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Title	City of Albuquerque Code of Ordinances
Highlights	There is implicit recognition that people have difficulty understanding the development process.   Albuquerque provides an online manual that describes the development process and outlines minimum design standards.                       Albuquerque requires developers dedicate land and pay a fee for parks as a condition of city approvals.   Albuquerque provides for density bonuses and fee rebates for low and moderate income for-sale housing built in infill and water service areas.                       Albuquerque requires developers dedicate land and pay a fee for parks as a condition of city approvals.   Albuquerque provides for density bonuses and fee rebates for low and moderate income for-sale housing built in infill and water service areas.                       There is implicit recognition that regulations should encourage development in in-fill and service provided areas.   The City provides for density bonuses and fee rebates for housing built for sale to low and moderate income households in infill and water service areas.
Description	The Albuquerque Code of Ordinances contains several provisions which impact on the development of affordable housing. Chapter 14 Article 17 of the Code establishes a Family Housing Development Ordinance that provides incentives for developing affordable housing. The City provides for density bonuses and fee rebates for housing built for sale to low and moderate-income households in infill and water service areas. The fees that can be rebated to the developer include design review fees, utility expansion charges, parks dedication fees, and building permit fees. The City allows a bonus of up to 20 percent in the density of developments constructed under these provisions. The City requires that the affordable units be sold to income-qualified buyers and that the value of the density bonus and fee rebate be given to the buyer as a deferred loan. The buyer must agree to not only repay the value of the density bonus and fee rebate but must also to repay a percentage of the appreciation in the value of the unit. These incentives do not apply to multifamily housing. In Chapter 14 Article 9, the City requires developers dedicate land and pay a fee for parks as a condition of city approval for development. In developing areas, developers are required to dedicate suitable land and pay a fee pay for every single family or multifamily unit proposed. In redeveloping areas, developers are required to pay a fee but are not required to donate land unless the donation is in place of the fee. The city is required to begin construction of the park facility within three years of being notified by the developer that 60 percent of the units in the development are occupied. The city also provides an online manual for those interested in developing land within the city. The manual highlights the development process from initial land use proposals, through infrastructure construction, to completion of a proposed development. The manual is designed for City staff, property owners, developers and their agents, especially planners, architects and engineers as they work through the development process. The Manual is composed of two volumes. The first volume describes the basic procedures of the development process while the second volume outlines minimum design standards and presents examples of acceptable improvement designs.
Publication Date	2002
Organization	City of Albuquerque
Web Location	http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/New%20Mexico/albuqwin/cityofalbuquerquenewmexicocodeofordinanc?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:albuquerque_nm_mc

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