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<br /> <br /> <br />32.4 - Floor Area Ratio (FAR) BonusReserved. <br />Eligible projects may request an FAR bonus as described below: <br />A. Open space for public use and enjoyment and/or outdoor recreational facilities for public use and <br />enjoyment within commercial and/or industrial developments that contain at least fifty thousand <br />(50,000) square feet of building gross floor area may be granted a floor area ratio bonus provided that <br />the following conditions are met: <br />1. The maximum floor area ratio bonus associated with the provision of open space for public use <br />and enjoyment and/or outdoor recreation facilities for public use and enjoyment shall not be <br />greater than two (2) percent floor area ratio relative to the land area of the development; <br />2. A deed restriction shall be recorded on the property to ensure the long term use of the portion <br />of the development for open space for public use and enjoyment and/or outdoor recreation <br />facilities; <br />3. Any floor area ratio bonus granted pursuant to this subsection C of this Section may be awarded <br />by the Planning Commission or the Zoning Administrator in conjunction with any permit issued <br />pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance (No. 1130), as amended, based on the following findings: <br />a) The open space and/or outdoor recreation facility will be of benefit to the public; <br />b) The development design can accommodate the additional floor area. <br />B. Commercial, industrial, or mixed use developments of at least fifty thousand (50,000) square feet may <br />exclude child care centers that open to the public from their gross floor area for the purposes of <br />calculating FAR as set forth in Article 39.5: FAR exemption for Child Care Centers. <br />C. Developments may receive both the floor area ratio exemption of Article 39.5: FAR exemption for <br />Child Care Centers, and the floor area ratio bonus of subsection A of this Section, but in no case will <br />the total floor area ratio exemption and bonus exceed two (2) percent floor area ratio relative to the <br />land area of a particular development. <br />Editor's note— Ord. No. 1130-364, § 17(Exh. M), adopted Aug. 24, 2015, repealed § 32.4 which pertained to <br />front yard modifications and derived from Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64; Ord. 1130.130, eff. 5-26-71; Ord. <br />1130.132, eff. 7-7-71; Ord. 1130.153, eff. 7-9-75; and Ord. 1130.273, eff. 11-15-90. <br /> <br />32.19 - Affordable Housing Density Bonuses. <br />A. Purpose. To clarify the basic procedures, requirements, and functions of the State Density <br />Bonus law as it is modified from time to time and to comply with Government Code <br />Section 65915. <br />B. Definitions. <br />1. "Affordable Housing Unit" means an ownership or rental dwelling unit affordable <br />to households with extremely-low, very-low, low or moderate incomes as <br />published periodically by the California Department of Housing and Community <br />Development for households in San Mateo County or equivalent as approved by <br />the Community Development Director. <br />2. "Base DensityUnits" means the maximum residential density, measured as the <br />number of dwelling units per acre,at the project site allowed underby the zoning <br />ATTY/ORD.0007.1/CC AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE (STAFF RECOMMENDATION) - EXHIBIT A <br />REV: 07-15-24 VR <br /> <br />Page 49 of 157 <br />6.J. - Page 56 of 164 <br />276