City reduces development impact fees for studios, one bedrooms
One bedroom apartment.
Council advocates range of housing opportunities
–At Tuesday’s meeting the Paso Robles City Council voted to reduce development impact fees for studio and one bedroom apartments. The resolution was modified by the council to add footnotes regarding the definitions for both studio and one-bedroom apartments, they eliminated a two line references for “live-work units” and “senior units” that would have confused the new definitions of studios and one-bedroom units.
One bedroom units are limited to a maximum of 600 square feet and are comprised of one room, one kitchen, a bathroom and no other rooms with more than three walls and studio units are limited to a maximum of 450 square feet and are comprised of one room including a kitchen, bathroom, and no other room, the report said.
Studio Apartment.
Based upon the data received at their meeting of March 16, 2016, the Housing Constraints and Opportunities Committee determined that occupancy rates for studio and one-bedroom apartment units are less than typical multi-family units and therefore their impacts on the community are less than typical multi-family units, the report said. The Housing and Constraints and Opportunities Committee voted to recommend to the council reduced impact fees for studio and one-bedroom apartment units.
The total development impact fees for a one bedroom will be reduced to $9,343 and a studio will be $6,226. The reduction of development impact fees will cause a potential $1,800,000 short fall in the Development Impact Fee program. In the motion council directed staff and the Housing Constraints and Opportunities Committee to develop a recommendation to manage the deficit with a report to be brought back to council at a later date.
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