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the floor area added or to that portion of the square footage of the floor area converted for which the fee has not been paid. B. The City Council may adjust the fee in consideration of on-site or off-site programs promoting lower-income housing such as the dedication of land suitable for lower-income housing. 17.40.040 Exemptions. A. The following are exempt from the lower-income housing fee: 1. All units within a residential development project when the project has a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) lower-income housing units; 2. Those lower-income housing units in a residential development project with less than fifteen percent (15%) lower-income housing units; 3. Moderate-income housing units in residential development projects; 4. Second units as that term is used in Section 56852.2 of the Government Code; 5. Reconstruction or other new development on a site when such reconstruction replaces an equal number of square feet of floor area, as defined in the- Uniform Building Code, when the use is similar, and when such reconstruction occurs within two (2) years from the time the previous structure on the site was demolished; 6. Churches. B. The project developer shall enter into a regulatory agreement with the City in order for a project to qualify for an exemption by the inclusion of lower- income or moderate-income housing units. 17.40,050 Reduction of Fee - Commercial, Office or Industrial Pro~ect. A. The City Council may reduce the required fee for a commercial, office or industrial development project when the project developer can demonstrate (1) that the proposed use will generate substantially fewer workers than the uses which have established the fee; and (2) that the building design is unable to house another use 4