Chapter 17.56 DENSITY BONUS
Section 17.56.070 Requirements for rental housing developments.
A. All restricted units shall be occupied
by the household type specified in the affordable
housing agreement.
B. The applicant shall be responsible
for obtaining and verifying information with respect to
the qualifications of prospective and current tenants, including, but not limited to, information
relating to tenants incomes, and eligibility, in a form satisfactory to the planning director.
The
applicant shall maintain a list of qualified applicants for the duration of the program and shall
allow the planning director to inspect such information upon reasonable notice. The applicant
may contract with another entity to perform these functions subject to the approval of the
planning director.
C. The applicant shall submit reports
annually certifying that the restricted units are
occupied by the household types specified in the affordable housing agreement. The annual
reports shall include the number of persons and income for each household in the restricted units.
D. If the affordable housing agreement
is violated, the applicant shall pay to the county as
liquidated damages the maximum sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each restricted
unit that is in violation of the affordable housing agreement. This amount may be required for
each month of violation. Any unpaid liquidated damages may be recorded as a notice of violation
of the affordable housing agreement against the title of the property. In addition to the liquidated
damages, if a very low income or lower income household in a restricted unit is charged a rent
that exceeds the rent specified in the affordable housing agreement, the applicant must pay to the
tenant the difference in the rent charged and the allowable rent for the months that the tenant was
overcharged. If a restricted unit is rented to a household with an income exceeding that specified
in the affordable housing agreement, in lieu of the liquidated damages mentioned above, the first
vacant nonrestricted unit must be made a restricted unit and rented to a household that qualifies
under the affordable housing agreement. (Ord. 93-5 § 1 (part): prior gen. code §§ 8-406--8-406.4)