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<br />Page 2 of9 <br /> <br />use, the fee shall be applicable only to the square footage of the floor area added or to that <br />portion of the square footage of the floor area converted for which the fee has not been <br />paid. <br /> <br />B. The city council may adjust the fee in consideration of on-site programs promoting lower- <br />income housing such as the dedication of land suitable for lower-income housing. (Ord. <br />14889 1 (part), 1990) <br /> <br />17.40.040 Exemptions. <br /> <br />A. The following are exempt from the lower-income housing fee: <br /> <br />1. All units within a residential development project when the project has a minimum of <br />fifteen percent lower-income housing units; <br /> <br />2. Those lower-income housing units in a residential development project with less than <br />fifteen percent lower-income housing units; <br /> <br />3. Moderate-income housing units in residential development projects; <br /> <br />4. Second units as that term is used in Section 56852.2 of the Government Code; <br /> <br />5. Reconstruction or other new development on a site when such reconstruction replaces <br />an equal number of square feet of floor area, as defined in the Uniform Building Code, <br />when the use is similar, and when such reconstruction occurs within two years from the <br />time the previous structure on the site was demolished; <br /> <br />6. Churches. <br /> <br />B. The project developer shall enter into a regulatory agreement with the city in order for a <br />project to qualify for an exemption by the inclusion of lower-income or moderate-income <br />housing units. (Ord. 148891 (part), 1990) <br /> <br />17.40.050 Reduction of fee - Commercial, office or industrial project. <br /> <br />A. The city council may reduce the required fee for a commercial, office or industrial <br />development project when the project developer can demonstrate (1) that the proposed use <br />will generate substantially fewer workers than the uses which have established the fee; and <br />(2) that the building design is unable to house another use without substantial renovation. <br />Examples of such uses are public utility facilities, exclusive storage buildings, etc. <br /> <br />B. In the event such buildings are renovated to house another use, the fee then applicable <br />shall be due at that time. (Ord. 148891 (part), 1990) <br /> <br />17.40.060 Commercial, office or industrial projects - Construction of lower- <br />income housing. <br /> <br />Commercial, office or industrial development projects may construct lower-income housing to <br />fulfill the requirements of this chapter in accordance with this section. <br /> <br />A. Lower-income housing proposed to offset the requirements of this chapter must be <br />proposed in conjunction with the commercial, office or industrial development project which <br /> <br />http://66.113.195.234/CAIPleasanton/docbar.htm <br /> <br />4/11/2006 <br />