sale to lower- and moderate-income households or reserved as rental units for lower-income households. At least 15 percent must be reserved for lower-income households. Applies: Applies to rental residential projects. § 14C.5 · code text At least fifteen (15) percent of such housing units are reserved for lower-income households.

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Does Oceanside require affordable units in new housing?

Oceanside's code: Rental restrictions last 55 years. (§ 14C.6); Resale restrictions on reserved ownership units last 55 years. (§ 14C.6).

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