Chapter 17.24
GROWTH CONTROL MEASURES
Sections:
17.24.010 Purpose and findings.
17.24.020 Annual building permit allocations.
17.24.010 Purpose and findings.
The people of the City of Healdsburg, hereinafter called “the City,” find and declare as follows:
A. The recent rapid increase in residential growth is dramatically changing our small town character and negatively impacting our quality of life.
B. Growth management, in the form of annual allocations of residential building permits as provided in HMC 17.24.020, will ensure a more responsible growth rate and help maintain open space surrounding the City.
C. Rapid residential growth is a matter of continuing concern to the people of the City because it could tax the City’s ability to provide adequate public facilities to meet the requirements of that growth. (Ord. 970, 2000.)
17.24.020 Annual building permit allocations.
A. Subject to the exclusions listed in HMC 17.24.030, permits for the construction of new residential units within the incorporated boundaries of the City shall be limited to an average of 30 units per year and in no case shall exceed 90 for any three-year period.
B. In addition to the 90 units permitted by subsection (A) of this section, a maximum of 50 units per year, on average, not to exceed 150 units in a three-year period, may be permitted so long as the additional units are:
1. Multifamily rental or for sale units;
2. Rental units will be subject to a regulatory agreement with the City requiring that the units be rented to households earning no more than 160 percent of the Sonoma County area median income, adjusted for household size appropriate for the unit; and
3. Residential for sale units will be subject to a regulatory agreement with the City requiring that the units be sold to households earning no more than 160 percent of the Sonoma County area median income, adjusted for household size appropriate for the unit, and that the unit be owner occupied.
The units subject to this subsection shall not be subject to the provisions of HMC 20.20.030.
C. The initial three-year period shall begin as of the effective date of this chapter, January 1, 2001, and terminate December 31, 2003, and each successive three-year period shall apply to units permitted by subsections (A) and (B) of this section. (Ord. 1203 § 3 (Exh. A § 1), 2020; Ord. 1183 § 1, 2018; Ord. 970, 2000.)
17.24.030 Exemptions.
Low income and affordable residential units, as defined by the State Department of Housing and Urban Development, are exempted from the limitations established in HMC 17.24.020. (Ord. 970, 2000.)
17.24.040 Existing law.
This chapter supersedes and repeals any City ordinance, general plan provision or policy or any provision of the City’s zoning code which conflicts with it. (Ord. 970, 2000.)