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review process shall include all steps leading up to and including the approval of a tentative map by the city council; approval of a rezoning by the city council (for residential projects not requiring a land division); or SPARC approval (for residential projects not requiring a land division or rezoning). It also includes all steps leading up to and including certification of any environmental documents. For projects that must be phased to comply with the provisions of this chapter, the development review process shall also mean all steps leading up to and including final map approval by the city council, or the issuance of building permits by the chief building official (for residential projects not requiring a land division). H. "Exemption" means projects not subject to all of the provisions of this chapter. There are two kinds of exemptions. The first type, which applies to one hundred percent senior and lower income housing, exempts the subject development from both the allocation process and from being counted as part of the annual allocation pool set by the city council. The second type, which applies to projects on five acres or less and creating no more than thirty units or lots, are exempt from the application procedure for an allocation; however, these unit/lots are counted as part of the annual allocation pool established by the city council. These non senior or non -lower income infill projects shall be phased so that no more than fifteen units or lots are created per year. I. "General plan" means the 1987 -2005 Petaluma General Plan as amended. J. Lower Income Housing. General referring to housing for some combination of low and very low income households. K. "Low income housing" means housing affordable to those households meeting the low income standards as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A low income household has an annual income of not more than eighty percent of the Sonoma County median household income by household size. L. "Notice of intent to develop" means a form required to be completed by an applicant seeking allocations for a given year. M. "Preliminary review" means a procedure, required of all projects subject to this chapter, whereby the department of community development reviews and evaluates the project prior to the filing of a development application. The intent of preliminary review is to provide the applicant with an assessment of potential areas of concern about the project, applicable conditions of approval and an opportunity to discuss these with city staff before an application is filed. N. "Reservation" means the commitment of the city council to grant future allocations. Reservations are intended to provide the applicant with a measure of certainty that allotments will be available for a subsequent project phase. An applicant may only request and the council approve reservations for the year immediately following the calendar year for which allotments are requested. The total number of reservations shall be subtracted from the number of allocations in the same category available for the year for which the reservations are made. 0. "Senior housing" means any multiple family attached housing units for rent with city approved restrictions that limit tenancy such that at least one member of the household is fifty -five years of age or older. P. "SPARC" means the site plan and architectural review committee of the city.