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Attachment LA <br />Carrboro <br />Size - limited <br />13. to 20 units must have 15% <1,350 sq ft & 10% < <br />1,100 sq ft <br />21+ Units must have 15 %< 1,100 sq ft and 10% <br /><1,350 sq ft *1 <br />Affordable Density Bonus <br />150 % Density Bonus with up to 25% Affordable and <br />25 % Market Rate *2 <br />Affordable Housing Policy <br />Carrboro Vision2020 encourages all developments <br />with 5 or more units to provide at least 15% affordable <br />units *3 <br />Affordable Housing Payment in <br />Implementation alternatives under consideration <br />Lieu <br />Fee Waiver Policy for Affordable <br />Land use and building permit fee waver policy <br />Housing <br />available for government funded developments that <br />implement the Orange Co. Consolidated Housing Plan <br />Referral service contract with <br />Residential Developers /Applicants are referred to <br />Orange Community Housing and <br />discuss alternatives available for them to meet the <br />Land Trust <br />town's affordable housing policies & procedures. <br />Single Room Occupancy (SRO's) <br />Multi Family unit that includes no more than 450 <br />square feet allowed in the downtown business and R -2 <br />zoning districts. Requires 500 square feet per dwelling <br />unit (density calculation). <br />Inclusive Mobile/Modular Housing <br />HUD certified Mobile Homes built after 7/1/1976 <br />land use policies <br />allowed in most residential zones except for 2 high <br />density zones. Modular housing allowed in all <br />residential zones. <br />Vernacular Architectural Standards <br />Affordable housing provided to obtain the density <br />bonus must incorporate architectural features that are <br />reflective of the local vernacular. <br />NOTES: <br />*' A residential development that provides at least 85 percent of the maximum number of <br />affordable housing units available under the "Residential Density Bonuses for Affordable <br />Housing" shall not be subject to the small house requirements. <br />*2 Open space may be reduced up to 10% for affordable units <br />*3 Residential Developments of 5 or more units that do not provide at least 15% <br />affordable housing units are required to participate in an "Affordable Housing Review <br />Meeting" with the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. <br />5 of 22 <br />