30.76.020 Projects eligible for priority permit processing.
(1) The following types of projects requiring a building permit or a land use approval and a building permit shall be eligible for priority permit processing:
(a) Low-income housing projects in which 100 percent of units are low-income housing;
(b) Projects in which 100 percent of units are low-income housing which provide housing and/or pad space for displaced mobile home owner households whose gross income (when adjusted for household size) is at or below 80 percent of the area median as adjusted annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(c) Projects in which 100 percent of units are low-income housing which provide publicly subsidized lease/purchase housing to households whose gross income (when adjusted for household size) is at or below 80 percent of the area median as adjusted annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(d) Mixed-use residential projects in which at least 50 percent of the buildings’ floor space or at least 50 percent of the total number of units, whichever produces the greater number of units for low-income households, is devoted to providing low-income housing; and (e) Mixed-income subdivisions or projects in which at least 50 percent of the total number of housing units are devoted to providing low-income housing.
(2) For all projects meeting the eligibility criteria of subsection (1), the housing expense for low-income renter households shall be no greater than 30 percent of the target population household’s gross income and the housing expense for low-income first-time home buyer households shall be no greater than 30 percent of the respective home buyer household’s gross income. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003).