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Q. "Supplementary allocation" means an additional procedure by which applicants <br /> may request allocations if it is determined by the city council that there is sufficient <br /> capacity remaining in the annual allocation pool after allocations have been initially <br /> granted to all applicable projects. <br /> R. "Unit" means a residential lot or dwelling unit created in accordance with the <br /> Subdivision Map Act, or otherwise legally created, or a residential unit in a project not <br /> requiring a land division. <br /> S. "Very low income housing" means housing affordable to those households <br /> meeting the very low income standards as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing <br /> and Urban Development. Very low income households are those earning less than fifty <br /> percent of the Sonoma County median household income by household size. <br /> T. "Three year period" means any three consecutive years, i.e., 1990, 1991, 1992 <br /> followed by 1991, 1992, 1993. <br /> U. "Secondary allocation pool." The secondary pool is comprised of allocations from <br /> any previous years that were: 1) forfeited due to an applicant's failure to meet the <br /> requirements of the growth management system, 2) not issued from a set pool, or 3) <br /> issued but not utilized by the approved project (i.e., where the allocations issued <br /> exceeded the number of units approved). The secondary pool's allocations are counted <br /> separately from those of the annual allocation pool. <br /> (Ord. 1841 NCS §1,7,8, 1991: Ord. 1839 NCS 3,5,6, 1991: Ord. 1795 NCS 2 -4, <br /> 1990: Ord. 1716 NCS 1 (part), 1988.) <br /> 17.26.040 General provisions. <br /> A. This chapter applies to all residential development projects having more than <br /> thirty units. <br /> B. Senior housing projects and lower income housing projects shall be exempt from <br /> the provisions of this chapter. <br /> C. Projects with no more than thirty units shall be exempt from the allocation <br /> procedures as described in Section 17.26.050, below. However, projects of this type, <br /> unless otherwise exempted as senior or lower income housing shall have their units <br /> covered as part of the annual allocation established by the city council. Furthermore, <br /> said nonsenior or lower income housing projects shall be limited to phasing the project <br /> at fifteen parcels, or units construction, or less per year. <br /> D. Projects on parcels of five acres or less and no more than thirty units shall be <br /> exempt from the allocation procedure as described in Section 17.26.050, below. <br /> However, projects of this type, unless otherwise exempted as senior or lower income <br /> housing, shall have their units counted as part of the annual allocation established by <br /> the city council. Furthermore, said non senior or lower income housing projects shall be <br /> limited to phasing the project at fifteen parcels, or units constructed, or less per year. <br /> E. An applicant may not request allocations for more than one hundred units for a <br /> single project or project phase for a given year unless the city council authorizes the <br /> additional allocations by means of a development agreement. <br /> F. Reservations for allotments in a given year shall be limited to a total of two <br /> hundred fifty units for all projects. <br /> G. Applications for development approval (either tentative map or other applicable <br /> approval for residential projects not requiring a land division) may be submitted for an <br /> entire project, even if it exceeds one hundred units. However, the city shall require a <br />