Affordable units in new housing (inclusionary) in Sunnyvale

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Fee instead of units	The fee is 7 percent of the contract sales price of all units in the project. Applies: Applies to for-sale projects using the in-lieu fee alternative; needs city council approval. § 19.67.100 · code text The amount of the in-lieu fee shall be equal to seven percent of the contract sales price of all units in the project.
Projects it applies to	Projects of 7 or more ownership units must submit a BMR compliance plan with the first application. § 19.67.050 · code text An applicant for a project consisting of seven or more ownership units must submit a BMR Compliance Plan Projects of 3 or more rental units must submit a BMR compliance plan with the first application. Applies: Applies to rental projects. § 19.77.050 · code text An applicant for a project consisting of three or more rental units must submit an BMR Compliance Plan
Share of affordable units	At least 15 percent of ownership units or single-family lots must be affordable. Applies: Applies to for-sale projects, unless the decision-making body allows an alternative. § 19.67.050 · code text At least fifteen percent of the total number of ownership housing units or single-family lots in a project shall be developed as BMR ownership housing, unless the decision-making body allows the BMR ownership housing requirement to be satisfied through the alternatives under Section 19.67.090 (Alternatives to satisfy below market rate housing requirement). At least 15% of rental units must be affordable. Applies: Applies to rental projects, excluding density bonus units, unless the decision-making body allows an alternative. § 19.77.050 · code text At least 15% of the total number of rental units in a project shall be developed as affordable rental units, unless the decision-making body allows the affordable rental housing requirement to be satisfied through alternatives under Section 19.77.100 of this chapter. In calculating the number of affordable rental units required, any fraction of a whole number shall be rounded pursuant to Section 19.77.070 and the number of affordable rental units required by this section shall be based on the number of rental units in the project, excluding any density bonus units.

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Sunnyvale's code: The fee is 7 percent of the contract sales price of all units in the project. (Applies to for-sale projects using the in-lieu fee alternative; needs city council approval.) (§ 19.67.100); Projects of 7 or more ownership units must submit a BMR compliance plan with the first application. (§ 19.67.050).

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