ARA1992-05RESOLUTION NO. ARA92-5
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY ADOPTING RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
GUIDELINES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code
Section 33334.2, et seq., the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency (the
"Agency") has established a Low- and Moderate-Income Housing
Fund ("Housing Fund") to be used to increase, improve and
preserve the City's supply of low and moderate income housing
available at an affordable housing cost; and
WHEREAS, the Agency is authorized by Health and Safety Code
Section 33449 to acquire land, donate land, improve sites or
construct and rehabilitate structures in order to provide
housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, and
very low income households; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim has adopted a Housing Element
to the City's General Plan, the implementation of which
requires the City's Community Development Department to prepare
a design manual and implement residential design guidelines for
"all housing projects making use of public resources, either
directly through public funding and/or indirectly through such
programs as density bonuses"; and
WHEREAS, the Agency is authorized to issue and/or
participate in the issuance of bonds for the purpose of
financing or assisting in the financing of construction or
rehabilitation of affordable housing for persons and families
of low- and moderate income; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Community Development Department has
prepared a design manual entitled "Residential Design
Guidelines", a copy of which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, the Residential Design Guidelines establish a
six-phase process for pre-application conferences, conceptual
and final design review, design plan check and construction
inspection in addition to the review process otherwise required
of development projects under the City Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Residential Design Guidelines are intended ho
establish an advisory process whereby technical assistance is
given to project applicants to ensure a high level of design of
affordable housing projects, to ensure the liveability of new
housing and to provide for the compatibility of such housing
projects with neighboring areas; and
WHEREAS, the Residential.Design Guidelines do not establish
an additional approval process for affordable housing projects,
but instead are meant to provide additional information for the
City Planning Commission and City Council to consider in their
review and approval of such development projects; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim has
recommended the adoption of the Residential Design Guidelines;
and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to adopt the Residential Design
Guidelines as hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Anaheim Redevelopment
Agency as follows:
SECTION 1.
That the Agency hereby adopts those certain guidelines as
attached hereto as the Residential Design Guidelines of the
Anaheim Redevelopment Agency which shall be the applicable
design guidelines for the following policies and programs:
(a) Any transaction or program funded by expenditures from
the Housing Fund which involves the construction or
substantial rehabilitation of affordable housing for
persons and families of low- and moderate-income;
(b) Any transaction or program funded by expenditures from
other Agency funds to acquire land, improve sites, or
construct and substantially rehabilitate structures in
order to provide housing for persons and families of
low- or moderate-income households.
(c) Any bonds which the Agency issues or participates in
issuing for the purpose of financing or assisting in
the financing of the construction or substantial
rehabilitation of affordable housing for persons of
low- and moderate-income.
SECTION 2.
That any affordable housing agreement by and between the
Agency and a person or entity which proposes to construct
housing for persons of low- or moderate-income at an affordable
housing cost, when such project makes use of the Agency Housing
Fund or other Agency resources, shall require that the
(~eveloper of such housing comply with the Residential Design
(;uidelines advisory process.
SECTION 3.
That this resolution and the Residential Design Guidelines
shall become effective as of Fekruary 25, 1992 .
02/25/92
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THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the
Anaheim Redevelopment Agency this 25th day of February , 1992.
ATTEST'
AGENdy" sECRE~TAnY
02/07/92
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, Secretary of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. ARA92-5 was passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency held on the 25th day of
February, 1992, by the following vote of the member~ thereof:
AYES: AGENCY MEMBERS: Simpson, Ehrle, Pickler, Daly and Hunter
NOES: AGENCY MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: AGENCY MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that %he Chairman of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency
signed said Resolution No. ARA92-5 on the 26th day of February, 1992.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th day of
February, 1992.
SECRETARY OF THE ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
(SEAL)