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)