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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-137A RESOLUTION OF THE BUTTE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AMENDING THE BUTTE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN AND ADOPTING THE BUTTE COUNTY HOUSING ELEMENT WHEREAS, the County of Butte has prepared a Housing Element Update that addresses the County's housing needs and obligations through June 30, 2014. The Draft Housing Element Update was submitted to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on June 5, 2009 for a mandatory 60-day review pursuant to State Law, and revisions were made to the Housing Elernent in accordance with HCD's review; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has considered all input from the Housing Element Public Workshop held on March 26, 2009 and the Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting devoted to the Housing Element held on April 16, 2009; and WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing and Study Session devoted to the Housing Element was held between the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors on May 29, 2009; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has considered all Planning Commission recommendations provided on August 25, 2009 and alI public comments, reports from the Department of Develapment Services dated May 29, 2009 and August 25, 2009, participated in a facilitated discussion on the Housing Element, and received presentations from Butte County General Plan 2030 subcansultant Bay Area Economics staff concerning the Housing Needs Assessment and the Housing Policy Document; and WHEREAS, An Initial Study and proposed Negative Declaration, for which no significant environmental impacts were identified, were prepared for this project pursuant to the California Enviranznental Quality Act {CEQA). The Initial Study and Negative Declaration were made available for public review at the Planning Division and on-line at the Butte County web site fora 30-day period between June 24, 2009 and July 24, 2009. A display ad containing the Notice of Intent for the Negative Declaration was published in the Chico Enterprise Record an June 24, 2009; and WHEREAS, offers to consult regarding the Housing Element Update and associated General Plan Amendment were. provided to local Native American Tribes, as required Government Code section 65352.3; and WHEREAS, offers to consult regarding General Plan Amendment were provided to Government Code section 65352.3; and the Housing Element Update and associated local Native American Tribes, as required WHEREAS, the Housing Element Update has been grepared in accordance with the provisions set-forth in Section 6SS83 of the State Government Code regarding the contents of a Housing Element; and WHEREAS, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to the meeting of these needs was prepared; and WHEREAS, a statement of the County's goals, quantified objectives and policies relative to maintenance, preservation, improvement and development of housing was prepared; and, WHEREAS, a program which sets forth afive-year schedule of actions that the County is undertaking or intends to undertake to implement the policies and achieve the goals and objectives of the Housing Element through the administration of land use and the development controls, provisions of regulatory concessions and incentives, and the utilization of appropriate Federal, State, and local financing and subsidy programs was prepared; and, WHEREAS, adoption of the Housing Element Update is consistent with the provision of the State Government Code Section 65300 et seq. regarding the adoption of a General Plan and its associated elements; and, WHEREAS, implementation of the proposed General Plan Amendment to adopt the Housing Element Update is consistent with the provisions of Section 65300.5 of the State Government Cade regarding internal consistency; and, WHEREAS, the proposed Housing Element Update and the associated General Plan Amendment have been processed in accordance with the provisions of Section 65585 of the State Government Code with regards to allowing for HCD review of the Housing Element Update. The First Draft of the Housing Element Update was sent to HCD on June 5, 2009 and comments were received back from HCD on August 4, 2009; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 65585(f}(l} of the State Government Code, the County amended the Housing Needs Assessment and the Preliminary Housing Policy Recommendations of the Housing Element Update to respond to issues raised by HCD to ensure substantial compliance with Article 10.6 of Ch. 3 of Div. 1 of Title 7 (Housing Elements) of the State Government Cade; and, WHEREAS, the County intends to pursue certification of the Housing Element by HCD pursuant to Section 65585 of the State Government Code, in conjunction with the on-going Butte County General Plan 2030 process. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors: I. Hereby amends its General Plan for the adoption of the Housing Element Update, as set forth in Exhibits A-1 (Housing Element) and A-2 (Initial Study); and Il. Hereby adopts a Negative Declaration with the following findings: A. An Initial Study was completed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act. Said study identified no significant environmental effects. B. The Board of Supervisors has considered the Negative Declaration, together with comments received during the review process. C. On the basis of the whole record before the Board of, including the Initial Study and any comments received, there is no substantial evidence that the Housing Element Update would have a significant effect on the environment. D. The Negative Declaration reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the County, which is the Lead Agency. E. The custodian of the record is the Department of Development Services. The location of the record is 7 County Center Drive, Oroville CA 95965. F. The Department of Fish and Game has determined that for purposes of the assessment of CEQA filing fees jF&G Code 711.4(c)] the project has no potential effect on fish, wildlife and habitat and the project as described does not require payment of a CEQA filing fee. DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2Sth day of August, 2009, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Dalan, Kirk, Lambert, Yamaguchi, and Chair Connelly NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: Gregory G. r' , In ri Chief And Cler of d By Attachments: Exhibit A 1 {Housing Element), F Bill Connelly, Chairm Butte County Board of Supervisors County of Butte, State of California Officer A-2 {initial Study/Negative Declaration) EXHIBIT A-1 BUTTE COUNTY HOUSING ELEMENT HOUSING ELEMENT This Policy Document presents the goals, policies, and actions will guide Butte County's efforts in housing production, rehabilitation, and preservation over the forthcoming five-yeaz Housing Element planning period. This document represents the second of the twa documents that comprise the Butte County Housing Element. In addition to this Polity Document, the Housing Needs Assessment first reviews the County's progress in implementing the 2004 Housing Element, and then analyzes the current and projected housing needs of the residents of the Unincorporated Area of Butte County. This Policy Document responds to the findings of the Housing Needs Assessment, by providing an updated set of policies and actions that are designed to help the County achieve its stated Housing Element Goals, as follows: The goals of the Butte County Housing Element Update include the following: • Goal 1: Provide for the County's regional share of new housing for aIl income groups and future residents as identified in the Housing Needs Assessment. • Goal 2: Encourage the provision of affordable housing in the unincorporated area. • Goal 3: Partner with property owners to preserve and rehabilitate the existing supply of housing. • Goa14: Collaborate with existing service providers to meet the special housing needs of homeless persons, elderly, lazge families, disabled persons, and farmworkexs. • Goa15: Ensure equal housing opportunity. • Goa16: Promote energy conservation. Goa[ H-~ Provide for the County's regional share of new housing for all income groups and future residents as ideatifiied ist the Housing Needs Assessment. Policies H-P1.3 Evaluate the impact on the County's regional share of housing when considering General Plan Amendments. H-P1.2 liocus development in the unincorporated azeas of the spheres of influence of the cities to accommodate the County's housing allocation. HE-1 B El TTE COIINTY GENERAL PLAN 2630 H O R S I N G E L E M E N T H-P1.3 Work to transfer portions of the Counry's Regional Housing Needs rlllocations to cities in conjunction with annexations and when cities are more able to provide urban services needed by housing. H-P1.4 Promote infill development on appropriate sites in existing neighborhoods and re-use underutilized parcels throughout the Unincorporated Area. H-P1.5 Ensure that local land use policies updated as part of Butte County General Plan 2030, and any corresponding changes in zoning, are consistent with accommodating the County's regional share of housing for all income groups. Actions H-~.l.J Provide Adequate Sites far I-lousing by Expanding Infrastructure: The County shall work with the incorporated cities to expand the supply of developable land, pazticulazly for multifamily housing projects within each Ciry's sphere of influence. • Annually applying for available State and federal funding for water, sewer, and storm drainage improvements. • Seeking flnancial assistance of developers in preparing community plans ar specific plans which can address public service and facilities for new developments. • Working out an appropriate financing arrangement with the Cities of Chico and Oroville to charge reasonable fees an new development to pay for the expansion of water and sewer services within their spheres of influence. • Providing technical assistance to developers interested in establishing community facilities and community service districts to finance needed infrastructure and services where these are financially feasible; and • Identify appropriate areas within existing undeveloped, residentially-focused Specific Plans, as well as future speciElc plans identifled under the Sutte County General Plan 2030 process which have not yet been approved. HE-2 BUTTE COUNT Y GENERAL PLAN 2 0 S 0 H O U S I N G E L E M E N T ResporrsiGilit~~: Administrative OEfice, Development Services, and Public Works Departments Frrudiug: Community Development Block Grant Program, U.S.D.A_ Mural Development, State Clean Water grants or loans, developer fees Tn>fefrar»e.• Ongoing; apply for funding annually H-A1.2 Parking Requirements: The County shall review its parking requirements for multifamily housing and reduce the number of required spaces in ozder to reduce costs for multifamily housing development. At a minunum, the County will modify the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the pazking requirements for studio and one- bedroom units. ~espwuiGilily: Administrative Office, Planning Division Frrndiug: No additional staff time would be required Tir» frame: 2Q10 H-A1.3 Development of Sites for Multi-Family Housing: The County shall provide developers with information about suitable sites for small-scale multifamily projects located in unincorporated communities that are closest to employment and services. The information will be disseminated by the Development Services Department when developers inquire about opportunities to build housing in the Unincorporated Area. In addition, the County shall offer density bonuses, assist interested developers in acquiring surplus government land suitable for multifamil}= development, expedite permit processing, for housing units affordable to lower-income households. The level of project assistance shall be commensurate with the amount of affordable housing provided as well as the level of affordability. The County shall meet with interested developers on a case-by-case basis to discuss project possibilities, with priority given to developers of projects that would include units affordable to extremely low-income households HE-3 S U T T E COUNT Y GENERAL PLAN 2 0 3 0 I-SOUSING ELEMENT and/or provide affordable studio and/or one- bedroom units. Respontibilily: Administrative Office, Department of Development Services Frnerliug: Administrative Overhead Tfn~efia»fe: Ongoing H ~=1J..4 Negotiate Transfer of a Portion of the County's Regional Housing Need Allocation in Conjunction with Annexations: If cities will annex residential sites that would accommodate a portion of the County's current RHNA, the County will work with the affected cities, I.AFCo, and BCAG, to transfer an appropriate portion of the County's RHNA to the City. Re.r/iorfribility. Administrative Office, Department of Development Services Fiurdiug. No special funds axe needed Tir»efra»>e: In conjunction with annexation proceedings H-x11.5 Negotiate Transfer of a Portion of the County's Next Regional Housing Need Allocation: During the next regional housing needs determination process, the County shall continue to reach agreements with the incorporated areas that can provide urban services. These agreements are intended to transfer to the cities a portion of the County's share of the region's housing needs in unincorporated areas within existing spheres of influence. In this way, the numbers of housing units assigned to Butte County will be reduced, with the difference being accommodated within the cities Aespo>rsibilit~~: Administrative Office, Department of Development Services Frnrdirrg• No special funds are needed Tinr~anre: Next regional housing needs determination process HE-4 BUTTE COUNT Y GENERAL PLAN 2U30 H O U S I N G E L E M E N T H-A1.G Zoning fox Single-Room Occupanry Units: The County will amend the zoning regulations to clarify that Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) units are allowed in zoning districts where multifamily housing units are allowed, and to provide appropriate development standards for SROs. i?espouribilily. Administrative Uffice, Planning Division, Department of Development Services Firndin~: Administrative Overhead Tir»eframe: 2D 10 H-x11.7 Zoning for Transitional and Supportive Housing Units: The County will amend the zoning ordinance to clarify that transitional and supportive housing units are considered a residential use, and are subject to the same restrictions as other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zoning district. lZesponriGiliy: Administrative Office, Planning Division, Department of Development Services F~rndirrg. Administrative Overhead 7zn~eficune: 201D H-x11.8 Zoning Consistency: Given that many sites identified to accommodate the County's RHNA currently lack zoning that is consistent with their General Plan designations, the Count}=, in conjunction with the 2030 General Plan update, will amend die Zoning Ordinance to assign these sites zoning designations that are consistent with the General Plan designations of High Density Residential, Medium High Density Residential {new 2030 General Plan Designation), and 11~fedium Density Residential as appropriate. At a minimum, these zoning amendments will ensure the provision of adequate sites zoned to allow multifamily residential development by right, with densities up to 20 dwelling units per acre on parcels sufficient to accommodate the Count}~'s HE-5 BUT7E COUNTY GENERAL PLAN 2 0 3 D HOUSING E L E M E N T outstanding unmet RHNa for very low- and low- income households. I~esfiantiGilify: administrative Office, Planning Division, Department of Development Services Fxudnrg: administrative Overhead Tin~efran~e: 2010 Goal H-2 Encourage the provision of affordable housing in the unincorporated area. Policies H-P2.1 Support the development of affordable housing in locations with adequate services and transportation accessibility. H-P2.2 Work with other public agencies, developers, the isacorporated municipalities, and non-profit housing corporations to make use of State and federal programs for lower- and moderate-income housing, with priority for projects that will include units affordable to extremely low-income households and/or provide affordable studio or one-bedroom units. H-P2.3 Consistent with State ]acv, provide density bonuses to homebuilders proposing to include a minimum specified percentage of lower- and moderate-income dwelling units within residential developments. H-P2.4 Ensure that developers and county residents are made aware of key housing programs and development opportunities, and offer County assistance as deemed appropriate for affordable projects H-P2.5 Work with employers and housing partners to encourage the production of housing units on either employer- owned sites or other areas adjacent to their job sites. H-P2.6 allow secondary dwellings in addition to a primary residence on a parcel to provide additional housing opportunities. HE-6 BUTTE COUNT Y GENERAL PLAN 2 O S O HOUSING E L E M E N T H-P2.7 Provide technical assistance to agencies and organizations that are involved in the development and construction of housing and/or provide support services. H-P2.$ Encourage self-help housing as an appropriate means of providing affordable ownership housing. Actions H-A2.1 Explore Possibilities of .affordable Housing Goals for Lazge-Scale Residential Developments: Large-scale developments can include a range of residential categories and therefore have the potential to include affardable housing. Although the County cannot initiate development proposals for large-scale development, through the development agreement process, the County can seek commitments fram developers that a percentage of dwelling units be affordable to lower-income households. Rerpou.ribili~j+: Administrative Office, Depaztment of Development Services Fiurrliug. Specific and Master Plans (paid Eor by developers} Tin~efiame: Ongoing H-A2.2 Pursue Fending under State az~d Federal Programs: There aze a number of State and Federal programs that provide low-cost financing or subsidies for the production of low- and moderate-income housing. Butte County will annually pursue funding under those State and Federal programs that require its direct participation, such as CDBG and HOMY. RerfiarrsiGiiit~c• Administrative Offce, Development Services Department Frnrdixg: Administrative Overhead Ti»r frame. Ongoing; apply £or funding annually. H-A2.3 Identify Surplus Government Land Eor Affordable Housing: The County's Administrative Offce shall provide records on surplus government property to the Department HE-7 BUTTE COUNT Y GENERAL PLAN 2OSO HOUSING E L E M E N T of Development Services. From these zecozds, the Depaztment of Development Services will select suitable housing sites and advertise their availability Eoz ]ow-income housing via a developer RFP process, with preference given for developers who conunit to provide units affordable to extremely low-income households and/or that address identified special needs, such as young adults transitioning from fostez cane to living independently. Respouribilit~~: Administrative Office and Department of Development Services will select sites and issue a developer RFP Finrdirrg. Some additional staFE time would be required Ti>uefianre: ReceiUe list of sites fmnr the Corrrrly'r Adiniuislralio>r Offrce and Issxe au RFP iu 2010 H-A2.4 Work with Cities: 'T'hus Ear, all subsidized housing projects, with the exception of the Gridley Farm Labor Housing and the Palm Crest grillage Subdivision, which is currently undez construction, have been built in the incorporated areas of the County where there is easy access to sewer lines as well as services. County staff will work with Chico and Oroville housing staff to increase the supply of affordable housing in the incorporated cities and their spheres of influence since infrastructuze and services are limited in the Unincorporated Area. The cities and County will consider applying Ear some State or Federal funds together. By wozking with these cities and the Housing Authority of Butte County, the County will be able to expand its affordable housing activities, for example, by developing a joint down payment assistance pzogram. Res~ousiGility: Administrative OESce, Department of Development Services Frurdiu~: Administrative Overhead Tinrefian~e: Butte County will set up a meeting to discus this pzogzam with the Cities of Oroville and Chico in 2009 HE-8 BUTTE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN 2 0 3 0 H O U S I N G E L E M E N T H-x12.5 Affordable Housing in the Greater Chico Redevelopment Project Area: Since the Greater Chico Redevelopment Project Area includes both unincorporated areas and areas within the city limits of Chico, the County shall work with the City to use housing set-aside funds to complete the housing goals for the Project Area as outlined in the Five-Year lmplemencation 2009-2010 through 2013-2014. lZesporrsibi(i~~: Administrativc Office, Department of Development Services and Chico Redevelopment Agency Frntdirtg. Administrative Overhead Tin~efiame: 2010 H-A2.G Affordable Housing Program: The County shaA investigate the feasibility of using incentives and partnerships as a means of providing affordable housing units. I~espossibili~~: Administrative Office, Department of Development Services Frurrliug. Administrative Overhead Ti»refra»ae: 2010 H-.x12.7 Delivery of Housing Element to Water and Sewer Providers: The County shall deliver the completed Housing Element to all area Water and Sewer Providers within one month of adoption in accozdance with Goverrunent Code section 65589.7. The Bill requires the providers to give priority to proposcd housing projects that will include units affordable to lover income households when capacity is lilnited.~ 13esparrsibi/it~e Administrative OEflce, Department of Development Services and water and sewer providers F':rrrrlirrg. Administrative Overhead I Senate Bill 1Q87, l;ffecdve 1487, l;ffective January 1, 2006. "Water and Sewer 5ervicc priority for Affordable Housing to Low Incomc Households" http://wunv.hcd.ca.gov/hpd/memo_sb1087.pdf. Accessed on i~fay 2, 2008. HE-9 BUTTE COUNT Y GEI+fERAL PLAN 2630 HpUSIidG ELEMENT Tin~efiQU~e: 2009 Goal H-3 Partner with property owners to preserve and rehabilitate the existing supply of housing. Policies H-P3.1 Inspect residential buildings and identify code violations. H-I'3.2 Continue to apply, when feasible, faz State and federal assistance for housing rehabilitation for low-income households. Require that rental housing that is repaired with government assistance zeznain affordable to low- income households for a specified period of time. H-P3.3 Require the abatement or demolition of substandard housing that is not economically feasible to repair. H-P3.4 Seek the private rehabilitation of substandard dwelling units (as identified through code enfozcement) and provide financial assistance, when available, to owners of dwelling units occupied by low-income households. In applying this policy, the County shall seek to avoid the displacement of low-income households. Actions H-A3.1 Code Enforcement and Abatement: Continue to enforce the Nuisance Abatement Ordinance that authorizes the County to initiate appropriate action against owners of properties with public nuisances. A component of this Urdsnance calls foz the case-by-case removal of dilapidated dwellings. Another component of this Ordinance requires the property owners to pay for the costs of abatement. IiespousiGi/i[y: Administrative Office, Building Inspection Division Firrrdirrg• Under the current budget, five dwelling units can be removed annually. This does not include potential funds from property owners. HE-14 BUTTE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN 2 0 3 0 I-I013SIN G ELEMENT Tin~efrar»e: Ongoing H-r]3.2 Rehabilitation of Substandard Dwelling Units: The County already uses its CDBG funds for rehabilitation of owner- and renter-occupied housing units. However, there are still several hundred dwelling units in need of rehabilitation, with around 750 units in need of repair or replacement in the Census block groups identified in the 2008 Housing Survey completed as part of the Housing Element Update needs assessment. Therefore, the County should seek additional funding Eor rehabilitation. l~esfiarrriGility: Administrative Office, Department of Development Services 1"'irrrdiug CDBG and additional public funds. Tiwf mne: Ongoing Ouantifred Objective Objective H-3.2 To encourage rehabilitation, the County will utilize its CDBG funds fully and apply for additional public funds, such as HOME, that can 6e used for housing rehabilitation, and will use these funds to rehabilitate five units annually. Goal H-4 Collaborate with existing service providers to meet the special housing needs of homeless persons, elderly, large families, disabled persons, and farmworkers. Policies H-P4.1 Provide referrals for housing and services to homeless persons. H-P4.2 Partner with service providers to accommodate the needs of the homeless population in the Unincorporated Area. H-P4.3 Encourage transitional housing as a bridge betaveen homeless facilities and independent living. HE-11 BUTTE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN 2U30 HOUSING EI.GME:~'T H-P4.4 Continue to facilitate efforts of individuals, private organizations, and public agencies to provide safe and adequate housing for farmworkers. H-P4.5 Support appropriate amounts of farxnworker and farm family housing in agriculturally zoned areas where it promotes efficiency in the farming operation and has a minimal impact on productive farmland. H-P4.G Promote increased housing opportunities for the elderly, large families, young adults exiting the Foster care system, and disabled persons. H-P4.7 Encourage alternative living arrangements for seniors, including market rate retirement communities and affozdable rental housing. H-P4.$ Encourage developers of rental units to build units for large families, and studio and one-bedroom units to facilitate independent living for persons with mental illness. H-P4.9 Provide reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities to ensure equal access to housing. Actions H-x14.1 County Housing Coordination: The County shall encourage staff in various County departments and outside agencies and organizations to coordinate housing activities. Coordination will be encouraged among the Department of Behavioral Health, the Community .Action Agenry of Butte County, and the Housing rluthoriry of Butte County, among others, to operate Butte County's housing programs. The County Administrative Office will be charged with making affozdable housing a more visible and important issue within the County, improving housing program coordination Eor special needs groups. AEJ1JOtT5l~71I11'~: Administrative Office Frardixg.~ rldministsative Overhead Timefia~~ae: Ongoing HE- I2 6 U T T E COUNT Y GENERAL PLAN 2D30 H O U S I N G E L E M E N T H-A4.2 Funding Program far Accessibility Improvements: The County shaII consider funding a program to make accessibility improvements to rental units to be occupied by persons with disabilities. The County could use a portion of the CDBG Program Income or apply for additional CDBG funds. Respoxsibrliy: Administrative Office, Department of Development Services F~rurlnrg: To be determined Tan~efranre: 2010 H-A4.3 Reasonable Accommodation: The County shaIl adopt a Reasonable Accommodations Ordinance with rules, policies, practices, and procedures that ensure equal access to housing, in accordance with State law. ItesfimrriGilily: Administrative Office, Department of Development Services Fir>rdirrg: No additional funding needed Ti~uefrane: 2410 H-A4.4 Homeless Task Force: The County shall work with the Homeless Task Force to address the needs of the homeless in Butte County and collaborate in providing financial resources to local agencies serving homeless persons. Ae.r~ousibilily: Administrative Office; Department of Behavioral Health and Department of Social Services F~rrrrlirrg: Administrative Overhead; annual funding for the Homeless Task Force's Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP} Tim frarve: Continue annual funding for the Homeless Task Force H 114.5 Need for Homeless Services: In order to plan for homeless services, The Butte County Office of Education and Butte County Behavioral Health shall continue to participate in the annual Butte HE-13 BUTTE C D U N T Y GENERAL PLAN 2 0 3 0 H o U 5 I N G E L E M E N T County Continuum of Care Point in Time Homeless County Report. Aespousibilily: Administrative Office, Office of Education and Behavioral Health F~rrrdirrg: Administrative Overhead Timefiai~re: Annually H-1',4.6 Emergency Shelters: The County shall arrxend the Butte County Zoning Ordinance to allow homeless shelters as a permitted use in the Light Industrial zoning district, to provide sites where the unmet demand for shelters within the Unincorporated Area can be accommodated without the need for discretionary approvals. The County will establish development standards that will encourage and facilitate the use and only subject shelters to the same development and management standards that apply to other allowed uses within the identified zone. 12esfrousibilily: Administrative Office, Planning Division, Department of Development Services Frrrrdiug.~ Administrative Overhead Tiruefian~e: 2010 H-x14.7 Farmworker Housing: The County shall amend the Butte County Zoning Ordinance to allow agricultural employee housing for six persons or less as a permitted use in all zones that allow single-family housing by-right. Clarifying language will also be added to the Butte County Zoning Ordinance to specify that the agricultural zones allow housing by-right for up to 12 farmworker families or group quarters with up to 36 beds in compliance with Heahh mrtl Safe~~ Corte recrious 97021.5 arrr! 17021.5. ResponriGility. Administrative Office, Planning Division, Department of Development Services Fiurdiug: Administrative Overhead Timefran~e: 2010 HE-14 BUTTE COUNTY G E N E R A I. PLAN 2 4 3 0 EIDlF51NG ELEMENT I-I-r]4.8 rl.ddit[onal Farmworker Housing: T'he County will provide technical support to developers who wish to complete applications for funding for farmworker housing including the Housing and Community Development Department's Joe 5erna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. ResporrrlGrliLy: Administrative Office, Planning Division, Department of Development Services Frrnrli~rg: Administrative Overhead Timefra»re: Ongoing Goal H-5 Ensure equal housing opportunity. Policies H-P5.1Continue to promote housing opportunities for all persons regardless of age, race, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, disability, or othez baraers that prevent choice in housing. H-I'5.2 Continue to work with other public and local private organizations to provide referral services to individuals with housing discrimination complaints and to remedy instances of housing discrimination. Actions H-A5.1 Fair Housing Information will be available at the County Department of Development Services, and at other public locations in the County as deemed appropriate by County staff. Goal H-6 Promote energy conservation. Policies H-AG.1 Continue to implement State energy-of&ciency standazds. H-Ab.2 Provide energy conservation assistance to low-income households. HE-15 BUTTE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN 2 D 3 D HoUSIVG ELEMENT Actions H-AG.1 Building Code Standards: The County will stay informed of the impending regulations zelated to green building as the State government enacts laws in accordance with the Building Energy Efficienry Standards, Pact 11 of Title 24 of California's new Green Building Standards Cade. The codes were adopted in 200$, and the currently voluntary standards will become mandatory for all new construction, both residential and nonzesidential, in 2010. Rerpaxribrlity: Administrative Office, Department of Development Services Frurrlrrtg: Adnnistrative Overhead Trmefianre: 2414 H-A6.2 Energy Conservation Assistance: Substantial energy conservation and reduced utility payments can be rea]ized from weatherizing and insulating older dwelling units. Many low-income households and owners of rental units lack the 5nancial resources, however, to undertake such home improvements. 'T'here are several programs that can provide financial assistance to low- income homeowners and rental unit owners whose tenants are low income. The County's website will provide links to these funding programs. In addition, the County will shall collect information on an annual basis regarding the number of households assisted with weatherization assistance. Aer~orrsrGilr[y.~ Administrative Office, Department of Development Services F~rrrdirrg: Administrative Overhead Tirnefrarne: Ongoing H-AG.3 Develop site design guidelines for energy conserving development patterns. HE-l b BUTTE GDUNTY GENERAL PLAN 2 0 3 0 HGEd51NG ELEMENT Kesporrsibi/ily: Admnistrative Development Services F~rrrrliug• Administrative Overhead Timefia~ne: Ongoing Office, Department of H-AG.4 Energy Efficiency Incentives: The County shall promote inczeased energy conservation by encouzaging builders to exceed California Title 24 standards. As an incentive to exceed Title 24 requirements, the County will offer priority processing for projects that will improve upon Title 24 requirements by at least J.0 pezcent_ 1Zespousibi/iC~~: Admnistrative Office, Department of Development Services F:nrrlir:g• Administrative Overhead Timefiame: Ongoing Ouanti5ed Objective Objective H-6.2 To facilitate energy conservation, the County will dizect five low-income households annually towards programs of other agencies that provide financial assistance to improve the energy efficiency of their dwelling units. A. Summary of Quantified Objectives for the Housing Element Planning Penrod (July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2014) The quanti0.ed objectives represent the number of housing units that are likely to be rehabilitated, preserved, and produced as a result of the policies and actions in the Butte County Housing Element Policy document. 1. Rehabilitation of Existing Housing Stock These objectives are based upon the use of CDBG, HOME funds and other resources as described in Objectives H-3.2 and H-6.2. Income Category Unit Objective Extremely I.ow 20 Very Low 10 HE-17 BUTTE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN 2 0 3 4 HOUSING E L E M E N T Low 10 Moderate 10 TOTAL UNITS 50 2. Preservation of Assisted Units at Risk of Conversion No units in the Unincorporated 1'srea are at-risk of conversion in this Housing Element pkanning period, thus there is no quantified objective for preservation. 3. Production of New Housing Units These objectives are based upon the number units targeted foz construction pursuant to the actions listed under Goals H-1 and H-2. 'T'hese numbers vary from the RHNr1. While the 1tHN~l, states the number of housing units that the County must accommodate through provision of appzopziate zoning for housing development to be undertaken by the private sector, these quantified objectives expzess the County's goals for housing production in certain housing developments where it woakd take a mare active role in planning and facilitating the projects to meet certain County housing goals. Income Category Unit Objective Extremely Low 40 Very Low 40 Low 90 Moderate 150 .Above Moderate 300 TOTAL UNITS 620 HE-i8 bae County of Butte Housing Element Update Housing Needs Assessment August 25, 2009 Bay Area Economics Sacramento Region Office 530.75D.2195 SD3 Second Street, Suite A tax 530.750.2194 Davis, CA 95616 bael@bael.com San Francisco Bay Area Sacramento Hew York Washington, D.C. bayareaeconomics.com Table of Con~en~s I~ist of Tables ....................... Executive Summary ................................ Introduction ........................ .............................................. v .....................................................................1 Housing Element Purpose ............................................................................................~--...---~--- 1 Authority .................................................~--~---~--........................................................................ 1 Status .............................................................................................................~--~--~---.................. 1 Consistency with the General Plan ......................................................................................~----- 1 Public Participation ......................•--•--~--~--~--................................................................... ..... 2 Review of Existing Housing Element ............................................................................3 Progress Toward Implementation ...............................................................•--~--~--..................... 3 Effectiveness of the Elernent ..................................................................................................... 7 Appropriateness of Goals, Objectives, and Policies .................................................................. 8 Demographic and Economic Trends ...........................................................................13 Population and Household Characteristics .............................................................................. 14 Employment Trends ...................................................~--~--~--.................................................... 16 Projections .............................................................................................................•---~--~--~---.... 18 Summary .........................................•-----.................................................................................. 19 Housing Conditions ...................................................................................................... 29 Existing Housing Conditions .................................................................................................. 29 Housing Market Conditions .................................................................................................... 40 Affordable Housing Stock ...........................................................~--......................................... 42 Summary ................................................................................................................•---~---~--~----- 42 Special Housing Needs .................................................................................................50 Persons with Disabilities ....................................................~----................................................ 50 Elderly ........................................................................................................... .. ~ --..................... 51 Large Families .................•.........-----~--...................................................................................... 53 Single Female-Headed Households with Children ................................................................. 54 Farmworkers ........................................................................................................................... 54 Families and Persons in Need of Emergency Shelter .............................................................. 56 Summary ..........................................................................................~--~--~--~--........................... 57 Governmental and Non-governmental Constraints ...................................................68 Governmental Constraints .............................~--~--.................................................................... 68 Nongovernmental Constraints .........................................................~--------~-------....................... 76 Housing Sites Inventory and Analysis ........................................................................79 Regional Housing Needs AIlocation ....................................................................................... 79 Inventory of Land Suitable for Residential Development ....................................................... 80 Zoning to Accommodate the Development of Housing Affordable to All Income Levels .... 83 Zoning for Emergency Shelters and Transitional Housing ..................................................... 85 Zoning for a Variety of Housing Types ........................................................................ .......... 7 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 89 Opportunities for Energy Conservation ....................................................................104 Appendix A: Butte County Housing Units Built Prior to 1970 by Block Group....106 Appendix B: Housing Survey f=orm ...........................................................................107 Appendix C: North Chico Specific Plan Map ...........................................................108 Appendix D: Available Land Inventory Summary ...................................................109 List of Tables Table 1: Status of 2004 Housing Element Goais and Implementation Frograms ..............................9 Tab]e 2: Population and Household Trends, 1990, 2000 and 2007 ................................................. 21 Tab]e 3: Age Distribution, 1994, 2000 and 2007 ............................................................................ 22 Table 4: Household Income Distribution, 2000 and 2007, Nominal Dollars .................................. 23 Table 5: Household Income Category Distribution, 2000 ............................................................... 24 Tab]e 6: Labor Force Trends, 2000 - 2007 ..................................................................................... 25 Table 7: Butte County Employment by Industry, 2007 ................................................................... 26 Table 8: Butte County Population, Housing, and Employment Projections, 2006 - 2030 .............. 27 Table 9: Butte County Job Projections by Industry, 2004 and 2014 ............................................... 28 Table 14: Overcrowding by Income Category and Tenure, Unincorporated Butte County, 2000 .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Table 1 I: Household Cost Burden by income Category and Tenure, Unincorporated Butte County, 2000.........---~---~--•-----~------~--~---~--~ .................................................................................. 35 Table 12: Housing Stock Characteristics, 2000 and 2007 ............................................................... 36 Table 13: Housing Stock by Year Built, 2000 ................................................................................. 37 Table 14: Housing Occupancy and Vacancy Status, 2000 .............................................................. 38 Table 15: Housing Survey Results: May 21 and May 23, 2008 ...................................................... 39 Table 16: Single Family Housing Prices, Butte County, October I, 2007 -April 1, 2008 .............. 44 Table 17: Affordable Home Prices, Butte County, 2008 ................................................................. 45 Table 18: Rental Rates far Currently Renting Housing, Unincorporated Butte County, May 2008 .......................................................................................•-------.......-~--~--............................. 46 Table 19: Affordable Rents, Butte County, 2008 ............................................................................ 48 Table 20: Affordable Housing Stock, Unincorporated Butte County ............................................... 49 Table 21: Civilian Non-Institutionalized Population with Disabilities, 2000 and 2007 .................. 59 Table 22: Household Tenure by Age of Householder, 2000 and 2007 ............................................ 60 Table 23: Elderly Households and Household Cast Burden by Income Category and Tenure, Unincorporated Butte County, 2000 ..........................................................................•---~-----~--.. 61 Table 24: Family and Non-Family Households by Size, 2000 and 2007 ........................................ 62 Table 25: Large Family Households and Housing Cast Burden, Unincorporated Butte County, 2000 ............................................................................................................................. b3 Table 26: Single Female-Headed Households with Children, 2000 and 2007 ................................ 64 Table 27: Butte County Average Farm Employment, 1992 - 2007 ................................................ 65 Table 28: Hired Farm Labor, 2002 .......................................................................... ......----- 66 Table 29: Butte County Homeless Population, January 30, 2008 ................................................... 67 Table 30: Butte County Zoning ..........................................~-----~--.................................................... 90 Table 31: Butte County R-1 through R-4 Site Development Regulations by Zoning District........ 94 Table 32: Government Fees, Butte County, March 2008 ................................................................ 95 Table 33: Schedule of Residential Processing Times, Butte County ...............................................97 Table 34: Final RHNP for Butte County, January 1, 2007 -June 30, 2014 ....................................98 Table 35: Available Land Inventory Summary ...............................................................................99 Table 36: Summary of RHNA and Sites Capacity ........................................................................103 IV Executive Summary Butte County retained Design, Community & Environment to prepare a comprehensive General Plan update, with Bay Area Economics {BAE) acting as the subcontractor to prepare the Housing Element update. This Housing Needs Assessment Report is background for the preparation of an updated set of housing policies and programs that will be included in the overall General Plan Update, and it evaluates: the implementation and effectiveness of the 2004 Butte County Housing Element, current and future trends in housing conditions and needs in Butte County, and governmental and nongovernmental constraints to the production, preservation, and rehabilitation of housing in Butte County. Butte County is currently involved in a comprehensive update of its General Plan -Butte County General Plan 2030. This project was started in 2006 and is scheduled to conclude in August of 2010. An updated Housing Element is part of the comprehensive update to General Plan. Butte County plans to adopt an updated Housing Element by August 30, 2009, in accordance with the requirements of State Housing Element law. Since the Butte County General Plan 2030 process wiII not be completed by that time, the newly adopted Housing Element will undergo further policy review and potential changes before being included in its final form, in the new General Plan 2034, when the comprehensive General Plan Update is adopted in 2010. Review of Existing Housing Elemenf The last Butte County Housing Element was reviewed by the California Department of Housing and Community Development on September S, 2004 and deemed in compliance with California Housing Element Law. The 2004 Housing Element Policy Report established a series of goals, policies, and implementation programs for Butte County to achieve during the Housing Element Planning Period, 2004 through 2008. The County implemented some of the programs from the 2044 Housing Element including the rehabilitation of substandard units, the completion of the Butte County Continuum of Care Point in Time Homeless Count Report, and an increase in the number of mobile homes. Many of the actions from 2004 are not complete, however; and while some of the programs left unfinished are no longer necessary, many of the programs, especially those required by State law ,will need to be implemented in this upcoming Housing Element Planning Period. Demographic and Economic Trends The population and number of households in the Unincorporated Area decreased from 2000 through 2007 while Butte County and California experienced growth. The root cause of the population decrease is annexation, and a similar pattern occurred in 1990 through 2000 in the Unincorporated Area. The 2007 median household income in the Unincorporated Area exceeds that of Butte County by nine percent, but falls 25 percent below the median household income for California. The distribution of income in the Unincorporated Area indicates that the Unincorporated Area has a lower percentage of households with incomes less than $25,000 and a California Department of Hauling and Community Development "Housing Element Compliance Report" April I5, 2008. ht#pa/www.hcd.ca.gov/hpolhrc/plan/helstatus.pdf. Accessed on April 17, 2008. V higher percentage of households with incomes above $75,400, than Butte County as a whole. Overall, as more and more residential units become part of an incorporated City or Town in Butte County, the population and households decrease, but the households remaining in the Unincorporated Area maintain a high level of income relative to Butte County. Housing Conditions Housing in the Unincorporated Area consists of mainly single-family, attached units, similar to the pattern in Butte County and the State of California. The percentage of multifami]y units, however, is significantly lower and the percentage of mobile homes significantly higher than that Butte County and the state as a whole. With the limited multifamily options available to residents given infrastructure limitations, mobile homes are a major provider of affordable housing in the Unincorporated Area. Overall, the housing stock in the Unincorporated Area is relatively new, with few units built prior to I969, with only a small number of incidences of overcrowding, and high vacancy rate. Data on the housing cost burden of Unincorporated Butte residents implies that extremely low-income renters, followed by extremely low-income owners, should be the targets of affordable housing programs. Special Housing Needs An analysis of special needs populations in the Unincorporated Area indicates that the greatest unmet needs occur among the elderly, disabled, and the homeless. The elderly population has a high housing cost burden and many may be in need of financial assistance. The prevalence of physically and mentally disabled in the Unincorporated Area means that County must provide supportive living environments as needed. Finally, the County, in conjunction with the incorporated municipalities, must work together to find ways to provide additional shelters to the homeless. Housing Sites Inventory The Regional Housing Needs Plan {RHNP) for Butte County mandates that the Unincorporated Area allow for the development of 3,402 units across aII income categories and the housing sites inventory analysis section demonstrates how the Unincorporated Area can accommodate the units. Given current General Plan land use designations in the Butte County Land Use Element, infrastructure, and environmental constraints, the Unincorporated Area surpasses the requirement and has land available to accommodate the development of at least 4,550 units. Although the County's zoning accommodates a range of housing unit types, proposed Housing Element programs will provide increased opportunities for the development of emergency shelters, and will also clarify the County's regulations to allow the development of single-room occupancy units and transitional and supportive housing projects, in compliance with State law. V1 Introduction Since its establishment in 1969, the California Housing Element Law has mandated that California local governments develop plans to supply housing to current and future residents, z regardless of income level. Housing Element Purpose The purpose of the Housing Element is to address housing needs of the residents of the Unincorporated Area of Butte County through June 30, 2014. The Housing Element consists of two documents, the Housing Needs Assessmen#, which analyses the needs of residents of the Unincorporated Area through the five-year planning period, and the Housing Policy document that establishes policies and program to help Butte County meet the needs identified in the Housing Needs Assessment. The complete Housing Element document is an update of the 2004 Butte County Housing Element. Authority According to Section 65302 of the California Government Code, all jurisdictions must adopt a General Plan with seven mandatory elements. The Housing Element is one of the seven required elements, and it is the only element that must be reviewed by the State for compliance to assure that each jurisdiction is doing its part to help meet the State housing goals. Status Butte County completed a Housing Element Update in 1994, and the next Housing Element was delayed because Senate Bill 320 granted a reprieve on Housing Element updates statewide until 2002.3 Butte County updated the Housing Element, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development deemed the element in compliance with state law in September 2004.4 State law requires that Butte County adopt an updated Housing Element by August 31, 2009. Consistency with the General Plan As stated in Government Code Section 65300.5, "the Legislature intends that the general plan and elements and parts thereof comprise an integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency."5 As mentioned above, Butte County is currently in the process of conducting a comprehensive General Plan update in conjunction with the Housing Element update. The County glans to adopt a new General Plan in 20 i 0, ensuring that all components of the General Plan, including the Housing Element, are internally consistent. z California Department of Housing and Community Development "Housing Element Compliance Report" April 15, 200$. httpalwww.hcd.ca.govlhpd/hrclplan/he/status.pdf. Accessed on April 17, 2008. 3 California State Assembly. httpalwww.assembly.ca.gov/acs/committeele121publications1199$reportl 1.ANDIJSEPLANN1NG.htm. Accessed November 20, 2008. 4 Butte County General Plan: Setting and Trends Report Public Draft. August 2, 2007. 5 California Government Code Section 65300.5 Public Participation Butte County has actively solicited public participation in the preparation of the Housing Element Update, and has taken the public input into consideration in the drafting and revisions to the proposed Housing Element Update. Opportunities for public participa#ion have included a community workshop on March 26, 2009; a Butte County General Plan 2030 Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting on April 1b, 2009; and a Joint Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors meeting on May 29, 2009. All public input on local housing needs and on updated housing policies and programs gathered at the community workshop and the CAC meeting was shared with the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors on May 24'x, and the Planning Commission's and Board of Supervisors' direction regarding incorporation of changes in response to those comments is reflected in this Housing Needs Assessment and the Housing Element Policy Document dated June 5, 2009. In addition to public input solicited at the meetings described above, this Housing Needs Assessment and the Housing Element Policy Document reflect the information and input shared by numerous housing stakeholders who were interviewed as part of the process of preparing the Hausing Element Update, these include: ^ Juan Meza, Housing Authority of the County of Butte, Farm Labor Housing Manager ^ Ed Mayer, Housing Authority of the County of Butte, Executive Director ^ Roy Peters, Housing Authority of the County of Butte, Deputy Executive Director Imelda Michel, Community Housing lmprovement Program, Self-Help Housing Program Manager ^ Kris Zappettini, Community Hausing Improvement Program, Project Manager ^ Richard Reynolds, Butte County Behavioral Health ^ Private, for-profit housing developers, names withheld at developers' request. The input received at the public meetings an the Housing Element, along with the stakeholder interviews influenced the update of the Housing Element. Input regarding a lack of emphasis an affordable housing and housing related activities within Butte County led to the policy for Butte County to encourage staff in various County departments and outside agencies and organizations to coordinate housing activities. Concerns regarding the lack of small studio and one-bedroom apartments in the County, especially for those suffering from mental illness, resulted in the addition of a policy to encourage developers of rental units to build units for large families, and studio and one-bedroom units to facilitate independent living for persons with mental illness. Finally, discussion about farmworkers and data from farntworker advocates indicated that the housing needs of migrant fannworkers were being served, but that Iower-income farmworkers required long-term affordable housing options like all other lower-income households in the County. 2 Review of Existing Housing Element The 2004 Butte County Housing Element outlined a series of goals, policies, and implementation programs for execution within the five-year Housing Element planning period. The Housing 6 Element outlined the following six major goals: ^ A. Provide for the County's Regional Share of New Housing for All Income Groups ^ B. Encourage the Provision ofAffordable Housing ^ C. Conserve and Improve the Existing Housing Supply ^ D. Meet the Special Housing Needs of Homeless Persons, Seniors, Large families, Disabled Persons and Farmworkers ^ E. Ensure Equal Housing Opportunities ^ F. Promote Energy Conservation Subsequently, the Housing Element lists additional policies and implementation programs necessary to meet the six overarching goals. Table 1 contains a list of the 35 implementation programs and the following section reports on the progress made since May 2004 towards implementing these programs. Progress Toward Implementation The progress made by Butte County toward implementation of the 2004 Housing Element is discussed for each of the six goals listed below. Goa! A Under Goal A, there are eight programs designed to help Butte County accommodate its 2001 to 2008 Regional Housing Needs Allocation. The County has successfully implemented three of these programs: Programs 1, 4, and 7. Program 1 called for the County to "provide adequate sites for housing by expanding infrastructure,"7 and the County utilized funding from CBDG and development impact fees to build infrastructure in the Unincorporated Area. An example of new infrastructure in the County funded from the CDBG program includes the allocation of $90,933 to "provide public infrastructure, including the installation of water, sewer, storm drainage, and roadways, to serve S low-income housing in the Chapman Mulberry area of Chico." The County also instituted Program 4, "joint planning with the City of Chico to assure that residential zoning in the Unincorporated Area of North Chico is consistent with that of the City of b J. Laurence Mintier & Associates and Vernazza Wolfe Associates, Inc. "Butte County Housing Element Policy Document" May 25, 2004. { Pgs. 3 - 15) J. Laurence Mintier & Associates and Vernazza Wolfe Associates, Inc. "Butte County Housing Element Policy Document" May 25, 2004. (Pg. 4) s Butte County Board of Supervisors Agenda of Transmittal "Items Involving Allocation of Program Income to CDBG Eligible activities" April 4, 2006. httpa/buttecounty.net/cob/web_Agenda_042506/S.OLpdf. Accessed on December 9, 200$. S 9 Chico, and that densities in the North Chico Specific Plan Area could increase." Butte County currently meets monthly with City of Chico officials to coordinate the update of the respective General Plans. Finally, the County instituted Program 7 through meetings with the Planning Directors Group of the Butte County Association of Governments, where the RHNA for the Unincorporated Area for the 2007-2014 planning period was 2,183 units lower than the RHNA from 2001-2008. In addition, Program 2 - "use of GIS technology to assess availability of land zoned at various densities" is being completed as part of the 2030 General Plan update process. The rest of the programs, Programs 3, 5, 6, and 8 remain incomplete. At this point in time, the County has not revised Community Plans to accommodate higher density development (Program 3}because high density developments are rare in the County. The County has not reviewed the parking requirement for multifamily housing projects {Program 5), because the County feels that the low cost of land keeps the costs of parking spaces negligible. The County has also not offered incentives to developers of low-income housing, (Program 6), but instead has communicated with developers on a case-by-case basis about the possibility of incentives. Finally, the County has not tracked new housing units in the Unincorporated Area by affordability level (Program 8) because the Department of Development Services does not have the ability to track pricing or sales information. Goal B The 2004 Housing Element included ten programs to help the County "encourage the provision of is affordable housing" as outlined under Goal B. The County program that yielded the most affordable housing units was Program 12, because it called for the County to continue to allow manufactured and mobile homes on all residentially zoned land. Between the year 2000 and November of 2008, the County allowed 2,369 new mobile homes throughout the Unincorporated Area. The question remains, however, whether or not this is the optimal way to produce affordable hosing given that many of the homes are far away from services and employment opportunities in the urban area of the County. Program 9 is also proving worthwhile, although there was a delay in the program's implementation. No developer completed a Specific Plan or Master Plan for large-scale residential Development in the Unincorporated Area through 2008, but the Rio D'4ro Specific Plan is currently under review by the Butte County Planning Division. The Rio D'Oro Specific ~~ Plan proposes amixed-use development with up to 2,700 housing units. 9 3. Laurence Mintier & Associates and Vernazza Wolfe Associates, Inc. "Butte County Housing Element Policy Document" May 25, 2004. (Pg. 5) ~o Ibid {Pg. 6) >> Butte County Department of Development Services. "Early Consultation Project Review." October 20, 2008. httpa/buttecounty.net/ddslPlanninglspecific~lanslRio_d Oro/project distribution_coversheet.pdf. Accessed on December 11, 2008. 4 The last two programs implemented by Butte County during the planning period were Program 13, whereby the County kept its Second Dwelling Unit Ordinance in compliance with State laws, and Program 18 involving a link on the County web site to helpcentral.org, which provides information on affordable and fair housing in Butte County. The County did not implement the remaining seven programs under Goal B. While the County continued to receive and distribute CBDG funds, the County has not pursued additional federal and State funding as recommended in Program 10, mainly because the County does not have a Housing Coordinator to apply for funding. The County also has not implemented Programs 1 ] , 14, 15, 16, or 17. The County did not amend the density bonuses ordinance (Program 11 } because developers have not expressed any further interest in the use of the density bonus ordinance during the planning period. The City did not work an housing issues with the City of Chico as recommended in Program 14, 15, and 16, but the County realizes that arrangements with the City of Chico could help develop additional affordable housing and have included three polices in the updated Policy document. Finally, Program 17 called for the County to investigate the feasibility of creating an inclusionary housing program, but this remains a controversial issue and there is not community support for an inclusionary housing program at this time. Goal C Goal C, and the corresponding four programs, work to "improvelconserve the existing supply of ix housing" in the Unincorporated Area. The County has completed Program 19, since 25 owners made improvements because of a nuisance abatement action on their property and therefore improving the existing housing supply. As prescribed in Program 20, Butte County continues to use its CDBG funds to rehabilitate substandard homes, and rehabilitated 23 substandard homes far low-income residents from May 2004 through November 2008. The County has not inspected farm labor camps per Program 21 because the authority to inspect ]3 farm labor camps rests with the California Department of Health Services. For the final program, Program 22, the County has not completed a housing conditions survey every two years, but BAE completed a survey in 2008 as part of this Housing Element Update and the Comprehensive General Plan update. Goal D The programs under Goal D are designed to "meet the special housing needs of homeless persons, ~~ seniors, large family, disabled person, and farmworkers." Of the nine programs for Goal D, Butte County made progress on two of the programs related to homeless persons. In accordance with Program 27, a member of the Butte County Behavioral Health Department ~z J. Laurence Mintier & Associates and Vernazza Wolfe Associates, lne. "Butte County Housing Element Policy Document" May 25, 2004. (Pg. lo) l3 Personal Communication, Scott Rutherford, Division, Manager, Butte County Building Department. December 1Q 2008. is J. Laurence Mintier & Associates and Vernazza Wolfe Associates, Ina "Butte County I-Iousing Element Po]icy Document" May 25, 2004. (Pg. 11) continues to participate in the Homeless Task Force; however, since a Housing Coordinator position for the County was never established as recommended in Program 23, #here is no additional County representation on the Homeless Task Force. In addition, as part of Program 27, the County provides funding to Helpcentral.org, which lists all of the homeless services available throughout Butte County, and funds projects such as the IS Avenida House, which houses up to 14 formerly homeless people with mental illness. Butte County also competed Program 28 when the Butte County Office of Education and the Butte County Behavioral Health Department assisted with the Butte County Continuum of Care Point in Time Homeless Count Report most recently completed on January 30, 2008. Butte County did not complete the other programs listed with Goai D including Programs 23, 24, 26, 29, 30 and 31. The County could not designate a County Housing Coordinator {Program 23} because of a lack of funding, but in the updated policy document the County Administrative Office will be charged with making affordable housing a more visible and important issue within the County. The funding of accessibility improvements (Program 24), and the distribution of Iiterature on universal design (Program 26) did not occur because of a lack of bath funding and staff time. Changes to the zoning ordinance regarding Transitional Housing and Emergency Shelters (Program 29) did no# occur within the planning period, but the County will make these changes in accordance with Senate Bi112, as specified in the updated Folicy document. The last two programs {Program 34 and 31) related to farmworker housing were not implemented, but that was because there was no demonstrated need for additional migrant farmworker housing over the planning period. Goal E Butte County completed the one program under Goal E, Program 32, because the Housing Authority of Butte County provides referral services to those with housing discrimination complaints. Goal F The purpose of Goal F is to "promote energy conservation," but none of the programs were Ifi implemented. Butte County adheres to the minimum Title 24 standards, but does nat exceed State standards. The County recognizes that energy conservation needs to be a high priority in the future, and has carried over all of the policies listed under Goal F in some form in the updated Policy document. In addition, as part of its overall General PIan Update process, the County is developing additional policies on energy and resource conservation. Summary The major programs implemented by Butte County in the last Housing Element planning period include: is Personal Community 12ichard 12eynolds. Butte County Behavioral Health, November 24, 2008. 16 J. Laurence Mintier & Associates and Vernazza Wolfe Associates, Inc. "Butte County Housing Element Policy Document" May 25, 2004. (Pg. 15) 6 ^ Program 4: The County met routinely with the City of Chico and the City of Oroville as both jurisdictions updated their General Plans, as well as less frequently with the City's of Biggs, Gridley, and the Town of Paradise. ^ Program 7: The County received a lower RHNA for 2007-2014 than for 2001-2008 as growth shifted mare towards the incorporated cities. ^ Program 12: The number of mobile homes in the Unincorporated Area increased. ^ Program 19: The owners of 25 housing units improved their units to comply with the County's Nuisance Abatement Ordinance. ^ Program 20: The County helped to rehabi]itate 23 substandard units for low-income households. ^ Program 28: The County completed the Butte County Continuum of Care Paint in Time Homeless Count Report. Those programs that the County did not implement during the planning period were closely evaluated; those that are no longer relevant or deemed impractical were removed, and programs that are still necessary and within the County's means to implement are included again in the updated Policy document. Effectiveness of the Element The effectiveness of the 2004 Housing Element is a function of the progress made by Butte County in achieving the quantified objectives and the policy changes outlined in the 2004 Housing Element. Figure 1 below outlines the quantiEed objectives as written in the 2004 Housing Element Policy Document. Overall, the 2004 Housing Element Goals and Programs appear to exceed the staff availability and fnancial resources of Butte County, since many programs have not yet been implemented. Regardless, Butte County still exceeded its quantified objectives far production of moderate- and above moderate-income housing, and although the County did not set objectives for lower-income housing production, 75 lower-income units have been completed or permitted, including second units and the affordable self-help units constructed to date in the Palm Crest subdivision. In addition, the County achieved the quantified objectives far housing rehabilitation under Program 20, with 23 homes rehabilitated between May 2004 and November of 2009, although Program 34, to provide energy conservation assistance to low-income homeowners, was not implemented. Figure 4: Summary of 2004 Housing Element Accomplishments Income Category Very Low-Income Low-Income Moderate-Income Above Moderate-Income Total 0 0 68 23 Conservation Objective Achiev ed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 0 New Production Objective Achieved a 75 103 338 196 253 299 6fi6 Source: Butte County, 2049. 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E o n N E ~' V N E w E a` R ~ ( E t 4 . + ~;. '~ E~ 'ca ~ t ] E N P 1 E N V E O Y E U ~0 ~ O O i U ti ~~ W O~ ° i N 00 O ~ E ~ O~ i ` O ~ i V 4. ~ O ? E ~ O S - ~ Q ` O N N z N ~ a w O W w a . . a r r a u i a i a 0. U ~.~ a w ¢ r n. z w m~ L rn O a` N W N N Q .N 'o r U N ar E °3 w z° :: Demographic and Economic `rends This section analyzes the need for housing in the Unincorporated Area using data on population, employment trends, and household characteristics. It updates the information from the 2004 Butte County Housing Element Background Report. Whenever possible, the data in this section compares the Unincorporated Area with Butte County as a whole and the State of California. The data for the analysis of existing housing conditions and trends come from the 2000 Census, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), with additional 2007 estimates from the California Department of Finance (DoF) and California ErnpIoyment Development Department (EDD}. Claritas, Inc., a private data vendor, provides 2007 demographic estimates that supplement DoF figures far the Unincorporated Area. Data from the 2006 American Communities survey only cover Butte County and do not include data on the Unincorporated Area alone. Projections from BCAG show anticipated trends in population, employment, and housing unit growth during this Housing Element planning period and beyond. The data reported for 2000 and 2007 may be impacted by the annexation of land in Butte County by incorporated cities wi#hin the County. The recent annexation patterns around Chico and Oroville are indicative of the County's loss of residential acreage, and therefore population and households, as land transferred out of County jurisdiction. According to Chico's General Plan Five-Year Review acrd annual Report, between 2002 and 2006, the City of Chico annexed 2,765 acres of land and gained 5,532 residents as a result.~~ Information on annexations from the Butte County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) indicates the City of Orovilie annexed 406 acres from 2004 through 2006.18 The land contains a mix of existing development and vacant land available for future development. Although the full effects of annexation on population and household counts in the Unincorporated Area are unknown, from available data it is evident that the Unincorporated Area transferred a large portion of land to incorporated cities and that in Chico specifically, a significant population resided on the transferred land. It should also be noted that the large population of college students living in Butte County due to the presence of California State University, Chico, and Butte Community College can have the effect of skewing some of the demographic statistics in Butte County. For example, student populations tend to increase the proportion of "non-family households" due to the presence of college students sharing housing with un-related roommates. Also, due to the tendency for college students to not report support from parents or financial aid as "income," student households tend to have lower incomes, which tends to paint a picture of high proportions of lower-income households. Finally, because college students tend to be transient within a community, they are more likely to rent housing than to purchase housing, thus, communities with large student populations tend to have lower proportions of homeownership. Although these types of characteristics are very evident in demographic data for the City of Chico, where many City of Chico General Plan and Five-Year Review and Annual Report. Ianuary 2048. httpa/www.chicp.ca.us/_mod_resource/content/Planning_Services/2007_Five- Year Review Annual_Report.pdf. Accessed on May 1, 2008. is Butte Couaty LAFCO Staff, Apri12008. 13 students are concentrated, they also influence the statistics for Butte County as a whole and for the unincorporated area. Population and Household Characteristics Population Trends According to DoF estimates for 2007 in Table 2, the average annual percent change in population in the Unincorporated Area was -1.8 percent between 2000 and 2007, in contrast to the average annual I.0 percent population growth in Butte County and 1.5 percent in California. The population loss in the Unincorporated Area is partially attributable to annexations by cities of developed areas that were previously unincorporated. Annexation also had a negative effect on population growth in the Unincorporated Area from 1990 through 2000, when the average population fell -0.2 percent annually, while the average population in Butte County overall increased by I.I percent annually. Both areas lagged California, which saw an average annual population increase of I.3 percent between 1990 and 2000. Number of Households The number of households in the Unincorporated Area fell from 1990 to 2000 by an annual average of -0.3 percent, and decreased an additional annual average of -1.3 percent from 2000 to 2007. While both the population and the number of households fell from 1990 through 2007 partially due to annexations, the level of impact differed. From 1990 through 2007, the population fell by 14 percentage points, but, aver the same time period, the number of households fell slightly less, by about 12 percent. This lowered the average household size in the Unincorporated Area. Average Household Size In 1990, 2000, and 2007, the average household sizes in the Unincorporated Area and Butte County remained lower than the average household size in California. In 1990 and 2000, the average household size was close to 2.50 in both the Unincorporated Area and Butte County, while the California average household size increased from 2.79 in 1990 to 2.$7 in 2000. In 2007, the Unincorporated Area had a household size of just under 2.50. In Butte County overall, the household size was 2.40, while California's average had increased to 2.94 persons. Household Type Table 2 further details the types of households -family versus non-family - in the Unincorporated Area, Butte County, and California. The percentage of family households, those containing two or more related people living together, remained consistently higher in the Unincorporated Area through 1990, 2000, and 2007 than in Butte County. The percentage of family households in the Unincorporated Area in 2000, about 73 percent, was slightly higher than the proportion in California, 69 percent, but significantly higher than the 62 percent in Butte County. In 2007, the Unincorporated Area had 69 percent family households, exactly the same proportion as California, while only 62 percent of households were families in Butte County as a whole. The 14 2007 household type data for the Unincorporated Area may not fully capture changes in the mix of household types if annexed areas had unique characteristics. For example, the drop in the percentage of family households from 2000 to 2007 could represent a change in the type of households in Unincorporated Area or it could indicate that the households in annexed areas were mainly family households. Tenure A comparison reveals that homeownership rates in the Unincorporated Area consistently surpass the rates in Butte County and California. The homeownership rate of nearly 73 percent remained stable between 2000 and 2007 in the Unincorporated Atea, a slight rise from the 1990 rate of 71 percent. In Butte County as a whole, the homeownership rate was consistently around 61 percent in 1990, 2000, and 2007. Furthermore, the California homeownership rate remained below both areas, despite the fact that the California ownership rate rose from approximately 56 percent in 1990 to 58 percent in 2007. As with the household type data, the 2007 estimates may not fully capture changes that could occur to the extent that annexed areas had unique tenure characteristics. Age Distribution Table 3 presents the population age distributions in the Unincorporated Area, Butte County, and California since 1990. The median age in the Unincorporated Area continually exceeds the median age in both Butte County and in California. From 1990 through 2007, the estimated median age for the Unincorporated Area increased from 3& years to nearly 40. Butte County and California showed similar increases from 1990 through 2007. Butte County's median age went from nearly 34 to around 35. The State as a whole reports a much wider increase, from a median age of 31.5 to nearly 35 years. The higher median age in the Unincarporated Area is attributable to the relative]y high percentage of the population aver 55 years of age. Household Income Disfribufion Table 4 provides the household income distribution in nominal dollars {unadjusted for inflation) for the three study areas in 2000 and 2007. In the Unincorporated Area, the share of households with income less than $50,000 fell from 67 percent in 2000 to 59 percent in 2007, and the share of households with income of $50,000 or more rose from 33 percent in 2000 to 41 percent in 2007. Adhering to a similar pattern, Butte County households with incomes under $50,000 fell from 70 percent in 2000 to 62 percent in 2007, and households with incomes over $50,000 increased from 30 to 38 percent between 2000 and 2007. Data on 2000 median adjusted income reveals that the median adjusted household income in the Unincorporated Area, approximately $44,200, was 11 percent higher than the median adjusted household income in Butte County, but 25 percent lower than the median adjusted household income far California. By 2007, the median income in the Unincorporated Area had fallen in real terms by 5 percent to around $41,900, while the median income fell by 3.5 percent and 5.5 percent in Butte County and California, respectively. The 2007 median household income in the Unincorporated Area remains higher than the median in Butte County and lower than the California median. The Unincorporated Area median income registered at 9 percent above that of 15 Butte County and 25 percent below that of California. The median household income for 2007 in the Unincorporated Area is $41,900, is slightly higher than Butte County with $38,300, but still significantly lower than the California median of $55,800. Between 2000 and 2007, the income gap between the Unincorporated Area and California remained constant. Household Income Categories Table 5 examines the income limits for owner- and renter-occupied housing units by jurisdiction, based on data from the HUD 2000 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data set. The Unincorporated Area had a smaller percentage of households with extremely low- incomes (almost 10 percent} compared to about 13 percent for Butte County. In the very low-, Iow-, and moderate-income categories the Unincorporated Area and Butte County had almost identical percentages of households. Furthermore, the Unincorporated Area had a larger percentage of moderate-income and above households (nearly 42 percent} than Butte County's figure of approximately 38 percent. In 2000, the Unincorporated Area contained the majority {56 percent) of owner households in Butte County despite the fact that the Unincorporated Area only contains 47 percent of all households. The homeownership rate in the Unincorporated Area greatly exceeds that of the incorporated cities. Among owner households, the Unincorporated Area and Butte County had identical percentages of households in all categories, including extremely law-income {6 percent), very law-income {10 percent), low-income (15 percent) and moderate-income and above {50 percent) categories. The income pattern among renter households is markedly different from that of owner households. The Unincorporated Area contains only 32 percent of all renter households in Butte County. Renter households in Unincorporated Area tend to have higher incomes than in Butte County overall. Eighteen percent of Unincorporated Area renter households had extremely low incomes in 2007, while 23 percent fell into this income category for Butte County as a whole. Additionally, 19 percent of renter households in the Unincorporated Area are in the moderate- income category and 20 percent earn above moderate incomes. In Butte County, the percentages are I6 and 19 percent, respectively. Employment Trends Labor Force As presented in Table 6, the unemployment rates in the Unincorporated Area and Butte County mirrored one another almost exactly from 2000 through 2007. In 2000, both jurisdictions had unemployment rates of 6.2 percent, and by 2007, the unemployment rate rose to 6.6 percent in the Unincorporated Area and 6.7 percent in Butte County. The unemployment rates remained significantly lower in California during the 2000 through 2007 time period, when the state's unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in 2000, then rose to 6.8 percent in 2003, before settling at 5.4 percent in 2007. '[ 6 Jobs by Industry Table 7 presents data on the number of jobs in establishments located in Butte County. Overall, the number of jobs in Butte County increased by 8.4 percent (6,100 jobs} across all industries from 2000 to 2007, to a total of 79,000 jobs. Job growth in the Natural Resources, Mining, and Construction sector, Educational and Health Services sector, as well as the Financial Activities sector, exceeded the job declines in the Durable Goods Manufacturing, Information, and Farm sectors. The greatest number of new jobs in the period occurred in the Education and Health Services sector {2,200), while the largest job loss was attributed to the Nondurable Manufacturing sector, with 900 net jobs lost from 2000 to 2007. The increase in the number of jobs (6,100) did not keep pace with the increase in the number of residents in the labor force nor the number of employed residents. The increase in employed residents means that more residents need to commute to locations outside of the Butte County for work. '17 Projections Population Table 8 presents the Butte County Association of Governments' population growth projections between 2006 and 2030 for Butte County, the incorporated cities and Unincorporated Area. Over this period, BCAG forecasts an average annual growth rate of one percent for the Unincorporated Area, two percent for incorporated cities and, therefore, about 1.6 percent for Butte County as a whole. BCAG projects the population of the Unincorporated Area will reach 114,700 people by 2030 or about 24,400 more residents than in 2006. Butte County in 2030 will have a population of 321,31 S residents, compared to the County population of 217,200 in 2006, according to the BCAG projections. Housing Units The housing unit projections from Table 8 indicate that housing unit growth is expected to track projected population and household growth. The Unincorporated Area had about 54,200 housing units in 2006 and applying a one percent growth rate results in approximately 87,500 housing units in 2030. The projected 1.6 percent average annual growth rate for Butte County overall would bring the number of households to about 137,300 in 2030, from approximately 93,400 in 2006. Households BCAG projections also predict household growth at average annual rates of 1.0 and 1.6 percent, respectively, in the Unincorporated Area and Butte County. For the Unincorporated Area, a one percent growth rate, given the approximately 36,200 households in 2006, equates to 45,700 households by 2030. In the County overall, BCAG projects about 133,600 households by 2030. Assuming a similar income distribution of households in the Unincorporated Area in 2030 as in 2007, it is projected that approximately nine percent, or just fewer than 4,300 households, of the tota145,700 households in the Unincorporated Area would be extremely low-income households. Another approximately 5,800 would be very low-income and 7,900 would be low-income households. Jobs Finally, BCAG projects the number of jobs Countywide will grow at a rate of 1.4 percent annually between 2006 and 2030. Across all industries, BACAG projects the number of jobs will 19 grow from 88,700 in 2006 to 123,500 by 2030. In Table 9, EDD provides additional employment forecasts for the County as a whole, across a variety of non-farm industries for 2004 through 2014. Overall, EDD projects employment will rise by 13.5 percent over the period, or approximately 1.3 percent annually. The industry sectors with the greatest number of anticipated new jobs are the Education and Health Services sector 19 2D06 estimate based on ratio of 0.95 jobs/housing unit ratio. This ratio decreases to 0.925 far 2010, 090 for 2015, and 4.875 for 2020 to reflect anticipated bedroom community effect in southern portion of county. The ratio then increases to 0.90 for 2025 and 2034 18 and the Leisure and Hospitality sec#or. EDD projects no growth in the Information sector, and limited growth in the Other Services sector, but does not predict #hat any non-farm industry sector will report a net job loss through 2014. Summary Since the last Housing Element background report completed in 2004, the Unincorporated Area continued to experience a decline in population and households, but a steady increase in the number of jobs. The population in the Unincorporated Area fell by 11,600 persons (compound average annual change of -1.8 percent) and the number of households decreased by 3,204 (compound average annual change of -13 percent). The loss of population and households from 2000 through 2047 is attributable to annexation. Over the same period, Butte County population and households increased by an approximate annual average of one percent and 1.5 percent, respectively. The projected growth trends from 2006 to 2030 indicate that both the population and households in the Unincorporated Area will increase by 27 percent (one percent annual average). This growth rate is very different from the historic annual average change from 1990 through 2007 of-0.9 percent for population and -0.7 percent for households because it does not account for any potential annexations in the future. The projected increase in population and households through 2030 means that the demand for housing will rise and the number of housing units should increase around one percent annually to coincide with the projected one percent average annual rise in population. Furthermore, the percentage of family households in the Unincorporated Area was comparable to California (both around 69 percent), and was a larger share of households than in Butte County overall (about 62 percent). The size of households fell in the Unincorporated Area between 2000 and 2047 and, by 2007, the Unincorporated Area had a household size of just under 2.50, compared to 2.40 in Butte County overall and 2.94 in California. From the demographic and economic trends, it is evident that the housing needs in the Unincorporated Area are changing. The transfer of population, households, and housing units from the Unincorporated Area through annexation to the incorporated cities means that the Unincorporated Area is losing existing housing units as well as land for the development of future housing units. The land being incorporated in the cities is prime land for the development of affordable multifamily housing, since it is near existing infrastructure. The Unincorporated Area had a median income higher than Butte County, but significantly lower than the median income in California. Homeowners have significantly higher incomes than renters in both the Unincorporated Area and Butte County. The 2007 median household income in the Unincorporated Area remained higher than that of Butte County, but the income gap between the Unincorporated Area and Butte County decreased by two percentage points. In 2000, the median household income continued to register below that of California, and by 2007, the income gap had increased, with the Unincorporated Area median income 33 percent less than the California median income. The fact that the incomes in the Unincorporated Area and Butte County continually remain significantly below that of the State of California implies that residents of the Unincorporated Area can afford to pay significantly less for housing than 19 Californians as a whole. Employment in bath the Unincorporated Area and Butte County grew consistently from 2040 through 2007, equating to an increase in employment of about 10.5 percent in both areas over the period. The expectation according to BCAG is that employment growth will continue at an average annual rate of 1.4 percent in Butte County, which is exactly the same as the rate of employment growth from 2000 to 2007. The increase in the number of employed residents in Butte County from 2000 to 2007 was greater than the number of new jobs in Butte County, so increasing numbers of residents are traveling outside of the County to find jobs. za Table 2: Population and Wousehold Trends, 1990, 2000 and 2007 Average Annual Average Annual Percent Change Percent Change Unincor orated Butte Coun 1990 200D 2007 {est) (a) 1990-2DD0 2DDD-2DD7 Population 98,461 96,630 84,995 -0.2% -1.8% Households 38,3fifl 37,2D6 33,988 -0.3% -1.3% Average household Size 2.55 2.56 2.48 Household Type Family {b) 71.1 % 69.4% 69.2% Non Family 28.9% 30.6% 30.8% Tenure Owner 71.0% 72.8% 72.9% Renter 29.0% 27.2% 27.1 Average Annual Average Annual Percent Change Percent Change Bufte County 1990 2000 2D07 (est.) 1990-2000 2DD0-2007 Population 182,120 203,171 218,D69 1.1% 1.0% Households 71,665 79,566 88,494 1.1% 1.5% Average Household Size 2.48 2.48 2.39 Househaid Type Family (b) 64.4% 62.1% 62.1% Nan Family 35.6% 37.9% 37.9% Tenure Owner 60.9% 60.7% 64.9% Renter 39.1% 39.3% 39.1% Average Annuat Average Annual Percent Change Percent Change State of California 199D 2000 2007 (est.) 1990-2DD0 2000-2007 Population 29,760,421 33,871,648 37,662,518 1.3% 1.5% Wvusehvlds 10,381,206 11,5D2,870 12,524,401 1.D% 1.2% Average Household Size 2.79 2.87 2.94 Household Type f=amily (b) 68.8% 68.9% 69.0% Non Famiiy 31.2% 31.1 % 31.0% Tenure Owner 55.6% 56.9% 57.5% Renter 44.4% 43.1 % 42.5% Notes: {a) 2007 Claritas data may not account for annexations. (b) A "family° household is two or more related people living together. Non-family households are single peop]e living alone, or two or more un-related people living together. Sources: 1990 Census, 2008; Census 2000, 2008; Claritas inc., 2008; California Department of Finance, 2008; BAE, 2008. Table 3: Age i]istribution, 1990, 2000 and 2007 Unincor orated Butte Coun 1990 200D 2007 (est.} (a} Estimated Percent Percent Percent Po ulation b A e Number of Total Number Of Total Number of Total Age 0 - 17 24,575 25.0% 24,569 25.4% 19,190 22.6% Age 18-24 8,817 9.0% 7,966 8.2% 9,259 90.9% Age 25 - 54 38,306 38.9% 37,989 39.3% 32,080 37.7% Age 55 - 64 9,832 10.D% 10,110 10.5% 10,798 12.7% Age 65 and Over 16,931 17.2% 15,99fi 16.6% 13,668 16.1 Tota[ $8,461 90D.0% 96,630 900.0% 84,995 (b) 100% Median Age 36.1 {c) 39.9 {c) 39.6 {c) Butte Cou nty 1990 2000 2007 (est.) (a) Estimated Percent Percent Percent Population byte Number of Total Number of Toia[ Number of Total Age 0 - 97 42,$84 23.5°10 4$,767 24.0% 47,881 22.0% Age1$-24 25,107 13.8% 27,732 13.6% 31,222 14.3% Age 25 - 54 67,445 37.0% 77,145 38.0% 82,943 38.0% Age 55 - 64 15,248 8.4% 17,471 8.6% 23,252 10.7% Age 65 and Over 31,436 17.3% 32,056 15.8% 32,771 15.0% Total 182,920 900.0% 203,171 100.0% 218,069 100% Median Aga 33.8 (d) 35.8 35.9 State of Cali fornia 1990 2000 2007 (est.) {a) Estimated Percent Percent Percent Population by Age Number of TataE Number of Total Number of Total Age 0 - 17 7,750,725 26.0°/n 9,249,829 27.3% 9,9$0,354 26.5% Age 18 - 24 3,412,257 11.5% 3,366,D30 9.9% 3,768,530 10.0% Age 25 - 54 13,228,269 44.4% 15,046,038 44.4% 16,121,398 42.8% Age 55 - 64 2,233,226 7.5% 2,614,093 7.7% 3,690,519 9.8% Age 65 and Over 3,135,552 10.5% 3,595,658 10.6% 4,091,716 10.9% Total 29,760,029 900.D% 33,871,648 900.0% 37,662,598 10D% Median Age 31.5 {d) 33.3 34.6 (a) 2007 figures were derived using l7epartment of Finance total population estimates and Claritas age distribution estimates. 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L V U c .~ ~ .C ~ ~ ~ ~ C M O ~ r r EO H Oa O 4 6Nx O N h O O W O N Id a C ~Ea m ~ O o U . ~ WW '04~'~ O NJ p M 47 0 ~ N N ~ ~ N ~ d O ¢a a f31 ~ ~ ~ ~ O N (6 Q Q d O U V C ~ 0 0 N LLI b N U C R C LL Q N N Q N N .~ Q f6 U 0 O N U m N ~V. a U Table 9: Butte County Job Projections by Industry, 2004 and 2014 Industry Sector Natural Resources, Mining, and Construction Manufacturing Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, end Utilities Information Financial Activities professional and Business Services Education and Heaith Services Leisure and Hospitality Other Services Government Total Nonfarm Jobs (a) (a) Sums may nol add to totais due to rounding. Butte Coun Jobs percent Change 2004 2014 20D4-2094 3,800 4,900 28.9% 4,000 4,300 7.5% 1,900 2,400 26.3% 14,100 11,700 15.8% 1,800 2,100 16.7% 1,400 1,400 0.0% 4,100 4,300 4.9% 5,500 6,600 20.0% 12,400 14,400 16.i fi,900 8,400 21.7% 3,700 3,800 2.7% 16,100 17,200 6.8% 77,800 81,540 73.5% Sources: California Employment Development Department, 2008; BAE, 2008. Housing Conditions The following section details the housing conditions in the Unincorporated Area and compares the data, where available, to Butte County and California. Data sources include the 2000 Census, 2006 American Community Survey (ACS), 2000 CHAS, California Departtent of Finance (DoF), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development {HUD), the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD}, and private vendors of rea] estate data such as Dataquick. Additional information came from the Butte County Department of Development Services, Planning Division as well as a windshield survey of physical housing conditions conducted by BAE in May of 2008. Existing Housing Conditions Overcrowding The information on the number of persons per room by household tenure in Table 10 comes from the 2000 CHAS data set. The U.S. Census defines overcrowding as mare than one person per room in a given housing unit.~~ In the Unincorporated Area in 2000, overcrowding is more of a problem with renter-occupied units than owner-occupied units across all income categories. In the Unincorporated Area in 2000, 3 percent ofowner-occupied households (around 1,000) and 4 percent of renter households (around 1,400) were overcrowded. As presented in Table I0, about 100 extremely low-income owner households (0.3 percent of total households) and 300 extremely low-income renter households {almost 1 percent of total households) lived in overcrowded conditions. The number households of that lived in overcrowded conditions rises for households, with about 190 owner households {0.5 percent of total households) and 320 renter households (almost 1.5 percent of total households) experiencing overcrowding. Then, in both the low-income category and the moderate income and above category the number of households living in overcrowded conditions increased. In the low- income category, almost 250 owner households (0.7 percent of total households) and about 460 renter households (1.2 percent of total households) lived in overcrowded conditions. Finally, in the moderate income and above category there were approximately 480 owner households (1.3 percent of total households) and 340 renter households (almost one percent of total households} were defined as overcrowded. Across alI the income categories, the number of households in overcrowded conditions rises. Housing Cost Burden Table l 1 exhibits the housing cost burden experienced by households in the Unincorporated Area. zo According to the L3.5. Census, a room includes all "whole rooms used for living purposes...including living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, finished recreation rooms, enclosed porches suitable for year-round use, and lodgers' rooms. Excluded aze strips or pul[man kitchens, bathrooms, open porches, balconies, halls ar foyers, half-rooms, utility rooms, unf Wished attics or basements, or other unfinished space used for storage. A partially divided room is a separate room only if there is a partition from floor to ceiling, but not if the partition consists solely of shelves or cabinets. 29 The table reports 2000 CHA5 data for households by HUD-defined household income categories. Income limits are defined relative to the Area Median Family Income {AMFI}. All hauseholds experience some level of housing cost burden, but households paying between 30 and SO percent of their income for housing experience "excessive" housing cost burden. The housing cost xi burden qualifies as "severe" at levels above 50 percent of household income. In the Unincorporated Area, just under 17 percent of households had "excessive" housing cost burdens, and almost 13 percent experienced "severe" housing cost burdens. Approximately 2,800 owner households {7.5 percent of total households) had severe housing cast burdens compared with around 2,000 renter households {5.5 percent of total households}. The problem of excessive and severe housing costs burden is concentrated among extremely low- income households. Among extremely low-income households, almost 49 percent were owners and 51 percent were renters. About 24 percent of extremely low-income owner households ($70 households) had severe housing cost burdens. Around 34 percent of extremely low-income renter households {over 1,100 households) had severe housing cost burdens. Approximately 63 percent have excessive or severe housing cost burdens. Among the approximately 4,700 very low-income households, about S8 percent of very low- income households have housing cost burdens of less than 30 percent, just over 27 percent have excessive hosing cost burdens and around 14 percent experience severe housing cost burdens. About 17 percent of the total households (about 6,450 households} in the Unincorporated Area are low-income households. In the low-income category, about 27 and 14 percent of households had excessive or severe housing cost burdens. In moderate and above moderate income categories, excessive and severe housing casts burdens are more common among owner households. Around 11 percent (2,600) of moderate and above moderate-income owner hauseholds have excessive or severe housing cost burdens, compared to about one percent {250) of the moderate- and above moderate-income renter hauseholds. Overall, extremely low-income renters, followed by extremely low-income owners had the highest occurrences of severe housing cost burdens in Butte County as of 2000. This suggests that targeted affordab]e housing assistance could be benefcial to extremely low-income owners and renters, since they experienced the highest number severe housing cost burdens. Housing Stock Characteristics Table 12 provides information on the type of housing in the Unincorporated Area, Butte County, and California. According to Claritas, Inc., single-family detached homes comprised 64 percent of housing in the Unincorporated Area in 2007, similar to the share ofsingle-family detached homes in Butte County and State of California. The Unincorporated Area and Butte County as a ~s U.S. Deparhnent of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research. "Affordable Housing Needs: A Report to Congress on the Significant Need for Housing." httpa/www.huduser.org/PublicationslpdflAffHsgNeedsRpt2003.pdf. Accessed on November 27, 2U07. 30 whole had much smaller shares of multifamily units compared to the State. In the Unincorporated Area in 2007, multifamily units accounted for just over seven percent of all housing units, compared with 20 percent in Butte County, and aver 30 percent in California. The shares of mobile homes in the Unincorporated Area and Butte County far exceeded that of the State. In both 2000 and 2007, with 25 percent of the Unincorporated Area housing units and 1 b percent of Butte County housing units representing mobile homes, it is clear that these units represent an important component of the County's housing stock, particularly in the Unincorporated Area. Age of Housing Sfock Table 13 indicates that in 2000 the Unincorporated Area had a newer housing stock relative to California. In the Unincorporated Area, just less than 38 percent of the housing stock was built before 1970, while nearly SO percent of California's housing stock was built prior to 1970. Almost 29 percent of housing units in the Unincorporated Area were built between 1970 and 1979, totaling 11,800 units. Since the 1970s, the number of housing units produced has declined in each decade in the Unincorporated Area, with about 7,900 units from 19$0 to 1989, and about 5,800 units from 1990 to 2000. This decline in the number of homes being built was also evident in Butte County and California in all three decades between 1970 and the year 2000. Occupancy Rates The vacancy rate in the Unincorporated Area surpassed that of both Butte County and Califomia in 2000, as shown in Table 14. Typically, a vacancy rate of 5 percent is considered an indicator of a healthy housing market, balancing availability of a variety of housing options for prospective buyers and renters with reasonable occupancy rates for sellers and rental owners. Of the total 9 percent vacancy in the Unincorporated Area, nearly 3 percent is attributable to housing units whose primary use is seasonal, recreational, or occasional. The percentage of seasonal homes in the Unincorporated Area exceeds the percentage of similar homes in Butte County (2 percent), and California {2 percent). According to 2007 estimates from the California Department of Finance, the vacancy rate for the Unincorporated Area is unchanged from 2000, at 9 percent of all housing units. While DoF does not provide vacancy estimates by unit type, it is likely that seasonal dwelling units will continue account for a proportion of Unincorporated Butte County's vacant housing stock. Housing Conditions Field Survey In conjunction with the Housing Element Update, BAE conducted a windshield survey of housing cgnditions in the Unincorporated Area. The intent of the survey was to estimate the number of zz units in the Unincorporated Area in need of rehabilitation or replacement. Methodology To identify the greatest portion of substandard units, the survey focused on areas with high concentrations of older housing stock, as housing units typically deteriorate with age. The survey xx Housing and Community Development Deparhnent "Building Blacks for Effective Housing Elements: Housing Needs, Housing Stock Characteristics 31 therefore focused on Census block groups where 50 percent or more of the housing units were built prior to 1970. Appendix A provides a map of the Butte County census block groups, showing the percentage of units in each census block group built before 1970. Thirty-one block groups, which lie fully within or partially within the Unincorporated Area, have SO percent or more of the total housing units in the block group built before 1970. There were a total of approximately 7,320 units in these block groups according to 2000 Census In order to survey a manageable number of homes, yet obtain a representative sampling of units, every tenth street segment within the Unincorporated Areas of the block groups was selected for the survey. Then BAE staff conducted a visual survey of every home on each of the selected segments on May 21, and May 23, 2008. Appendix B contains the housing survey form that BAE used to evaluate homes in the survey areas. The survey form mimics the CDBG Housing Conditions Survey provided by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.23 BAE staff completed survey sheets for al] housing units in the sample that za needed either minor, major, or substantial repair, and those units in dilapidated condition. The survey recorded the type of home, the condition of the foundation, roof, siding, and windows, and f pally whether or not the unit could be repaired or needed replacement. Results In total, as shown in Table 15, BAE surveyed 620 units, including 576 single-family units, 21 multifamily units, and 23 mobile homes. Of the 620 housing units surveyed, 36 units (almost 6 percent of the sample) were identified as in need of either minor, major, or substantial repair or in dilapidated condition. Of the 26 units identified, there was one duplex and the remaining 34 units were single-family detached. The highest concentrations of units in need of repair existed in the Unincorporated Area surrounding Gridley and in a pocket of the Unincorporated Area surrounded by the City of Chico near the intersection of Highway 32 and Highway 99, known as the Chapman Mulberry Neighborhood. This suggests that the County's rehabilitation programs should focus on these two areas, especially in the Unincorporated Area near Chico where 7 of the 35 units observed, on six different street segments, were in need of repair. The results of this survey cannot be applied to the entire housing stock in Butte County, but rather only the census blocks with the greatest percentage of older units. Applying the ratio of units in need of repair from the survey to the 15,2$0 housing units in the Unincorporated Area in Census block groups where 50 percent or more of the housing units were built prior to 1970 indicates that approximately 750 units in the County may be in need of repair. This equates to an estimated 130, 360, and 170 units in need of minor, moderate, or substantial repair, respectively, plus 100 units in dilapidated condition that warrant either major repair or complete reconstruction. This estimate of 750 units in need of repair reflects only the units in need of repair in the 31 block x~ Housing and Community Development Deparhnent "Building Blocks for Effective Housing Elements: Housing Deeds, Housing Stock Characteristics za Eor the survey, scores between 16 and 39 denoted housing units in need of moderate repair, scores of 90 to 55 indicted a unit in need of substantial rehabilitated and a score of 56 or above was reserved for units suffering from excessive neglect, where the building appears structurally unsound and maintenance is nonexistent, not tir for human habitation in its current condition, may be considered for major demolition or at a minimum, major rehabilitation will be required. 32 groups where more than 50 percent of the units were built before 1970. 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N 7 O Table 13: Housing Stoc[c by Year Built, 2000 Unincorporated Butte Coun Butte County State of California Year Buiit Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 1990 to 2000 (a) 5,790 14.2% 13,631 15.9% 1,577,726 12.9% 19$0 t0 1989 7,925 19.4% 95,6$3 18.3% 2,498,D28 17.2% 1970 #0 1979 11,784 28.9% 21,679 25.3% 2,544,157 20.5% 1969 or Earlier 15,284 37.5% 34,530 40.4% 6,034,638 49.4% Total Housing Units 40,783 900% 85,523 100% 12,214,549 100% (a) Census 2000 figures report units buiit through March of 2000. (b) Total housing unit figures may differ from those reported in Table 16. Table 13 reports Census 2000 Summary File 3 data, white Table 16 reports Summary File 1. Sources: Census 2000, 2008; BAE, 2008. ++ S~ v e a°a~~,eo 0 0 ~~~DNt+bNO~^0 l6 G ~ O Q w. V p 4G~F ~fp X47 C]~ rrNrnv~o~n~ .d. ~(Q M~^NNNN N. O NO r dq j dN 1 h< '~7 N~ `~] a E 4~r r. 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O O N LLI Q C1] 00 O d N 0 °o nF 7 C N V ai Q ffj Table 15: Housing Survey Results: May 21 and May 23, 2008 (a) Level of Repatrs Needed Unincorporated Areas Minor {b} Moderate (c) Substantial (d} Dilapidated {e) Biggs - 2 1 - Chico 4 - 3 - Durham - 1 - - Gndley 1 3 2 1 OrovilEe 1 3 1 - Palermo - 3 - 3 Richvale - - 1 - Thermafito - 5 - 1 Total with Probtems 6 17 8 5 (a) Appendix B contains a copy of the survey instrument, which evaluated the condition of the foundation, roofing, sidinglstucco and windows for each unit. A total of 620 units were surveyed on randomly selected streets throughout the Unincorporated Area. (b) Units with minor defects received a survey score between 10 and 15. (c) Units with moderate defects received a survey score of 16 #0 39. (d) Units with substantial defects received a score of 40 to 55. (e) Units in dilapidated condition received a survey score of 56 and over. Sources: CDBG, 2008; BAE, 2008 Housing Market Conditions For Sale Housing Table lb provides data on home sales over asix-month period from October I, 2007 through April 1, 2008 in the Unincorporated Area, incorporated cities, and Butte County as a whole. The 110 home sales reported in the Unincorporated Area over this period had a median price of $266,500. The median home had 1,43$ square feet of living space, three bedrooms, and a 0.31- acre lot. The median cost per square foot of living space equaled about $185. The median price for the 1,086 home sales in Butte County was higher ($283,500), but the median home had 1,379 square feet of living space and therefore the median price per square feet of living space was higher, at around $206. The high price of housing in the City of Chico drove the median home price in Butte County above that of the Unincorporated Area. Affordable Hame Purchase Prices Table 17 calculates the affordable housing prices for very low-, low- and moderate-income households in Butte County. The calculations use the 200$ income limits for Butte County and assume that a household can afford to spend 30 percent of its income on housing costs. For example, aloes-income, four-person household has a maximum annual income of $43,600, and 30 percent of this income would equal $13,080, meaning that the household could affordably pay $1,090 monthly for housing. The assumptions used to calculate the affordable price for a homebuyer are as follows: ^ Downpayment, fve percent ^ Annual interest rate, 6.0 percent ^ Loan term, 30 years ^ Annual mortgage insurance, 0.78 percent of mortgage ^ Annual property tax rate, 1.05 percent of home value ^ Annual hazard insurance, 0.20 percent of home value As would be expected, very low-income households can afford to pay less and moderate-income households can pay significantly more for homes. The affordable price for three-person households ranges from around $83,400 for avert'-low income household to almost $200,000 for moderate-income households. The affordable home prices for four-person households rise for very-low income households to approximately $92,500 and $222,000 for moderate-income households. Given the aforementioned assumptions, afour-person low-income household can afford to pay $148,000 for a home and athree-person low-income household can pay $133,200 for a house. A comparison of the affordable home prices to the for-sale housing prices in the Unincorporated Area listed in Table 16 reveals that neither three-person or four-person, very low-, low- or moderate-income households can afford the median priced home in the Unincorporated Area. The median price of around $266,500 is unaffordable to afour-person, moderate-income household with annual income of $65,400, because they can only afford to pay around $204,500 ~40 for a home, and the affordability gap is greater for the other groups just mentioned. Rents! Housing A limited number of rental options exist in the Unincorporated Area. The Unincorporated Area contains mostly single-family homes that are offered for rent. Table 18 provides the listed monthly rents for a small sample of private homes in the Unincorporated Area and the incorporated cities along with rental rates for apartments in the incorporated cities. The cast of apartments in the incorporated cities is generally indicative of what the market rents would be for apartments in the Unincorporated Areas surrounding each of the incorporated cities. Across all the jurisdictions, the cost of renting a private home varies widely. Of the 24 private homes in the sample, with 13 homes located in the Unincorporated Area, the cost of renting a two-bedroom unit averaged $831 ($0.73 per square foot) and for athree-bedroom, $1,179 ($0.83 per square foot} per month. Because of the small sample of homes available for rent in the Unincorporated Area, no discernable pattern exists on the cost of renting in the different Unincorporated Areas surrounding the incorporated cities. The costs of renting two-and three-bedroom apartments in Butte County are significantly less than renting a home. From the sample often apartment complexes, the average cost of renting a two-bedroom unit amounted to $716 ($0.84 per square foot) to $909 {$0.80 per square foot) for a three-bedroom unit. Comparing the market rents in Chico, Gridley, and Oroville reveals that the rent per square foot in Chico is consistently higher than in both Gridley and Oroville, with Oroville having the lowest rents per square foot. Affordable Rental Rates The California Department of Housing and Community Development calculates annual income limits by household size. Given the 200$ Butte County median income for a family of four of $54,500, the California Housing and Community Department calculated the income limits for the various income categories and household sizes. Rents are considered affordable if a household spends no more than 30 percent of its income on rent and utility costs. Taking 30 percent of the given income limits, and subtracting for the Butte County Housing Authority utility allowances for different sized apartments, led to an estimate of what households can afford to pay monthly to rent a housing unit. Table 19 indicates that the affordable prices for aone-person household range from around $240 for extremely law-income to $1,100 per month for moderate income households for a studio apartment. The affordable rent for athree-person household varies from about $295 per month for extremely low-income households to $1,400 for moderate-income households for atwo-bedroom apartment. A comparison between the affordable prices based on income limits in Table 19 and the market rate rents shown in Table 18 indicates that atwo-bedroom market rate apartment rents for $716 per month on average, and it is affordable to two- and three-person, low-income households. The average price of athree-bedroom market rate apartment is $909, which is affordable to four- person low income households, and very close to being affordable to three-person, low-income 41 households. The rents far homes are higher than the rents for apartments. The average rent of $831 far atwo-bedroom home is still affordable to low-income households, and the $1,179 rent for a three bedroom is only affordable to moderate-and above moderate-income households. Therefore, market rate rental apartments in Unincorporated Buie County serve all but very low- and extremely low-income households. Affordable Housing Stock Table 20 displays the limited affordable housing stock in the Unincorporated Area, Palm Crest Village Phase 1, and a Farm Labor Center. The Palm Crest Village Phase 1 is currently under construction and will contain 22 units when completed. It is the only new affordable housing project in the Unincorporated Area since the last Housing Element in 2004. The Farm Labor Center continues to operate outside of Gridley and provides 130 beds for farmworkers. Both projects serve low-income households. "Af Risk" Unifs State Housing Element law requires an evaluation of whether any existing subsidized affordable housing units are at risk of conversion to market rates during the next ten years. No such units exist in the Unincorporated Area. As of the last Housing Element, the only "affordable family housing developments located in the Unincorporated Area was the Housing Authority's farm labor housing project East of Gridley."25 The farm labor project contains 130 units for farmworker families.~G As the Butte County Housing Authority owns and operates the project, they can be assumed to remain affordable. Summary The conditions of owners and renters differ slightly from one another in the Unincorporated Area. The percentage of owner households in the Unincorporated Area (73 percent) exceeds the percentage of renters. As of 2000, renter-occupied housing units in the Unincorporated Area reported higher rates of overcrowded conditions than owner-occupied housing units. The majority of Unincorporated Area households {70 percent of total households} have a housing cost burden of less than 30 percent. The remaining 17 percent and 13 percent have excessive or severe housing cost burdens, respectively. The household categories in need of the greatest assistance are extremely low-income renters, followed by extremely low-income owners. The housing stock in the Unincorporated Area consists almost entirely afsfngle-family detached units and mobile homes, which represent 65 percent and 25 percent of all housing units, respectively. Very few multifamily rental opportunities exist, especially in properties with five units or more. The Unincorporated Area has a relatively new housing stock; about 63 percent of the units were built after 1970, whereas only about 50 percent of the units in the state as a whole were built after 1970. In 2000, the vacancy rate for the housing units in the Unincorporated Area 25 ]. Laurence Mintier & Associates and Verna~a Wolfe Associates, Inc. "Butte County (lousing Element Update Background Report" May 25, 2004. (Page 55}. zs Farm Labor I-Sousing Program. httpa/wrvw.butte-housing.coml. Accessed on April 29, 200$. 42 was about 9 percent, and after accounting for the 3 percent of units used for seasonal, recreational, or occasional use, the vacancy rate equals 6 percent, which is just slightly above the comparable rates of 5 percent and 4 percent for Butte County and California, respectively. A housing survey conditions survey completed by BAE indicates that as much as about 6 percent {36 housing units) of the housing units surveyed are in need of minor, major, or substantial repair, or are in dilapidated condition. Applying these survey resin#s to the total number of housing units in Census black groups where 50 percent or more of the housing units were built prior to 1970 implies that about 750 housing units in these Census block groups may be in need of repair or be in dilapidated condition, including about 100 units in dilapidated condition. These survey results indicate that a repair program could be beneficial in Butte County to help fx the substandard units, and that the most immediate need exists among the units in dilapidated condition that warrant either major repair or complete reconstruction. Finally, the for-sale housing market is unaffordable to all households with moderate incomes or below. A median for-sale price of $266,500 in the Unincorporated Area exceeds the maximum affordable price for amoderate-income four-person household of $222,000 by a significant margin. 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Sih St. Timber Creek Apartment 4-bedroom 1,036 51,i5D $1.11 Non-restricted 118 Nord Ave. Walnut Grove Apartment t-Bedroom 585 $595 $1.02 Non-restricted 2-Bedroom 615 $675 $1.10 251 Rio Lindo Ave. Belvedere Apartments Apartment 1-Bedroom 600 $580 $0.97 Non-restricted Apartment 2-Bedroom 900 $725 $0.81 Duplex 2-Bedroom 1,100 $8SD $0.77 House 2-Bedroom 2,80D $1,026 $0.37 920 W. 4th Ave. Wespark Plaza Apartment Studio 368 $565 $1.54 Non-restricted 1-Bedroom 584 $875 51.2D 2-Bedroom 817 $624 51.00 1663 Santa Clara Ave. '"'" Private House House 3-Bedroom n.a. $1,000 n.a. Non-restricted 3106 Grape Way ""' Private House House 4-Bedroom 1,812 $1,560 SD.83 Non-restricted 4273 Kathy Lane""" Private House House 1-Bedroom n.a. $450 n.a. Non-restricted ~ 6595 Tikker Ln. "' House 3-Bedroom 1,500 $795 $0.53 Non-restricted 6126 Dana Cir. •" Private House House 2-Bedroom 1,30D $750 $0.56 Non-restricted 14593 Lafeyette Cir. "` Private House House 2-Bedroom n.a. $825 n.a. Non-restricted 14833 Magalia Dr. '"` House 2-Bedroom 1,344 $675 $0.65 Non-restricted 98 Lewis Ranch Rd. Private House House 3-Bedrdom 2,240 $1,65D 50.74 Non-restricted 155 Jay Bird Ln. Private House House 3-Bedroom 1,850 $1,600 56.86 Non-restricted 7191 CEark Rd. Private House House 3-Bedroom n.a. $760 n.a. Non-restricted 6294 Oak Way Private House House 2-Bedroom 850 $735 $0.86 Non-restricted 12 Evanswocd Cir. Evanswood Estates Apartment 2-Bedroom 1,320 5865 50.66 Non-restncted 675 Mitchell Ave. Boulder Creek Apartment 2-Bedroom 857 $550 $D.64 Nonrestricted 3-Bedroom 1,049 $650 $0.62 4-Bedroom 1,306 $779 5D.6D Segura Drive "'"' Heritage Estates Apartment 2-Bedroom 1,250 5825 50.66 Non-restricted 3-Bedroom 1,560 5975 $0.63 4-Bedroom 1,650 $1,100 SD.67 92 Ridgeview Bivd. """ Private House House 4-Bedroom 2,600 $1,600 50.62 Non-restricted 143 Lariat Loep "' Private House House 4-Bedroom 2,234 $1,650 #REF! Non-restricted "` Address located in the Unincorporated Area. Sources: Respective Property Owners and Managers, 2008; BAE, 2008. Table 18: Rental Rates for Currently Renting Housing, Unincorporated Butte County, Ma 2008 (Page 2 of 2) Name of Apartment Number of Size Market Rentl User or Income Address Complex ___ Unit Tvne Bedrooms {Sg- Ft.1 Rent Sg• Ft• Restricted 2500 Yard 5t. Private House House 2-Bedroom 1,176 59oD $0.76 Non-restricted _. T , 3035GawthorneAve. Private House House 3-Bedroom 1190 $1,400 $1.18 Non-restricted 4783 Lincoln Blvd. ""` Private House Mobile 1-Bedroom 600 $425 $0.71 Non-restricted _:.. .. 4474 Canyon Uew Dr. '" Private House House 1-Bedroom n.a. $550 n a Nnn-rPetrirtecl ~ 2338 Brown St. `"' Private House House ~-Bedreon ~ n.a. $4D0 n a Pdon-rte tricted .~..~ 150 Haskell St. _ Haskell Street Apartment 1-Bedroom 720 5495 50.69 55 and Over 200 Ford Ave. Gridley Springs EI Apartment 2-Bedroom 850 $675 50.79 6D% Median Income 3-Bedroom 950 $772 $0.81 (Housing Tax Credit) 210 Ford Ave. Gridley Springs I Apartment t-Bedroom 750 5668 50.69 Very Low Income 2-Bedroom 850 $70$ $0.83 (USDA Rural Dev.) 3-Bedroom 950 5748 $0.73 1190 Indiana St. Private House House 2-Bedroom n.a. 575D n.a. Non-restricted Vermont St. Private House House 2-Bedroom 60D 5700 51.17 Nan-restricted Manzanita School District "' Private House Mouse 2-Bedroom n.a. $B00 n.a. Non-restricted Manzanita School District " Private House House 2-Bedroom n,a. $800 n.a. Non-restricted ~ ~-_ T_ ~ a a _ tl ~ '~ 3310 7th St. Private House House 3-Bedroom 1,400 $1,300 $0.93 Non-restricted 465 G St. Private House House 2-Bedroom n.a. 5785 n.a. Nan-restricted 468 G St. Private House House 3-Bedroom n.a. $765 n.a. Non-restricted Apt, averages 1-Bedroom 644 $fi03 5D.95 2-Bedroom 885 $716 $0.84 3-Bedroom 1,140 $9D9 5D.80 4-Bedroom 1,331 51,OtD $0.79 Overal[ Median for 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apt. units 857 5708 50.81 House averages 2-Bedroom 1,345 5831 $0.73 3-Bedroom 1,456 51,179 50.83 Overall Median 2, and 3 bedroom homes 1,372 5888 50.75 "`Address located in the Unincorporated Area. Sources: Respective Property Owners and Managers, 2008; BAE, 20D8. 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(h) Farmworker as defined by the the Unites States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Program as someone who earns $5,752.50 per year in a #arm labor occupation. Sources: Housing Authority of Butte Gaunty, 2008; Community Housing Improvement Program, 2008; BAE, 2008. Special Housing Needs California Government Code Section 55553 (a) (7) requires of an analysis of any special housing needs, such as those of the elderly, persons with disabilities, large families, farmworkers, single- Z~ female headed households, and families and persons in need of emergency shelter. This section provides information on the aforementioned special needs in the Unincorporated Area. Data sources used in this section include 2000 Census, California Department of Finance, HUD, California Employment Development Department, 2002 Agricultural Census, as well as information from local data sources including the Butte County Continuum of Care. Persons with Disabilities Table 21 provides information on the number ofnon-institutionalized disabled residents in the Unincorporated Area, Butte County, and the State of California in 2000 and 2007. The different types of disabilities include sensory, physical, mental, and self-care disabilities. Each has a different relationship to housing need. The severity of these disabilities varies widely, and may require substantial changes to the housing units or only require slight adjustments. Necessary accessibility adjustments may include features such as ramps, extra wide doors, handrails, lowered counters, raised toilets, and a variety of other accessibility features. Other types of disabilities may not require physical alterations to homes, but instead call for supportive services to assist those who may not be able to live independently. Compared to the general population, xa disabled persons are more likely to live alone, earn less, and be homeless. The 2007 estimates of disabled residents are based on the application of the 2000 disabled population distribution to the current population estimates from the California Department of Finance. Therefore, the distribution of the 2007 estimates mirrors the 2400 distribution figures from Census and serves as a rough estimate of the number of disabled at present. Across the age groups 5-15 and 16-20 years, the Unincorporated Area displays about the same percentage of persons with disabilities as Butte County and California. Tn the age category 21-64, however, the percentage of disabled is about one percentage point higher for the Unincorporated Area (about 13 percent far the Unincorporated Area versus 12 percent for Butte County and California). Furthermore, the percentage of disabled over the age of 65 in the Unincorporated Area and Butte County was higher, approximately 7 percent, compared to 4.7 percent in California. The data on persons with disabilities are presented by type of disability including sensory, physical, mental, self-care, go-outside-home, employment, and two or more disabilities. The Unincorporated Area and Butte County as a whole have similar distributions across the different types ofdisabilities. Persons with two or more disabilities represent approximately 51 percent of x~ California Government Code Section 65583 (a) (7) xs Tootelian, Dennis, and Gaedeke, Ralph. "The Impact of Housing Availability, Accessibility, and Affordability on People with Disabilities". Sacramento, CA: State Independent Living Council. April i 999. As cited in the Analysis of Senate Bill 1025. 50 the disabled population in both jurisdictions. Physically disabled persons represent 18 percent and 16 percent of the disabled population in the Unincorporated Area and Butte County as a whole, respectively. These distributions follow the general pattern seen throughout California. As the total population of the Unincorporated Area dropped from 2000 to 2007, due largely to annexations, it is assumed that the number of disabled persons also declined proportionately. Based on this assumption, there were about 20,740 disabled persons in the Unincorporated Area in 2000, and the number fell to about 18,200 in 2007. To the extent that areas annexed to the cities contained more or less than average numbers of disabled people, these figures may over- or under-state the disabled population that continues to reside in Unincorporated Areas; however, the figures provide a reasonable estimate of the size of the disabled population for planning purposes. Testimony provided by the Butte County Housing Authority and by members of the community at the May 29 joint Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors meeting on the Housing Element Update indicated that there is a particular shortage of studio and one-bedroom housing units affordable to extremely low- and very low-income households, to address a need for housing suitable for persons with mental illness who function better without having to share housing. Elderly The housing needs of the elderly depend on a combination of factors related to the aging process. These can included a combination of increased medical costs and fixed incomes that are often lower than incomes of the general population, leading to special need for affordable housing. Due to frailty, some elderly people require full or part-time care, while others may be able to live on their own with minor accessibility adjustments in their homes like handrails and grab bars to make bathing, toileting and other activities of daily life safer. The elderly often prefer housing like condominiums and apartments that require less maintenance since physical activities can become more diff cult with age. Age of Householder The definition of elderly depends an the data source. The Census provides data for households with a head of household age 65 to 74, and 75 and over. The HUD-published CHAS data set defines elderly as one ortwo-person households where either person is 62 years of age or older. This section examines the needs of elderly households using both 65 and b2 as minimum ages. Not all elderly households require special housing accommodations, however, as part of the aging process many elderly will find it necessary to modify their housing units, to receive in-home care, or move to residential facilities offering various levels of services or living assistance. As seen in Table 22, owner-occupied households over the age of 65 in the Unincorporated Area fell from approximately 9,840 to 8,900 households from 2000 to 2007. At the same time, the total number of owner-occupied households in the Unincorporated Area fell from around 27,300 to 24,800 households due to annexation. In Butte County, the number of elderly owner-occupied households rose from 17,400 to 19,400, corresponding to an increase in the total number of households from 48,300 to 53,900. Finally, the percentage of elderly owner households in 51 California (over i 4 percent) in 2007 was significantly lower than the percentage of elderly owner households in Butte County (almost 22 percent), and the Unincorporated Area (just over 26 percent). The Unincorporated Area in 2007 had a significantly lower percent of elderly renters (3 percent of total households) than both Butte County (5 percent) and the S#ate of California {5 percent). These percentages represent approximately 890 and 4,000 elderly households in the Unincorporated Area and Butte County, respectively. Elderly Housing Cosf Burden Table 23 explores the housing cost burden of elderly households using the HUD 2004 CHAS data set, in which an elderly household is defined as having one or two people, with at least one person over the age of 62. In the Unincorporated Area, the vast majority of elderly households are owners (91 percent). Just aver 12 percent of elderly owner households have excessive housing cost burdens and spend between 30 and 50 percent of their incomes on housing. An additional nearly 9 percent of elderly owner households have severe housing cost burdens, meaning they spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing costs. As a whole, elderly renters constitute 9 percent of all elderly households in the Unincorporated Area. Elderly renter households with housing cost burdens of up to 30 percent represent just under 5 percent of all elderly households. The remaining renter households are divided evenly in the excessive and severe cost burden categories, with 2 percent of all elderly households being renters paying between 30 and 50 percent of income for housing, and 2 percent paying greater than fifty percent. Of the approximately 11,200 elderly households in Butte County, 6,000 households have at least moderate incomes (aver 80 percent of the AMFI). The majority of moderate and above moderate income households have housing cost burdens of less than 30 percent {about 86 percent of owners and 5 percent of renters). The elderly owners and renters with excessive housing cost burdens represent 7.3 percent and 0.3 percent of moderate-income and above moderate-income households, and elderly owners and renters with severe housing cost burdens equal 2 percent and 0.2 percent ofmoderate-income and above moderate-income households. About 2,300 elderly households in Butte County have low incomes, and approximately 71 percent of these households have housing cost burdens of less than 30 percent. Eighteen percent of the elderly households have excessive housing cost burdens and the remaining 11 percent experience severe housing cost burdens. The households with severe housing cost burdens consist of 230 owners and 30 renters. As a percentage of elderly owners and renters, owner households carry the largest percentage of excessive and severe housing cost burdens in the low- income category. Among the very low-income elderly households (about 1,800 households in the Unincorporated Area), excessive and severe housing cost burdens were more prevalent than for higher income categories. Just under 29 percent and 19 percent of the very low-income elderly households (180 52 households} have excessive and severe housing cost burdens, respectively. Lastly, extremely low-income elderly households in Butte County number slightly more than 1,000. In this elderly income group, the largest proportion (about 43 percent) has severe housing cost burdens. About 35 percent of all extremely low-income elderly households are owner households with severe cost burdens and about 8 percent are renters. Around 22 percent of extremely low-income elderly households have excessive housing cost burdens. Large Families The U.S. Census defines a large family as one containing five or more related members, and the California Department of Housing and Community development recommends using this definition of a large family.29 Often, large lower-income families live in overcrowded conditions and, due to the presence of minor children, may require affordable childcare as well as family- sized living units. Table 24 presents the size and type of households in both 2000 and 2007 for the three jurisdictions. There are approximately 4,130 households with five or more persons in the Unincorporated Area in 2007, over 10 percent of total households. About 4,060 are family households and the remaining 70 are non-family households (groups ofnon-related individuals sharing a housing unit). This is slightly higher than the 9 percent of total Butte County households in 2007 containing five or more persons, and signiftcantly lower than the 16 percent of California households in 2007 wi#h five or more persons. Across all three jurisdictions, less than 0.5 percent of total households are non-family households with five or more persons. Large Family Nousing Cost Burden As reported in Table 25, about half of large family households {54 percent} have moderate and above moderate incomes, and the remaining large family households are split between the low- income (20 percent), very low-income (16 percent), and ex#remely low-income {10 percent} groups. For moderate and above income households, 89 percent have housing cost burdens less than 30 percent. Slightly over ten percent experience excessive housing cost burdens, and less than one percent have severe housing cost burdens. No renters have severe housing cost burdens. Among low-income households, the percentage of households with housing cost burdens lower than 30 percent falls to 67 percent, with around 22 percent of households with excessive housing cost burdens, and just under 1 I percent with severe housing cost burdens. Again, no renters in this income category have severe housing cost burdens. Very low-income large family households (621 in total) include more renters {57 percent) than owners (43 percent}. Excessive and severe housing cost burdens are much mare prevalent among 29 California 17epartment of Housing and Community Development. Building Blacks for an Effective Housing Element: Special Needs, Large and Female-Headed Households. http:Ilwww.hcd.ca.govlhpol housing element/index.html. Accessed on Sun 12, 2p08. 53 renter households in this income category. Of the total very low-income large family households, 14 percent are renters with excessive housing cost burdens, 3 percent are owners with excessive housing cost burdens, 37 percent are renters with severe housing cost burdens, and 26 percent are owners with excessive housing cost burdens. The 392 extremely low-income large family households are split between owners (41 percent} and renters (59 percent). Again, the proportion of renter households with excessive or severe housing cost burdens (51 percent) exceeds the proportion of owner households (29 percent) with severe housing cost burdens. Single Female-Headed Households with Children Single female-headed households with children tend to have a higher Head far affordable housing compared to family households in general In 1999, the poverty rate far female-householder families nationally stood at a record low of 27.8 percent, but that was still significantly above the 30 poverty rate of all families (9.3 percent) and married couples {4.8 percent). In addition, single female-headed households with children are mare likely to need childcare since the mother is often the primary source of income and the sole caregiver for children within the family. Tab]e 26 examines the prevalence of single female-headed households with children in the Unincorporated Area, Butte County, and the State of California. With a loss of households from 2000 to 2007 due to annexation, the number offemale-headed househo]ds is presumed to have fallen proportionately, from about 2,100 to an estimated 1,900 households. In 2000 in the Unincorporated Area, about 5.6 percent of all households were female-headed households, with 2.4 percent owners, and 3.2 percent renters. In Butte County in 2000, single female-headed households with children represent almost seven percent of total households and were distributed into just over two percent of the total who were owners and nearly five percent who were renters. Within California, single females head a greater proportion of households (7 percent) with children than the Unincorporated Area. As in the Unincorporated Area and in Butte County, renters make up the larger proportion of this group of households. Farmworkers Farmworker data indicate that approximately 6,790 persons work as either full-time or seasonal employees in Butte County. Some farmworkers have special housing needs due to the seasonal nature of their work, along with their need to migrate based on seasonal demand far their services. Butte County has a fluctuating population of seasonal workers as well as a small base of workers who work more than 150 days a year in farm Iabor. The needs of seasonal workers may be met with farm labor camps, but farmworkers who choose to reside in the County year round need long-term affordable housing. Table 26 presents the #rends in farm employment for Butte County over 16 years from 1992 so U.S Department of Commerce News "Poverty Rate Lowest in 20 Yeazs, Household income at Record High, Census Bureau Reports" September 26, 2000. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www12000/cb00- i58.htm1. Accessed on Tune i0, 200$. 54 through 2007. A loss of 400 jobs occurred over this period, which constitutes a 13.3 percent decrease in jobs. Farm employment represented just 3.2 percent of overall employment in Butte County in 2007. The EDD data from Table 26 is derived from Current Employment Statistics (CES) data and CES defines employment as "the total number of persons on establishment payrolls employed full or part-time who receive pay for any part of the pay period tha# includes the 12`'` day of the month." 3~ Since many farmworkers are seasonal employees, they may not be captured in the CES figures. The most recent Agricultural Census in 2002 is another indicator of farm employment, which reports the total number of farmworkers hired in 2002 as well as those working more and less than 1 SO days a year. Table 27 reports on Agricultural workers in 2002 and shows that of the 6,800 farmworkers that worked in Butte County at some point in 2002, approxima#ely 2,000 worked 150 days or more and 4,800 worked less than 150 days within the County. Those working 150 days or less are considered seasonal employees. Seasonal employees may work in other sectors within Butte County; they may work in other counties; or they may be unemployed for part of the year. Depending on their situation, their housing needs will vary. One farmworker housing facility is located in the Unincorporated Area outside of Gridley and is administered by the Housing Authority of Butte County (HABC}. The facility offers 130 units of year-round housing to farmworkers, and currently houses about S00 farmworkers and their families.12 The residents pay about $535 a month ($17.83 per day) to live at the facility and rental assistance is available for those who meet the USDA Rural Development guidelines. The HABC can provide rental assistance for up to 112 families. Seventy-nine rental assistance slots are currently being utilized leaving 33 slots available for rental assistance. The length of time that farmworkers live at Gridley Farm Labor Housing (FLH) varies greatly, as some residents have been living there for 10 to 20 years, while other families only stay for one or two years. Gridley Farm Labor Housing serves mainly the farmworkers in the Live Oak, Biggs, and Gridley Area, and the housing available at Gridley FLH seems sufficient to meet the needs of farmworkers in 33 the area, given that there continue to be vacant units in the facility. Testimony provided by the Butte County Authority at the May 29 joint Flanning Commission and Board of Supervisors meeting on the Housing Element Update indicated that the Housing Authority feels that due to increasing mechanization of farming operations in Butte County, the tendency of farmworkers to live in the community year-round, and other factors, the Housing Authority recommends that housing specifically for farmworkers be de-emphasized in the coming years, with attention being paid to affordable housing needs in general. 3l Bureau of Labor Statistics- httpahvww.bls.govlceslcesfaq.him. Accessed on April 14th, 2008. 3z Personal communication..luan Meza, Farm Labor Housing Manager, December 23, 2448. 33 Personal communication. Iuan Meza, Farm Labor Housing Manager, December 23, 2408. 55 Families and Persons in Need of Emergency Shelter Table 28 provides a snapshot of the homeless population in Butte County on January 30, 2008, based on a survey conducted by the Butte County Continuum of Care group. At that point in time the homeless population was estimated at 999 persons. Of this population, 322 people had shelter while 270 were unsheltered and the remaining 407 either lived in "doubled-up" living arrangemen#s or lived temporarily in motels.34 The total homeless population consisted of 750 adults (242 with shelter), 134 children traveling with their family (75 with shelter), 44 unaccompanied youth (three with shelter} and 71 people of unknown age (two with shelter},3s Therefore, only around one-third of all homeless adults have shelter and half of the children with families, but the percentage of sheltered unaccompanied youth and those of an unknown age is negligible. In the Unincorporated Area exclusively, very few people are homeless (16 in total), with six people unsheltered and 10 people in the "other" category.36 The small number of homeless in the Unincorporated Area is at least partially due to the fact that there are no homeless services in the Unincorporated Area. The homeless are divided into homeless subpopulations. The subpopulation total does not add up to the homeless persons total because a homeless person can fall into more than one subpopulation. Of the 999 homeless persons, over 33 percent have a physical disability, more than 27 percent suffer from a mental illness, and around 24 percent have a chronic substance abuse problem. Only among those with a substance abuse problem was the majority of the population sheltered. In all other: homeless subpopulations, more people fit into the unsheltered or other categories than the sheltered category. Senate Bi112 Requirements Under this legislation, signed into law in 2007, if there is an unmet need for emergency shelters within a jurisdiction, then the jurisdiction must accommodate the need for additional capacity to meet these outstanding needs. The Unincorporated Area and other affected jurisdictions can meet this requirement in one of two ways: 1) designate zone(s) within one year that allow emergency shelters as a permitted use or 2) by "adopting and implementing a multi jurisdictional agreement, with no more than two adjacent jurisdictions, to develop at least one year-round emergency shelter within two years." If the County decides to fulfill the requirement by supporting the development of a shelter, then it must also designate a zone in the Unincorporated Area that allows for development of an emergency shelter with a conditional use permit. Since the Butte County Continuum of Care: Point in Time Homeless Count Report indicates that six unsheltered homeless people exist in the Unincorporated Area, there is an unmet, albeit small, 34 Butte County Continuum of Care Report " 2448 Point in Time I-iomeless Count Report" January 30, 2008. 35 Butte County Continuum of Care Report "2008 Point in Time Homeless Count Report" January 30, 2008. 36 The other category is defined as "people are living in doubled-up conditions with others, for example staying temporarily with friends or family, ors#aying in motels for as much of the month as they can afford to do so. These people do not meet HUIJs definition of homelessness." 56 need for additional emergency shelter to serve the Unincorporated Area. Therefore, the County has one year to establish a zone that allows for emergency shelters as a permitted use, or two years to work towards and then implement an agreement with neighboring jurisdictions to establish an emergency shelter that can accommodate the needs of the homeless in all involved jurisdictions. Based on direction provided by the Board of Supervisors at their May 29 joint Housing Element meeting with the Planning Commission, the County will include a program in the Housing Element Update to designate at least one zoning district in the Unincorporated Area where emergency shelters will be permitted by right. Summary This section analyzed each of the six different special needs populations in the Unincorporated Area, Butte County, and California. • The percentage of elderly owner-occupied households in Unincorporated Area is significantly larger than that of Butte County overall or the State of California. • Elderly owners {8,900 households) greatly outnumber elderly renters {890 households) in the Unincorporated Area. * The Unincorporated Area had a slightly higher share of persons with disabilities (23 percent ofnon-institutionalized population five years and older), compared to Butte County (21 percent) and California (19 percent). + Large family households in Butte (about 3,900 in total) represent 10 percent of all households in the Unincorporated Area. • Single female-headed households with children constitute around 6 percent of households in the Unincorporated Area compared to about 7 percent in Butte County and California. • Given that there continue to be vacant units in the facility, the existing farmworRcer housing available at Gridley FLH seems sufficient to meet the needs of farmworkers in the area. + Of those in need of emergency shelter in Butte County, only 36 percent had shelter, leaving the remainder without shelter. Many of the unsheltered have either mental illness or physical disabilities. The housing cost burdens among the different special need populations varied in comparison to the housing cost burdens of the total household population. Over 90 percent of the elderly households in the Unincorporated Area own their own homes, but many owners still experience undue housing cost burdens. The percentage of the Butte County elderly owner households with excessive housing cost burdens (around 12 percent}, and severe housing cost burdens Gust under 9 percent}, was proportionately larger than the number of elderly renter households with excessive and severe housing cost burdens {each category around 2 percent of percent of total elderly households). Large family owner households exhibited a lower concentration with excessive and severe housing cost burdens compared to households overall in the Unincorporated Area, but a higher portion of Iarge family renter households had excessive or severe housing cost burdens compared 57 to households overall in the Unincorporated Area. The high concentration of elderly and the prevalence of unsheltered homeless persons might necessitate some special types of housing in the Unincorporated Area. In the case of the elderly, the greatest need is among owner households who have high housing cost burdens, and therefore may need financial assistance to remain in their homes. Finally, there is a need to provide accommodations to the unsheltered homeless population in the Unincorporated Area, since there are no shelters in the Unincorporated Area. Butte County should continue to work with the incorporated cities in Butte County to provide additional shelter, especially for adults and the physically disabled. In addition, the 3,300 individuals identified as physically disabled in the Unincorporated Area may require housing with accessibility, visitability, and universal design features. 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Table 28: Mired Faun Labar, ZOQ2 Farm Labor {a) Butte County State of California Hired farm labor 6,786 535,256 Worked 150 days or more 1,972 201,852 Worked less than 150 days 4,814 333,444 (a) Data are for total hired farm workers, including paid family members, by number of days wprked. Sources: 2002 Agricultural Census, 2008; BAE, 2008. Table 29: Butte County Homeless Population, Janua 30, 2008 (a) Adults Children with families Unaccompanied Youth Unknown Age Butte County Total Unincorporated Area (e) 5he[tered (b} Unsheltered (c) Other {d} Total 242 223 2$5 750 75 20 39 134 3 3 38 44 2 24 45 71 322 270 407 999 0 6 1D 16 Womeless subpopuiations (f) Sheltered Unsheltered Other Total Developmental Disability 34 44 46 124 Drug Abuse 121 43 72 236 Persons with HIV or AIDS 3 1 2 6 Medical 2 4 1 3 Mental Illness 98 75 141 274 Physical Disability 94 107 137 338 Other 14 19 11 44 Total 366 289 374 1425 Notes: (a} The above figures represent apoint-in-time count an the day of the survey. Since many individuals and families move in and out of homelessness over the course of a year and Ehe data is not perfect, the figures should not be considered perfect estimates. (b} "This includes only those staying in Emergency Shelters (such as Torres Shelter, Sabbath Wouse, and the Oroville Rescue Mission) and Transitional Housing Programs {such as Esplanade House, VECTORS, and the Well and Orchard House}. {c) "Includes those living in vehicles, on the street or in places not meant for human habitation." {d) "These people are living in doubled-up conditions with others, for example staying temporarily with friends or family, or staying in motels for as much of the month as They can afford to de so." These people do not meet WUDs definition of homelessness. (e} Defined as those homeless not in Biggs, Chico, Gridley, Oroville or Paradise. (f} Sums may not equal total homeless persons in households figures because one homeless person can be part of one or more homeless subpopulations. Source: Butte County Continuum of Care: Point in Time Homeless Count Report, 2008; BAE 2008. Governmental and fVon-governmental Constraints Constraints on the development of housing are divided into governmental constraints and non- governmental constraints. Governmental constraints include land use controls, on- and off site improvement standards, fees and exactions, processing and permit procedures, regulations on housing for persons with disabilities, and government codes and enforcement. Non-governmental constraints include the availability of financing, price of land and cast of construction. Governmental Constraints General Plan The residential General Plan land use designations include High Density Residential (HDR, up to 20 dwelling units per acre), Medium Density Residential {MDR, up to 13dulac), and Law Density Residential (LDR, up to six du/ac))17 Residential development is also permitted in the Agricultural Residential, and Foothill Area Residential land use designations at rural densities. Zoning Table 30 details the eleven different residential zoning designations in Butte County as established in the 1979 General Plan Land Use Element and currently included in the Butte County Municipal Code. The two residential categories, agricultural residential {AR-1 to AR- 10), and agricultural suburban residential allow far one housing unit per lot with a minimum lot size of 0.15 acres. R-1 and R-2 allow single family, duplex, halfplex and dwelling groups as of right, but require use permits for mobile home parks, rest homes, convalescent homes, or sanitariums. R-1 and R-2 do not allow multifamily development as of right nor with a use permit. R-3 and R-4 zones, while similar to R-1 and R-2, differ in that the zones permit multifamily dwellings as of right. The suburban residential designation is unique because single-family or modular homes are permitted as of right, but use permits and minor use permits do not allow for any other development types. The two remaining residential zones, residential-mobile homes and residential-nonconforming, both permit modular homes as of right and the residential- nonconforming zone also allows duplex dwellings, multiple single-family dwellings, and multi- family dwellings with a conditional use permits. The variety among the Butte County zoning designations allows various types of residential units permitted as of right. Table 31 examines the site development requirements for the R-l, R-2, R-3, and R-4 zones. The minimum lot areas, minimum yard setback, and parking spaces hold constant across the four zoning districts. The minimum lot width and the building site area per dwelling unit varies, with 37 Butte County 2030 General Plan. "Board of Supervisors Preferred Land t3se Alternative" July, 30, 200&. 68 the largest minimum size associated with the R-1 designation and the smallest minimum size for R-4. The building site area per dwelling unit, including two required off-street parking spaces is 6,500 square feet for R-1, 3,250 square feet for R-2 and R-3, and 2,150 square feet for R-4. There are no maximum height regulations in listed for residential development in Butte County's R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-4 zones. Drainage The Butte County Improvement Standards, updated in 2006, state that all development projects, residential and non- residential "shall be protected from inundation, flood hazard, sheet overflow and ponding of local storm water, springs, and other surface waters. The design of improvemen#s shall be such that water accumulating within the project will be carried away from the project without injury to any adjacent improvements, residential sites, or residences to be installed on sites within the project, or to adjoining areas...Drainage design within the project shall accommodate anticipated future development within the drainage area." 38 General development requirements include construction of drainage improvements resulting in no increase in runoff from its predevelopment peak. If the developer is unable to utilize adjacent natural drainage channels, or if nearby channels lack sufficient capacity, an impact fee is assessed in accordance with Chapter 3 of the Butte County Code. Projects loca#ed within a storm drainage assessment district, the Thermalito Master Drainage Plan area, or the Chico Storm Drainage Master Plan area, require additional minimum improvements in addition to payment of a storm drainage impact fee. Water and Sewer Connections Where feasible, developers are required to provide proposed residential subdivisions wi#h access to existing and operational water and sewer systems. This includes additional sewer and water mains, lift stations, etc. that may be required both within the subdivision to serve the needs of residents, and those necessary to provide a connection with an existing system, given that the system is within a reasonable distance from the project. When such a connection is impractical due to Iack of capacity or other factors, the developer can choose to construct a separate sewer 39 system for the subdivision, to include treatment and disposal facilities. In areas where public sewer is provided without a public water system, the developer may be required to provide a community water system as part of the tentative map approval. A community water system is required for all subdivisions with ten ar more lots, and for subdivisions that are located fewer 40 than 700 feet from a public water system that is capable of supporting the development. When public water and sewer service are not available, the developer is permitted to install individual well water and septic waste disposal systems. Installation of these systems requires 38 Butte County Improvement Standards, October 2006. Accessed September 9, 2008. httpalwww.buttecoun ty.net/pub] icworks/divisionsllanddevelopment/impstd.html 39 Butte County Improvement Standards, October 200b. Accessed September 9, 2008. httpa/www.buttecoun ty.net/publicworks/divisions/landdevelopmentlimpstd. html 49 Butte County Improvement Standazds, October 200b. Accessed September 9, 2008. httpa/www.buttecoun ty.netlpublicwoeksldivisions/landdevelopment/impstd.html 69 4€ percolation and soil depth tests that determine the minimum allowable lot size for each parcel. This is necessary in order to promote a healthy water supply for the property owner and surrounding residents. Chico Urban Area Nitrate Compliance Program Within the Chico Urban Area, there are restrictions on development that would be served by individual septic systems, due to nitrate contamination in the soil from a proliferation of septic systems. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Prohibition Order No. 90-12b was issued in 1990, and it prohibits waste discharges from individual septic systems within the Chico Urban area. Effectively, this necessitates that housing in the Chico Urban Area be served by community wastewater trea#ment systems. Parking Requirements On and off street parking requirements for residential development directly impact the amount of land available far the development of residential units and can greatly influence the cost of a project. The zoning code currently requires two parking spaces per single-family dwelling. For multifamily dwellings, the County requires a minimum of two spaces, with one space per bedroom. For multi-family projects with more than eight units, at least one space per unit must be covered and guest parking is required "equal to twenty percent of the number of dwelling units on site." 42 Therefore, athree-bedroom apartment would require three spaces plus additional guest parking. Pertaining primarily to multifamily development, parking lots with eleven or more parking spaces require that 40 percent of the overall number of spaces be designated compact. Handicapped spaces may also be required for residential projects based on standards set faith in the zoning code. Minimum surfacing guidelines require a dust palliative surface and sufficient drainage to meet the requirements of the Department of Public Works. Parking lots with more than four spaces adjacent to a public street require at least ten feet of landscaping along the public right-of--way and additional landscaping equal to f ve percent of the gross area of the parking lot. All 43 landscaped planters require asix-inch curb and an irrigation system. Although the County has received no complaints, and no commentary was provided by stakeholders or the public in any of the Housing Element meetings to the effect that the parking requirements pose an undue constraint on production of multifamily housing, the Draft Housing Element Policy Document includes a program to evaluation multifamily parking requirements and make amendments as may be appropriate. 4l Butte County Improvement Standards, October 2006. Accessed September 9, 2008. httpahvww.but#ecoun ty.netlpublicworks/divisionsllanddevelopment/impstd.html 42 Butte County Zoning Code Chapter 24.240. Accessed September 11, 2408. httpa/municipalcodes.]exisne xis.com/codeslbutteco/_DATAICI-IAPTER24/Article_I V _General_Development_Re124_240_Parking_regu ]ations .html 43 Butte Gaunty Zoning Code Chapter 24.240.10. Accessed September 1 I, 200$. httpalmunicipalcodes.]exis nexis.com/codes/butteco/. DATA/CHAPTER241Article_IV_General_17evefopment_Re124_240_10_Q~' str eet~arking_.html 70 Street Widths For subdivisions, a minimum of 65 feet is required for public right-af--way improvements, while 4d only 50 feet is required for local access roads, through streets, and cul-de-sacs. Where necessary, easements may be provided in urban areas for access to residential parcels. Access easements can serve only one single-family unit, must be no longer the 200 feet, and require a "building-free turning area." Minimum width is 20 feet, including four feet to be used for the as installation of necessary utilities. Sfreef Lighting Street lighting is required only for subdivisions with an average lot frontage between 125 feet and 200 feet. Single-family subdivisions with lot frontages less than 125 feet, or greater than 200 feet do not require street lighting, except along public street frontages outside the subdivision. In 46 cases where lighting is required, the system is to be installed by the developer. Pedestrian and Bicycle Paths Depending on the size of the project, developers may be required to include land for use as pedestrian and bicycle paths. Such paths are required to be a minimum often feet in width and are intended to provide ease of access for local residents to public parks, schools, and nearby destinations. Pedestrian paths may only be required far subdivisions of 50 or more parcels, while 47 subdivisions with 200 or more parcels may also require bicycle paths. Park Dedications Dedication of public open space is required to conform to the Recreation Element of the General Plan for residential projects that submit a tentative subdivision map, and have "lots averaging twa acres or less." as For lots with 50 ar more units, the required land dedication is calculated by multiplying the total number of dwelling units, in the case ofsingle-family residential development, or the maximum allowed density for multifamily projects, by a factor of 0.00$ for single-family or 0.005 for multifamily units. This is aimed at providing between two and two and a half acres of dedicated land per one thousand residents. In the case that the dedication is less than one acre, an in lieu fee is substituted. For projects with less than fifty lots and when land for dedication cannot be located within the project, the developer may be required to pay an in lieu fee calculated by multiplying the total acres required for land dedication by the "full cash value per acre of the property to be subdivided." a9 If the developer chooses to provide privately owned as Butte County Code Chapter 20.134. Accessed September 11, 2008. httpalmunicigalcodes.lexisnexis.com/ codeslbuttecol as Butte County Code Chapter 20.136. Accessed September 1 I, 2008. httpalmunicipalcodes.lexisnexis.coml codeslbuttecol 46 Butte County Code Chapter 20.152. Accessed September i 1, 2008. httpalmunicipa]codes.lexisnexis.com /codeslbuttecol 4~ Butte County Code Chapter 20.140 and Chapter 20.141. Accessed September 11, 2008. httpa/municipal codes.lexisnexis.comlcodeslbutteco/ 48 Butte County Code Chapter 20.74. Accessed September 11, 2008. httpalmunicipalcodes.lexisnexis.coml codes/buttecol 49 Butte County Code Chapter 20.74. Accessed September 11, 2008. http:/Imunicipalcodes.Eexisnexis.coml codeslbuttecol 71 parks and open space, the equivalen# acres or in lieu fee may be subtracted from the total amount required by the County. Watershed Protection Overlay Zone As noted in the 2004 Housing EIement Background Report, as well as in the existing Butte County Zoning Code, the Watershed Protection Overlay (WP) zoning designation provides additional development standards and requirements in Butte County's unique watershed areas. These additional requirements are designed to limit costs to local governments in the long term by acting to preserve existing water supplies. This is done through additional regulation of land uses, sewage disposal, and erasion control measures. Feather River Recreational Overlay Zone Development proposals within the Feather River Recreational Overlay zone are required to submit an additional proposal to the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) in addition to the Planning Division of the Department of Development Services, regarding potential impacts on the Highway 70 corridor. Also, development is limited by a I00-foot setback requirement, which creates a buffer between proposed development projects and the Feather River. While these requirements do not significantly affect the potential for development wi#hin dais zone, the setback requirement will reduce the overall land area available for residential projects. Site Development Regulations Tables 31 reports site development regulations far the R-1 through R-4 zoning designations. While the 2004 Housing Element Background Report stated that "much of the land upon which residential development can occur in unincorporated Butte County is not included in one of these 5° four residential zones and instead is zoned for larger parcels (exceeding one acre}," these four designations represent the only zones in which multifamily and high density residential development is permitted by right. The lowest density is the R-1 zone with a maximum density of six dwelling units per gross acre. The highest densities are in the R-3 and R-4 zones with maximum densities of 20 dwelling units per gross acre. For many rural developments, maximum densities may be limited by the land area made available due to septic system requirements. There are no set minimum densities. Fees and Exactions Residential permit fees offset the cost to various Butte County departments to process development projects. In addition, development impact fees cover new development's fair share of necessary community infrastructure, facilities, and other capital improvements, to ensure adequa#e services as the community grows. Table 32 calculates the total fees on both a per unit and per square foot basis for single family detached homes and multifamily units in Butte County and in areas covered by the North Chico so Butte County lousing Element Upda#e, Background Report. May 25, 2004. Accessed September 11, 2008. http://www.buttecounty.net/dds/Planning/Cunrent General_Plan_Elements/SutteCauntylEBack groundReport(final%2odraft).pdf 72 Specific Flan. These fees became effective on March 29, 2008, and will be updated after the fee SI changes are presented to the Board of Supervisors for consideration on March 24, 2009. Appendix C provides a map of the North Chico Speciftc Plan, and the emphasis for this analysis is upon unincorporated lands that fall within this Specific Plan area because there is a different set of fees for development within the Plan area. The first part of the table covers the fees generally applicable to all single-family and multifamily unit developments. For single-family detached homes in the Unincorporated Area, the fees per unit amount to $7.30 per square foot or approximately $11,000 per unit. The school impact fees, followed by the road and fire impact fees, represent the most significant fees in the Unincorporated Area. The amount of fees for a single family detached home represents approximately 4 percent of the median sales price far single-family units in Butte County ($266,500). Impact fees are slightly higher for single-family detached units within the North Chico Specific Plan boundaries because additional trails, storm drain, and parks fees apply. Within the North Chico Specific Plan, fees equal $12,600 per unit, or $8.40 per square foot. Multifamily developments have a higher cost per square foot, but a lower per unit cost than single-family detached units because many of the planning administration fees are fixed and do not change in accordance with the lower unit square footage of the multifamily units. The fees associated with multifamily development in the County amount to around $7,100 per uni#, or $7.90 per square foot. Accounting for the additional costs for the multifamily units in the North Chico Specific Plan Area, the fees for multifamily units in this area are about $$,000 per unit, or $8.90 per square foot. The bottom of Table 32 includes additional fees applicable under special circumstances. Fees such as Planning and Administration fees for variance, conditional use permits, and rezones, as well as environmental fees for MitigatedlNegative Declarations, just to name a few, do not apply to every residential project. Table 32 contains a complete list of these additional fees. Processing and Permr't Procedures Table 33 provides estimates of the time it takes for Butte County to process and approve new residential projects in Butte County. Not all of the listed procedures are requited for every development, so the time it takes for the approval of a residential project is dependent upon the necessary procedures. The processing times for all the procedures, with the exception of appeals to the Boards of Supervisors and environmental documentation, have increased significantly since 2004. It currently takes about I O months for a use permit requiring a public hearing, 15 months for a rezone, and 24 months for approval of a PUD or an amendment to the Butte County Zoning Code, Specific Plan, or General Plan. Since single-family developments are permitted as of right in all of the zoning districts except for some Commercial and Industrial zones, only a building permit is required and the development is not subject to the processing and permitting procedures listed in Table 33. The same holds true sa Personal Communication. Pete Calarco, Assistant Director Butte County Development Services, March i 7, 2009. 73 for multifamily dwellings that are permitted as of right in R-3 and R-4 zones. Therefore, given the prevalence of land that already allows single-family and multifamily development as of right, the long processing times for zoning and General PIan requirements do not represent an undue constraint on developers' ability to build housing in the Unincorporated Area. Constrar"nfs to Housing for Persons with Disabilities On 7anuary 1, 2002, SB 520 went into effect, requiring local jurisdictions to analyze potential governmental constraints to the development, improvement, and maintenance of housing far persons with disabilities as part of a jurisdiction's housing element update. The County has not adopted a Reasonable Accommodations Ordinance and does not have a formal process for individuals with disabilities to make requests for changing zoning, permit processing, or building laws. Butte County has removed the constraint of obtaining a use permit for certain types of housing that would accommodate the disabled, by allowing group homes with six persons or fewer by right in the residential zones.52 Butte County has not taken other steps to remove constraints on housing for persons with disabilities, such as evaluating the zoning code for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA}. Zoning and Land Use Butte County has not evaluated how the County's policies adhere to fair housing laws, however, Butte County has made some policy concessions for the disabled. The parking standards for certain types of housing in Butte County are unique whereby "convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes, sanitariums, etc.[must designate] one space for every four beds plus one space for each two employees (other than the staff doctors) plus one space for each doctor assigned to the staff, but in no case less than one space per seven hundred fifty (750) square feet of gross floor area."53 This is in contrast to the higher parking requirements for traditional multifamily development which requires "one parking space per bedroom but in no case less than two spaces per dwelling unit plus additional guest parking spaces equal to twenty percent of the number of 54 55 dwelling units on site." Butte County allows group homes in all of the residential zoning districts either by right or with use permits, dependent upon the number of people in living in the group home. The prevalence of sites zoned for residential use does not unreasonably restrict the siting of group homes. In addition, Butte County Municipal Code does not appear to distinguish between families and unrelated adults, and therefore complies with fair housing laws. In accordance with State law "licensed family, faster, or group homes in conjunction with six or fewer individuals on a twenty-four {24} hour basis," are permitted in all residential zones, and 52 Butte County allows group homes "for mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons or neglected children" 24-120 R-l through R-4 (Residential Zones) 53 Buttc County Municipal Code Chapter 24-240 Parking regulations. sa Ibid 55 The guest parking requirement only applies to multifamily projects containing more than eight units. 74 56 those homes with six or more individuals require a conditional use permit. Occupancy standards across all zoning districts do not differentiate between families and unrelated adults because the zoning code defines a family as "one or more individuals living together as a single s~ housekeeping unit in a single dwelling unit." p'inally, the current General Plan Land Use Element does not set a minimum distance between special needs housing facilities. Permits and Processing Butte County does not have a special process for retrofitting homes for accessibility, but rather such an improvement or addition would be subject to the general regulations in the Butte County Building Code. As discussed in the previous sec#ion, the County does allow group homes with six persons or fewer by right in residential zones, and allows group homes with more than six persons with a use permit. This use permit requirement has not prevented large group homes from being approved in the County, considering that Butte County did approve a 50-unit adult rehabilitation facility operated by the Salvation Army in 2003.58 The use permit process for group homes is the same as for all other residential developments that require a use permit. As a final point, Butte County treats all group homes providing on-site services the same as group homes 54 without such services because they allow group homes to provide services on a 24-hour basis. Building Codes Butte County has adopted the 2007 Uniform Building Code, and none of the minor local amendments decrease the ability of the County to accommodate persons with disabilities. The County has not adopted a universal design element nor does the County have a formal process of providing reasonable accommodations in the Building Code for persons with disabilities. Conclusion Butte County has already made some changes to its County Code to accommodate the disabled, including permitting group homes of six or fewer persons as a right in residential zones, but the County needs to take further steps to comply with SB 520. Specifically, the Draft Housing Element Update proposes a program to adopt a Reasonable Accommodations Ordinance to formalize the process for disabled persons to obtain concessions related to zoning, permit processing, and building laws that will allow them equal access to housing. The Draft Housing Element Update Policy Document proposes a program to clarify that Single-Roam Occupancy units are considered multifamily units, and subject to the same requirements as other multifamily units in the same zoning district. The Draft Housing Element Update Folicy Document also proposes a program to clarify that transitional and supportive housing units will be treated the same as other comparable housing units that are not designated as transitional or supportive, in the same zone, without any additional regulatory constraints. 56 Butte County Municipa[ Code Chapter 24-120 R-1 through R-4 {Residential Zones) 57 Butte County Municipal Code Chapter 24-305 Definitions ss Personal Communication. Dan Breedon. Principal Planner, Butte County Department of Development Services. Mazch b, 2009. 59 Butte County Municipal Code Chapter 24-120 R-1 through R-4 (Residential Zones) 75 Building Permits The building permit process in Butte County remains unchanged since 2004. Reviewing and issuing permits consistently take about two weeks for asingle-family unit and four weeks for a multifamily unit. If the plans have to be altered the process can take longer, but the standard process allows far a quick turnaround in the Building Division and is not an undue burden. Codes and Enforcement As of.Tanuary 1, 200$ Butte County enforces the 2007 editions of the California Building, Electric, Mechanical, and Plumbing Codes.60 Prior to 2008, Butte adhered to the California Building (2001}, Electric (2004}, Mechanical (2001), Plumbing (2001), and Codes. The County will continue to follow the 2005 Energy Commission Standards and the 1997 Uniform Housing Code (UHC) with California Amendments in 2008 just as the County had during 2007 6, A series of four meetings between the months of October 2007 and December 2007 presented the changes in the Codes to the building community. The County generally adheres to the 2407 editions of the California Codes, with some minor local changes, and therefore codes and enforcement in Butte County regulate building similar to the rest of California. Nongor-ernmental Constraints Availabilify of Financing Butte County is affected by the conditions in the national credit market. High national foreclosure rates and failing banks have tightened the credit market and made it hard for developers to obtain construction and permanent loans to build units. The credit crisis has seriously curtailed the availability of nontraditional mortgage products like adjustable rate mortgages and subprime mortgages. Quality credit scores, documentable income, and a significant down payment are now crucial to obtaining a home loan, thereby limiting the number of households able to obtain financing to purchase homes. This will exclude certain households that previously could have qualified to buy homes, forcing them into the rental market. This decrease in the availability of credit indicates that Butte County may have to facilitate an increase in the number of rental units available, to provide these households displaced from the for-sale market with adequate rental housing options. Price of Land Vacant residential land in Butte County from October 1, 2007 to April 1, 2008 had a median price of about $16,100 per acre, for a parcel of nearly six acres. The range of price was drastic, from a low of about $2,190 per acre across 34 acres in Feather Falls to a high of around $1 I 0,100 per acre far 1.09 acres in Magalia. The price of Iand in the Unincorporated Area does not appear to 64 Butte County Department of Development Services "Announcement: New Codes Coming in .Tanuary" September 6, 2007. 6l Ibid.1997 is the most recent Californian Uniform Housing Code. 76 hinder the development of housing. Cost of Construction The cast of construction for in Butte County remains reasonable for both single-family and multifamily housing developments. Single-Family Market Rafe Housing Data from Orsillo Construction and Bidwell Builders indicates that total casts in Butte County, excluding land, can range from a low of $131 per square foot to around $210 per square foot, depending upon the size of the home and the quality of the product. Typically, costs for conventionally built single-family market rate housing will be affordable to above moderate- income households; however, it is possible that economically-built, modestly sized single-family homes could be affordable tomoderate-income households. Mabiiehome Unifs Mobilehome units on individually-owned lots provide an affordable source of housing in Butte County. Based on information from local mobilehome dealers, costs for a basic mobilehome, delivered, set up on a "soft-set" or permanent foundation, with well and septic systems, may range from below $100,000 for asingle-wide unit to about $130,000 to $150,000 for a typical double-wide unit. Adding these costs to potential land costs, of $16,000 per unit (which is taken from the median price for residential land parcels reported above), plus fees of approximately $11,000 per unit, it is reasonable to expect that mobilehome units could be developed for a total as low as approximately $125,000 per unit for a smaller unit or $160,000 for adouble-wide unit that would be suitable for a family. These costs would be affordable to moderate-income households with three- and four-person households, as indicated in Table 17. Affordable Housing There are a limited number of affordable housing developments in the Unincorporated Area, with the exception of the Gridley FLH, operated by the Butte County Housing Authority, and the 22- unit Palm Crest Subdivision, which is currently under construction. Because it represents a current project, Palm Crest provides the best indicator of the feasibility of developing affordable housing in the Unincorporated Area. According to representatives of the Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), the sponsors of the Palm Crest Subdivision that CHIP builds and 62 operates affordable housing throughout Butte County as well as some surrounding Counties. CHIP has been able to successfully develop housing in the Unincorporated Area of Butte County for lower-income households through their Mutual Self Help Housing program. The Palm Crest Subdivision is located in Thermalito, an unincorporated community. Since the beginning of 2007 tlu'ough the end of 2008, CHIP has completed 37 homes in the Palm Crest Subdivision. As of April 2009, an additional seven homes were already complete and pending homebuyer loan closings. The total project size is 79 units, with an overall project density of 4.5 units per acre. 62 Personal Communication. Imelda Michel, Community Housing Improvement Program, Self Help Housing. Program Manager. April 2, 2009. 77 The land for the Palm Crest Subdivision has a general plan designation of Low Density Residential (LDR) under the current-Butte County General Plan. LDR allows housing 63 development at a density of six dwelling units per acre. Phase 2 of the project is currently under construction and all of the following costs are related to this phase of the project. Phase 2 will include a total of 28 units. The unit mix is as follows: ^ 20 units: five-bedroomltwo-bath units with 1,486 square feet. ^ 5 units: four-bedroomltwo bath units with 1,342 square feet ^ 1 unit: three-bedroomltwo bath unit with 1,300 square feet ^ 2 units: three-bedroomltwo bath units with 1,272 square feet. These 28 units are on about 7.2 acres making the lot size approximately 6,000 square feet. The cost of the land, which is part of the larger 17.69 acres for the entire development, was around $67,000 per acre at the time of initial purchase in 2003.64 The site improvements, completed in 2005, cost about $i 50,000 per acre. The hard construction costs equated to an approximately $56 per square foot because of the volunteer labor required of all of the homeowners in the Palm Crest Subdivision.6$ The average soft cost per unit equals about $68,000 and includes a developer fee and a technical assistance fee. Finally, the profit on the units is about five percent, which goes to cover overhead.bb Thus, the total casts of Phase 2 are around $5.7 million or about $205,000 per unit or $142 per square foot. Project subsidies write down the costs to make them affordable to the targeted income households. Cost data on recent affordable housing developments were also gathered for the incorporated cities of Butte County. Cost information from Murphy Commons in Chico, and the 1200 Park Ave. Senior Apartments in Chico serve as a proxy for the potential cost of new affordable housing development #hat could occur in the Unincorporated Area. Murphy Commons is an 86- unit multifamily development consisting of two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartments. Excluding the cost of land, the total cost per unit for the Murphy apartments amounted to around $208,000 or $214 per square foot. The other development, 1200 Park Ave. Senior Apartments, contains 107 units of two- and three-bedroom apartments and had a total cost per unit, minus land costs, of about $ I 46,000 per unit, or $224 per square foot. 63 Butte County Land [3se Element. Adopted October 20, 1979 and last revised 2000. Pg. L-55 Personal Communication. lmelda Michel, Community Housing Improvement Program, Self Help Housing Program Manager. April 2, 2009. 65 Ibid. 6G Personal Communication. Imelda Michel, Community Housing Improvement Program, Self Help Housing Program Manager. June 2, 2009 78 Housing Sifes Inventory and Analysis This section determines whether the Unincorporated Area has a sufficient amount of land available for the development of housing to meet the Unincorporated Area's Regional Housing Need Allocation, as determined by the Regional Housing Needs Plan (RHNF}. The analysis begins with. an assessment of the area's RHNP, and then provides a list of sites suitable to produce the required housing units. Government Code Section 685$3.2 defines the process of 67 identifying the adequate sites. This section also analyses the zoning regulations in relation to the provision of housing affordable to all income levels, emergency shelters and transitional housing, and other variations in housing types. Data for this section come from the Butte County Association of Governments {BCAG}, Butte County Department of Development Services, and Butte County Zoning and Second Dwelling Unit ordinances. Regional Housing Needs Allocation The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) identifies the supply of housing necessary to meet the existing and projected growth in population and households in California. Each of the 38 Councils of Governments (COGS) in the State receives a Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA} from HCD that specifies the number of units, by affordability IeVEI, that the COG region must plan to accommodate during its Housing Element planning period. Each COG then distributes the allocations throughout the cities and counties pursuant to article 65584 of the California Government Code. The allocation must be consistent with the following objectives: ^ 65584{d}(1} "Increasing the housing supply and the mix of housing types, tenure, and affordability in all cities and counties within the region in an equitable manner, which shall result in each jurisdiction receiving an allocation of units for low and very low- income households" ^ 65584{d} (2) "Promoting infill development and socioeconomic equity, the protection of environmental and agricultural resources, and the encouragement of efficient development patterns." ^ 65584{d} {3) "Promoting an improved intraregional relationship between jobs and housing." ^ 65584{d}(4) "Allocating a lower proportion of housing need to an income category when a jurisdiction already has a disproportionately high share of households in that income category, as compared to the countywide distribution of households in that category from sa the most recent decennial United States census." HCD determined the RHNA for the BCAG region, consistent with the objectives above. 57 Amendment of State Housing Element Law, Chapter 724, Statutes of 2004, AB 2348. Chapter 724 established Government Code Section 65583.2 ~a California Government Code Section 65584. 79 Regional Housing Needs Allocation, 20Q7-20?4 On June 24, 2008, the Butte County Association of Governments finalized the RHNA for the current planning period. Table 34 presents the RHNA for the January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2014 compliance period, a seven and a half year time span. The unit allocation for the Unincorporated Area (3,402) is significantly lower than in 2001-2008, and the distribution of units among income categories is also different. For 2007-2014, the total units are divided up between very low-income (20 percent), low-income (24 percent), moderate-income (26 percent}, and above moderate-income (26 percent}. Of the very low-income allocation, approximately SO percent {or 10 percent of the total RHNA) can be assumed to reflect the needs of extremely low- income households). In 2001-2008, the distribution of units heavily leaned towards above moderate-income units {46 percent), and then very low- income (20 percent}, low-income (16 percent), moderate-income (l8 percent). The reasoning behind BCAG's lower unit allocation for the Unincorporated Area for 2007-2014 lies in data on population growth, the condition of the housing stock, and relative income distribution.64 Housing Units Construcfed and/or Permitted to Date Since January 1, 2007, Butte County has permitted a number of housing units that fulfill a portion of the County's RHNA. This includes 37 low-income housing units in the self-help Palm Crest Subdivision, 38 second units (which are presumed to be affordable to low-income households due to their size and their being rental units), plus 338 mobilehome units (which are presumed affordable to moderate-incotne households due to the low development costs) and ZS3 additional single-family units which are presumed to be affordable to above moderate-income households. See discussion in section below on Zoning to Accommodate the Development of Affordable Housing to Lower Income Households, for analysis documenting the affordability of the various types of housing for lower- and moderate-income housing. Net Outstanding RHNA As a result of the units already produced, Butte County's net outstanding RHNA that must be accommodated on available sites for housing development in the Unincorporated Area is: 1,163 very low-income units and low-income units, 274 moderate, and 1,299 above moderate-income units. Inventory of Land Suitable for Residential Development To determine the development capacity of the land available in the Unincorporated Area to meet the County's net outstanding RHNA, State housing law mandates an analysis of suitable land. Table 3S presents a list of vacant land available for residential development with a General Flan Iand use designation of HDR, or MDR, in various zoning districts appropriate to accommodate new housing development that can be affordable to households with a range of income levels. In addition to the specific HDR and MDR parcels Iisted in Table 3S, County GIS records indicate that there are approximately 2,006 parcels with LDR residential designations where at least one 69 Butte County Association of Governments "DRAFT Butte County Regional Housing Needs Plan 3anuary 1, 2007 - 3une 30, 2014" hitp://www.brag.org/~lanningldocuments/RHNP_FJNAI. 2007.pdf Accessed on April 16, 2008. $0 additional single-family dwelling unit could be constructed. A total of about 787 acres with the HDR and MDR land use designations is potentially available for housing. Given that HDR allows for up to 20 du/ac, and the MDR up to 13 du/acre, the General Plan designations result in a potential unit capacity well in excess of the remaining outstanding RHNA. Not all of the vacant residential land, however, is suitable for development. Sta#e law also requires further analysis that refines the unit capacity the available land. The other factors that determine the suitability of the vacant land include: ^ Infrastructure capacity such as water, sewer (both on-site and distribution facilities) throughout Butte County Environmental constraints like floodplains, and watershed protection zones. Viability of the sites within the Housing Element planning period through June 30, 2014. It is necessary to examine these additional constraints in order to arrive at a realistic estimate of residential development capacity in the Unincorporated Area. The realistic unit capacity reduces the potential unit capacity because of environmental constraints andlor limited infrastructure capacity. In response to HCD's comments, the realistic unit capacity of each site shown on the housing sites inventory (Table 35 of the Housing Element Needs Assessment) has been reduced by 2S percent from the maximum allowable density, to accommodate the possibility that developers might significantly under-build on the available sites. Although the County has no experience to suggest that there are any existing constraints to developers wishing to build at the maximum allowable densities, the County believes that this 25 percent reduction from unit yields at maximum densities provides a conservative estimate of the total unit capacity on the identified sites. The following sections include an analysis of both infrastructure capacity and environmental constraints far the sites listed in Table 3S. While some of the sites in the land inventory are large (grea#er than 1 S acres} these sites are still appropriate for affordable housing development because of the opportunity for Specific Plan development followed by subdivision of the property into smaller parcels which could be acquired and developed by affordable housing developers. Butte County is currently working 70 through the approval process for the Rio D'Oro Specific Flan on 689 acres. The Specifc Plan calls for a variety of commercial and residential uses, including 324 acres of residers#ial development. A total of 26 acres of the residential acreage will allow for housing at a density of 13-20 dwelling units per acre and six acres will be zoned for a density of 20 to 30 dwelling units per acre7~ Similarly, Specific Plans for other large sites could also be developed to facilitate housing development in the future. HDR Land Use Designa#ron Sites with a Iand use designation of HDR and residential zoning total approximately 38 acres of ~o Rio D-0ro Specific Plan Draft. March, 2409. http://www.buttecaunty.net/ddslPlanning Ispecific~lans/Rio_d_Oro/20D9-03-D5/07375_SPS_March%2D2D09.pdfAccessed August ]0, 20D9. ~i Ibid 81 land in the Unincorporated Area. Infrastructure Availability All of the sites have both water and sewer service available. The Lake Oroville Area Public Utility District provides sewer service to all of the sites, and South Feather Water and Power Agency and California Water Service Company -Chico District both serve the HDR sites. Environmental Constraints The sites da not have any known environmental constraints. The sites are not within a watershed protection zone or the 100-year flood plain. MDR Land Use Designation Based on an evaluation of sites with the MDR land use designation, a subset of sites listed in Table 35 indicate a total of about 740 acres that are potentially available far residential development with the Housing Element planning period ending 3une 30, 2014. lnfrastrucfure Availability Only selected sites with a MDR designation currently have both water and sewer service available an site. There is na water and sewer service on 11 of the sites, and an additional 10 sites have water service, but no sewer service on site. All sites either lacking water or sewer service have a realistic unit capacity of zero units, although the sites could be developed in the future if water and/or sewer service expanded onto these sites. The remaining sites all have water provided by South Feather Water and Power Agency, Paradise Irrigation District, Durham Irrigation District, Lake Madrone Water District, Thermalito Irrigation District, California Water Service Company - Oroville District, or the California Water Service Company -Chico District, and sewer service from the Lake Oroville Area Public Utility District or the Thermalito Irrigation District. Environmental Constraints None of the sites indentif ed are within the Butte County watershed protections zones, but some of the sites are within the 100-year flood plain. Sites that lay completely within the 100-year floodplain have a realistic unit capacity of zero, and sites lying partially within a 100-year floodplain have a reduced realistic unit capacity that coincides with the portion of the site within the 100-year floodplain. Land inventory after Accounting for Infrastructure and Environmental Constraints As summarized in Table 35, after accounting for the environmental and infrastructure constraints in each of the study areas, and reducing the resulting unit yields by an additional 25 percent to accommodate the possibility of developers significan#ly under-building on the available sites, the total number of potential units decreases, leaving the Unincorporated Area with a total of at least 2,544 units that could be developed within the RHNA time horizon, assuming all sites are built at the allowable densities. This unit count takes into consideration reductions in potential units due to the elimination of sites that have no sewer or water service, or are located completely within a 100-year flood zone. 82 Zoning to Accommodate the Development of Housing Affordable to All Income Le~efs Sites fo Accommodafe Housing for Louver Income Households Government Code Section 65583.2 sets default minimum allowable densities for zoning presumed to accommodate housing that would be affordab]e for lower-income households. The Government Code classifies jurisdictions in four different categories. Butte County is categorized as a suburban jurisdiction, where the default minimum density to accommodate ~z housing affordable for lower income households is at least 20 dwelling units per acre. Under the current General Plan, the HDR land use designations allow up to 20 du/ac. As summarized on Table 35, available HDR sites have a realistic unit capacity of 7S8 units. Butte County can accommodate the remainder of its RHNA for lower-income households on MDR-zoned land that can be developed at densities of up to 13 dwelling units per acre. Although this density is below the default minimum density far housing affordable to lower-income households, the following information demonstrates that sites with the MDR land use designation can feasibly accommodate housing for lower-income households. The reasoning behind the default minimum densities laid out by California Government Code section 65583.2(c)(3) is that by allowing developers to build at higher densities, affordable housing developers may purchase less land in order to accommodate a given number of housing units. The code section then assumes that this translates into a lower average land cost, per housing unit produced. When combined with other costs for housing development, this lower land cost is then presumed to contribute to an overall lower average cast per unit to produce housing, thus facilitating affordable housing production. The discussion that follows is intended to explain how the relatively low land values in the Unincorporated Area create a situation where affordable housing can feasibly be built at densities allowed in the MDR land use category. First, it is necessary to establish a reasonable assumption for the value of residential land that could be developed for medium density housing in the Unincorporated Area. in addition, information was previously provided that demonstrates that residential land costs in the Unincorporated Area are very reasonable, with a median cost of $16,100 per acre. Based on this price, at densities of 13 dwelling units per acre, land costs might average approximately $1,250 per housing unit compared with an average land cost of about $800 per housing unit at 20 dwelling units per acre. The median cost per acre for sites zoned at 13 dwelling units per acre is indeed over 50 percent higher than zones zoned at 20 duo. While that percentage is significant, this percentage translates into an actual increase in cost of only $450 per housing unit. This demonstrates that in Unincorporated Butte County, the difference in land cost per unit between 20 dwelling units per acre and 13 dwelling units per acre would have a minimal effect on overall housing production costs. n Department of Housing and Community Development, Division of Hosing Policy Development, "Amendment of State Housing Element Law - AS 2348" June 9, 2Ul)5. 83 For MDR sites, the lower density (than the statutory default minimum) allowed may even facilitate same development cost savings, since the lower density would give developers more #lexibility in siting and designing their units to economize in the construction process. In fact, information was previously presented on the Palm Crest Subdivision, in which Community Housing Improvement Program is developing self-help single-family detached housing units at densities of just under five units per acre for lower-income households on land that has a Low Density Residential designation. Considering that: (a) residential Iand costs in Butte County are minimal; (b} these costs mean that a reduced maximum density from 20 dwelling units per acre to I3 units per acre has a minimal effect on overall housing production costs; and, {c) market conditions, as demonstrated by Community Housing Improvement Frogram's choice to develop affordable housing on land designated at lower densities suggest that there may even be a feasibility advantage to developing affordable housing at lower densities than the default minimum densities prescribed by State law, Butte County believes that land available far multifamily housing development at up to 13 dwelling units per acre is suitable to accommodate a portion of its RHNA for lower-income households. Table 35 lists with MDR land use designations and residential zoning that would permit multifamily residential development. The table excludes many vacan# sites that are relatively small in size, instead focusing on parcels that are large enough to facilitate projects of a size that would achieve economies of scale in planning and production. As summarized on the table, the estimated realistic unit capacity of these sites is 2,097 units. These sites, combined with the available HDR sites could more than accommodate the County's remaining outstanding RHNA for lower-income units. Addifional tower-Income Unit Capacify Based on Anticipated Second Units Butte County has f nalized construction permits for an average of eight second units per year since adopting the 2004 housing element. Based on this track record, Butte County anticipates that for the fve-year planning period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2014, it can continue to average eight second units per year, for an additional 40 units. As discussed previously, based on the market findings that rental housing tends to be affordable to low-income households, and because second units cannot be sold separately from the property on which the primary residential unit sites, second units are presumed to be affordable to lower-income households. It should be pointed out that Butte County does not need to rely on any second units already produced, or anticipated in the next five years, to accommodate its RHNA; rather, these units are highlighted in Table 3b because they do represent a useful source of affordable housing. Sites for Development of Housing Affordable fo Moderate-Income Households As discussed previously, mobilehomes represent a valuable source of housing in Butte County, because they can be developed at casts that are affordable to moderate-income households. The vacant land inventory on Table 35 has identified vacant sites covering approximately I34 acres of land in the MDR land use category that have zoning that would be appropriate for single-family residential development, including mobilehomes. The estimated realistic unit capacity of this 84 land is 1,672 units. Based on the County's experience with single-family units permitted since the beginning of January 2007, approximately 57 percent afsfngle-family units are mobilehomes, and the remainder are conventionally built dwellings. Assuming that this proportion remains, the County expects that this subset of MDR sites can accommodate development of 956 mobilehome units that would be affordable to moderate-income households. In addition, mobilehomes can also be constructed on parcels with LDR land use designations. Butte Count GIS records indicated that there are at least 2,006 vacant parcels with LDR land use designations and residential zoning in the Unincorporated Area, where at least one housing unit could be built. Assuming that 58 percent of the units that could be constructed on these sites would be mobilehomes, Table 36 estimates that 1,147 of these units could be affordable to moderate-income households. Sifes for Development of Housing Affordable to Above Moderate Income Households The remaining unit capacity on the MDR and LDR parcels that are suitable for single-family development after accounting for the anticipated mobilehome production is available to accommodate the County's remaining unmet RHNA for above moderate-income housing. As indicated in Table 36, this amounts to capacity for at least 912 housing units. This exceeds the County's outstanding unmet RHNA by a healthy margin; however, it should be noted that while each LDR parcel is counted only as accommodating one new housing unit, many parcels will be capable of supporting more than one unit, if subdivided. Additionally, excess capacity for lower- income and moderate-income housing units can provide back-up capacity for above moderate- incame needs. Summary Based on housing sites inventory presented in Tab]e 35 and the accompanying analysis above indicating the potential affordability of housing units constructed in various General Plan land use categories and zoning districts, Butte County has adequate vacant land capacity to accommodate its outstanding unmet RHNA, for households at all income levels. Table 36 summarizes the County's ability to accommodate its RHNA through a combination of units already built, and units that could be built on available sites. The County easily accommodates its RHNA at all income levels on land that is already designated and zoned for residential development. Zoning for Emergency Shelters and Transitional Housing Emergency Shelter As of January 1, 2005, Government Code Section 65583(x)(4) requires the County to accommodate the development of at least one, year-round, emergency shelter within its jurisdiction and have capacity in the Unincorporated Area's emergency shelters for homeless 73 74 residents. As previously mentioned, the Unincorporated Area can meet this requirement in 73 Building Block far Effective Housing Elements, "Adequate Sites Inventory and Analysis: Zgning for Emergency Shelters and Transitional Housing". httpa/www.hcd.ca.gov/hpd/}-ousing_element/index.html. Accessed on April 25, 2008. $5 one of two ways: 1) designate zone(s) within one year that allow emergency shelters as a permitted use or, 2} by "adopting and implementing amulti-jurisdictional agreement, with no more than two adjacent jurisdictions, to develop at least one year-round emergency shelter within two years."75 Ifthe County decides to fulfill the requirement by supporting the development of a shelter, then it must also designate a zone in the Unincorporated Area that allows for development of an emergency shelter with a conditional use permit.76 Therefore, the County has until August 31, 2010 to establish a zone that allows for emergency shelters as a permitted use, ar work towards and then implement an agreement by August 31, 201 l with neighboring jurisdictions to establish an emergency shelter that can accommodate the needs of the homeless in all involved jurisdictions. The Board of Supervisors, at the May 29`h Housing Element meeting determined that the mast appropriate way to address this requirement is to provide a zoning district where emergency shelters can be developed as of right. County staff has determined that the most appropriate zone to fulfill this requirement is the Light Industrial zone. There is adequate vacant land in this zone. County staff estimates that there are approximately 342 acres on 25 vacant parcels within this zone. Much of the land is located along major highways and transportation corridors that would allow access to transit, and adjacent to the incorporated cities so clients would have access to services. There are sites in bath the Chico and Oroville urban areas. The light industrial zone is an appropriate location to allow emergency shelters by right, since the zone is compatible with the operation of emergency shelters, whose clients may arrive and leave at various hours of the day and night on a transient basis. Additionally, the other uses allowable within the Light Industrial zone are limited such that their operations would be compatible with the operation of emergency shelters. The Draft Housing Element Update contains a program to effectuate the change in zoning regulations to allow emergency shelters by right in the Light Industrial zoning district. Transitlona! Housing As discussed earlier, transitional housing consists of housing that former homeless individuals are living in for up to two years while they strive to live on their awn. Typically, residents of transitional housing are provided with various services that facilitate their eventual relocation to permanent housing, which may or may not include various support services. State housing law mandates that neither zoning nor development standards can place an unnecessary burden on the production and operation of transitional housing. The current Butte County zoning code already allows for "use of asingle-family residence as a small family day care home, licensed family care home, foster home, or group home for mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons or ~~ neglected children. Said homes shall serve six or fewer persons." 74 Senate Bill 2, Chapter 633. Amendment to Acts 655582, 65583 and 65589.5. Approved by Governor on October 13, 2007. Effective January 1, 2008. 7S Senate Bili 2, Chapter 633. Amendment to Acts 655582, 65583 and 65589.5. Approved by Governor on October 13, 2007. Effective .lanuary I, 2008. 74 Senate Bill 2, Chapter 633. Amendment to Acts b55582, 65583 and 655$9.5. Approved by Governor on October 13, 2007. Effective January 1, 2008. 77 Butte County zoning Code 24-120 $6 Zoning for a Variety of Housing Types Single Room Occupancy Units The Butte County Zoning Code does not currently provide a zone that specifically allows for single room. occupancy (SRO} residential dwelling units either as of right or with a conditional use permit. However, there are no provisions in the zoning code for R-3 and R-4 zones that would prohibit SRO units. The Draft Housing )~lement Update proposes a program to amend the zoning regulations to conform to State law and allow SRO units where multifamily units are allowed, subject to the same standards as other multifamily units in the same zone. Transitional and Supportive Housing The Butte County Zoning Code does not currently provide a zone that specifically allows for transitional and supportive housing units either as of right or with a conditional use permit. The Draft Housing Element Update proposes a program to amend the zoning regulations to conform to State law and clarify that transitional and supportive housing developments are residential uses, and that transitional and supportive housing units will be treated the same as other similar residential uses in the same zone, with na additional regulatory requirements. Manufactured Housing California Government Code Section 65852.3{a) requires that Iocal jurisdictions "allow the installation of manufactured homes certified under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 {42 U.S. C. Secs. 5401 Et. Seq.} on a foundation system, pursuant to section 1$551 of the Health and Safety Code, on lots zoned for conventional single-family residential dweIIings." 7s Subsequently, manufactured dwellings, certified by this 1974 Act, and the lots on which they are situated, cannot be subject to development standards, like lot setback requirements, parking standards or minimum lot size requirements, different from those required for regular residential development. However, additional standards may be set for architectural features such as roof overhangs and siding or roofing materials. The Butte County Zoning Cade currently complies with section 65862.3(a) of the Government Code by allowing installation of modular homes, defined as a mobile home, certified under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act, in all zones that permit single- family residential dwellings. In addition, the Mobile Home Park {MHP) zone permits mobile homes with 500 or more square feet of gross area as a primary uses, subject to the approval of a master development plan. Development requirements for the MHP zone include a minimum often contiguous acres and divided into no fewer than fifty mobile home lots, with a maximum density of ten lots for every 750 square feet in grass area per acre. Development standards for mobile home lots within the MHF zone include a minimum site area of 2,700 square feet, an average width of 42 feet, or 30 feet plus the width of the mobile home for sites designed 79 for double width or larger units, and a minimum frontage of 30 feet. 7s California Government Code Section 65854.3 (a). Accessed September 5, 2008. httpalwww.leginfo.ca.go vlcgi-bin/waisgate?WAiSdoc1B=657$427] 52+0+0+0&WAISaction--retrieve. 79 Butte County Code Chapter 24.205. Accessed September 5, 2008. httpa/municipalcodes.lexisnexis.com/ codeslbut#ecol 87 Second Units The Second Dwelling Ordinance 2~1-280 outlines the requirements and standards for development of second units in compliance with California Government Code Section 65852.2. According to the ordinance, a second dwelling unit is a residential structure built in addition to a main residential dwelling, that is either attached or detached from the main structure, and can involve new construction or re-use of existing buildings, as well as designation of an existing residential unit to allow construction of a new, larger primary residence. A second unit must be equipped with its own separate entrance, in addition to private kitchen and bathroom facilities. The County's second dwelling unit ordinance permits the construction of second units as an accessary use, subordinate to the primary use, on any legal lot in a residential zone, and in some non-residential zones including Highway Commercial (H-C), Neighborhood Commercial {N-C), Residential Professional {R-P), Timber Mountain {TM), Planned Unit Development (PUD), and Scenic Highway and Unclassified (U).S0 County code states that second units cannot be constructed an parcels already occupied by more than one residential dwelling and are "prohibited on: (1) Land Subject to Land Conservation Act Contracts and per the County Resolution implementing the Williamson Act; (2) Where specific findings are made that due to adverse health, safety and welfare impacts a particular area or a particular project cannot (for reasons enumerated) support second dwelling units; (3) Land within Zones Bl, B2 and C1 of the 2000 Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan; {4) North Chico Specific Plan area {5} Agricultural zones, i.e. A-5 through A-160; (b) Land within the "WP" (Watershed Protection} Overlay Zone."a' Development standards require the provision of one oft=street parking space for second units with one or two bedrooms, and two spaces for units with mare than two bedrooms. Second unit parking requirements are in addition to those for the primary residence. Second units are not subject to size limitations, providing alI necessary improvements and site development standards are met, including those typical for residential building permits and the applicable zoning district. Residency for second units is unrestricted, except that either the primary residence, or the second dwelling unit, must be accupied by the owner of the property. A deed restriction must be az executed stating this occupancy requirement before the owner can receive a building permit. Farmworker Housing The Agricultural Zones, A-5 through A-160 allow by right one single-family dwelling unit or modular home, as well as farmworker housing, including mobile homes, for up to 12 workers and their families. so Butte County Second Dwelling Unit Ordinance 24-280. si Ibid. s2 16id. 88 Summary A comparison between the preliminary sites inventory analysis and the RHNA indicates that overall the County has more than enough sites to accommodate the outstanding unmet RHNA of 2,734 units. In addition, considering market conditions and trends and the potential feasibility of developing affordable housing units in HDR and MDR zones, as well as accounting for a small number of additional second units tha# could be affordable at the lower-income level, the County as adequate sites to accommodate its outstanding RHNA for households at each income level, as summarized in Table 36. $9 f~ 0. m 7 O P. a N 0. 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O N C V~ U~ C C y a~'~ RRO un ~ O C O_ ~ -° 'o w N m= v v E£~~ °0 3 m m m ~~ Em¢vQmmm C _ _~E~~a °S~O1~. v ~' Table 31: Butte County R-1 through R-~ Site Development Regulations by Zoning District R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 Minimum Lot Area Acres Interior Lot (a) 0.15 D.15 0.95 0.15 Corner Lot (a) 0.16 0.96 O.i6 0.16 Hatfplex (Zero Lot Line) - 0.09 0.09 0.09 Comer Lot - 0.T1 0.1T 0.1T Square Feet Interior Lot (a) 6,500 6,500 6,50D 6,500 Comer Lot {a) 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 Halfplex (Zero Lot Line) - 4,000 4,000 4,000 Comer Lot - 5,400 5,000 5,000 Minimum Lot Widlh (Feet) Interior Lot 65 65 65 65 Comer Lot 70 65 55 55 Cul-de-sac (Public Street Frontage) 40 40 40 40 Minimum Yard Setback (Feet) Front {b) 20 20 20 20 Side 5 5 5 5 Rear 15 10 5 5 Building Site Area per Dwelling Unit (Square Feet) {c) 6,500 3,250 3,250 2,150 Parking Spaces (per Dwelling Unit) 2 2 2 2 Notes: {a) On public sewage disposal service. All other lots meet requirements of the environmental health division for septic systems, the minimum lot sizes may be required to be larger. {b) This increases to 25 feet when adjacent #o a federal aid road. Measured from the ultimate right of way. {c) Including two off-street parking spaces. Sources: Butte County Zoning Code, 2008; BAE, 2008. ~ ~ ~~~~ (p V' A [~ N d O O M 0 0 0 0 0 e~ d m ~ N 3+ N N E W h ° A ~~ {+f O h M O N m O d m 0 N W d O h M t+ ~fl O W ff} C C m N M ~1 r m 7 N 7 h V M 61 W O m d m {~ P1 r h M ° N O r Ip m m N M M N m~ O M m v m OI N ~D h M ~ C G4 ~ ~ ~9 (9 (!} NV! (+l /A ({~ !A ~ c0 fA V3 ff} 49 ~ ~ fPr U3 IH axil~b w ~ a o ~.. ~ ° U U 4 ~ ~ 6 .~. 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L~ .Yy. m ro t~ E m ~tl Ol U ~ O ~ m n E = g; ~ E m 5~ 5 m a C a R 2 a w~ y y m L N~~~ 44 L9 W ~~ _ ~O h y, a w C ~ Lpa =m c w ~ ~ ~ m ~~ c ~~ v m~ m m y~ - c m~ rj ~ =O ~ = C N ~_ IL 0 :C = ~ ~ l N O1 N y~ 7 0 d C N C~ O~ OIL U N U C p G ~ L C s U N 4 ~ _- U Cl Q 0] ~. O.. 'O ~ C ~' 3 C N F Ul In N = a -. E L '~ y N ~[1 O O V ul O O L G] v = E L R~ w 41 fn O O C 0 q~ b N C~~ Vii L O = pQ pNp of W o ."' ~ a~ a o 3 = ? 'o ~~~ N~ ' O D U w a~ L O~ U C O R Q U~ U U1 N a C ~ N ~ N~ E L 'O N O y C N "O Q N N N_ i+ N C w x O .~ I!! 3 O U [0 a N .~ Q1 C n } N O U m m Table 33: Schedule of Residential Processing Times, Butte County Approximate Residential A royal Processing Time Rezoning ~" i5 months Use Permits Requiring Public Hearing Planned Unit Residential Development 70 months 24 months Amendment to the Butte County Zoning Code, Specific Plan or General Plan 24 months Tentative and parcel maps Variance Appeals to Hoard of Supervisors Environmental Documentation 10 months 8 months 30 - 90 days Varies from 180 to 365 days Sources: Butte Ceunty Department of Developmental Services, 2008; f3AE, 2008. a o 0 o e o e ~ ~D h GO O OD G m ~ N f+7 N OT O ~ v ~ C c ~ m a m a o com rornm C _ l[) ~ N ~ ~ ~ Oi O cV ,- r yj O U ~ Q O ~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ N r ~ 00 aO I~ ~ m t r O ti y m C d ~ C N r ~ N ~~ N h '- CO W r~ V' r M O v N O Q ~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 7 r V' LO CO ~P G C N ~ r C G o a C O W im N M p , V ' o7 ~~ ~ ~ fly ~ M r N U N O Q ~ ~ 0 0 0 0 0 o O N (O OO N c m ~ { r N ~ ~ r ~ G V N L Q. 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W C C7 C U ~_ t n a m m b 0 .~ .~ O tF1 O N .~ 7 .~ W N C V ctl N N a ., O n U Q N U .~ 7 U N .~ d N L QC1 U N d N_ C O .~ .~ N d C O .~ QI .~ O ~m E `w U 'C _N N m N C 0 '6 c0 N s J U N_ C 0 .~ rn .~ E ~6 t 7 U tL m pi O N !L ai 0 d N G `m t}1 C O U m Tahle 36: Summa of RHNA and Sites Ca act Household Income Level Very Low Above and Low Moderate Moderate TOTAL Qriginal RHNA Allocation 1,236 612 1,552 3,402 Less Units Already Produced (constructed or permits issued) Single-family homes 0 0 253 253 Mobilehomes 0 338 0 338 Second Units (a} 38 0 0 38 Regulated Affordable Units {b) 37 0 0 37 Sub-7ota1 Unrts Already Produced 75 338 253 66fi Net Outstanding RHNA 1,163 274 1,299 2,736 Unit Gapacity on Identified Sites Mobilehome or 5FR on Vacant Low Density Residential Parcels {c} 0 1,147 859 2,006 Mobilehome or 5FR on Vacant Medium-Density Sites (d} 0 71 54 125 Projected Additional Second Units (e) 40 0 0 40 Remaining Palm Crest Subdivision Lower-Income Units to be Completed 42 D D 42 Lower-Income on HDR Sites (permits up to 20 dulacre) {fa 569 0 0 569 Lower-Encome on MDR Sites with multifamily zoning {permits up to 13 dulac) {f) 1,851 0 0 1,851 Total Unit Capacity an Identified Sites 2,501 1,219 912 4,632 "Buffer" ar Excess Capacity 9,338 (g) 945 -387 (h) 9,896 Notes: (a) Due to law market rate rental housing rates, second units are considered affordable to low-income households. {b) Palm Crest Subdivision self-help pausing project. 37 units affordable to low-income households with deed restrictions. (c) Unit produckion on sites allowing a single dwelling are split between mobile homes (moderate) and conventional SFDs {above-moderate), based on proportion of units already produced during this compliance period. Conservatively assumes only one residential unit per parcel. (d} See site details and realistic unit capacity on Table 35. Anticipated units are split between mobilehomes (moderate) and conventional SFDs (above moderate} based on proportion of units already produced during this compliance period. (e) Projected additional second units are based on average number of second units finalized from 20D5 to date (since implementation of 2004 Housing Element). Eight units per year times five years. {f) See site details and realistic unit capacity on Table 35. {g) The unit taunt does not include approximately 312 units on a portion of parcel 047-710-ODi-000 because the parcel lacks water and sewer service, but the parcel could be developed if water and sewer service were built. (h) Above moderate income needs can also be accommodated on excess sites suitable to lower-income and moderake-income housing development. Sources: BCAG, 2008; BAE, 2008. Opportunities for Energy Conservation Energy conservation plays a key role in affordability because low utility casts decrease the costs of owning and renting. Additionally, energy conservation is a key principle of sustainability. Government Code Section 65583 (a) (7) mandates an "analysis of opportunities for energy conservation with respect to residential development."87 The analysis consists of two parts. The first reports the current planning and development standards in Butte County that promote energy conservation and the second considers the opportunity for new programs that increase conservation. In 1978, Title 24, Part 6 of the California Code of Regulations, established the Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings to reduce the California's energy consumption.84 Title 24 is continually updated in response to new technologies, with the latest update occurring in 2005. Butte County adopted these State standards and includes them as part ss of the County's General Codes and Ordinances, Chapter 26, Buildings. In addition, the Butte County Department of Development Services, Building Division, makes the Title 24 Compliance forms readily available on its website.g~ Through adherence to the Title 24 standards, the County will reduce the electricity and natural gas costs in its new residential buildings. The 2004 Housing Element recommended that Butte promote energy conservation through a series of three policies. ^ "F. 1. The County shall continue to implement state energy-efficient standards. ^ F.2. The County shall develop site design guidelines for energy conserving development patterns. ^ F.3. The County shall provide weatheriaation assistance to low-income households. " As discussed in the section of this report entitled "Review of Existing Housing Element" the County has not completed any of these programs The updated Housing Element Policy Document, however, lists two policies and outlines three actions and a quantified objective for promoting energy conservation over the next five years. The policies in the updated Policy document are carried over from the 2004 Housing Element: ^ H-P6.1 Continue to implement State energy-efficiency standards. ^ H-P6.2 Provide energy conservation assistance to low-income households 83 HCD Building Block for Effective 13ousing Elements "Opportunities for Energy Conservation." 64 The California Energy Commission, httpahvww.energy.ca.gov/ritle24/. Accessed on May 5, 2008. 85 A Codification of the General Codes of Sutte County. httpa/municipalcodes.lexisaexis.com/codes/butteco/ Accessed on April 11, 2008. 86 Butte County Department of Development Services, Building Division, http:l/wrwv.butte county.net/ddslbuildingldefault.asp. Accessed on May 5, 2008. 904 The updated element also has three actions corresponding to the policies including staying inforaned of the impending regulations related to green building as the State government enacts laws under California' new Green Building Standard Code, providing links on the County's website to weatherization funding programs for low-income homeowners and rental unit owners, and developing site design guidelines for energy conserving development patterns. In addition to the new Housing Element policies, Butte County is also working to conserve energy through policies in other elements in the pending comprehensive General Plan Update, to be adopted in 2030. 105 Z a 0 ti rn 0 0 .L ~~ !. EM~' i~ .,..~ .~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ o ~ = o ~ U U ~~ ~~ `,~ T O „~i ~~ W U X ^~ W N ~. 0 U C U 47 .~ ~.~ ~ O oa ~ ~ ~ 0 M O ,~,~: w ~~ '~ -~„ .. TT~~~~ MMV !^ I ,L 2• .:~.'.-~ -' l , i . 4 r y ~f t {;; ~ ~: ~:: ~ r _ `d^:. ~µT. ~ ~~ ~ rt W U ~ ~ Q ~ O L ~l+ O Q- ~ ~ O ~ ¢ O ~ U ~ ~ m c°fl ~ ~ U U ~ +-' N ~ ~ t31 N " ' ~ b ~ Q Q N ~ O O O U? O iD 00 7, ~ C O Q ~ ~ L'" ~ ~ ~ cg fn U1 J 1u? N U3 L Appendix B CDBG HOUSING CflNDiiTION ;SURVEY- (Sampfe~. MAP # ADDRESS Vairadt:(--Yell-=-No} 1=or Sale ~--Yes1---No)' CITY CONSTRUCTION TYPE ullood ,Frame.,. ,Masonry :Mobile Modular :Other FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS IF CURBS 1-.-=Yes?--~No} GUTTERS: A©EQUATE SITE DR,4INAGE --1Fes1:..~Ne). STRUCTURE TYPE Single Farriily vvi~h Detached Garage Single Family with Attached Garage D u~lex i111ulti~Family # of Units OthEr APPLICABLE: PAVED STREET -.--Yes1--Np) 81Df WALKS --Yesl---No}. Driveway -- `lesl~=No) #'1 - FQUNDATION: #4 - ~1NIND0~14[S: Existing foundation in good condition. ©No repair needed. 1U repairs needed 1 Broken window panes ~15 Needs a partial foundat3an 5 Irr neeo of repair. 25 No.foundation or needs a complete foundation. 10 In need of'replaeement, #z - RooF~N~. ;t7 QoeS not neetl repair ##~a -ELECTRICAL: '? Shingles missing Q IVo repair needetl. Cfiimnejr nee~s.repair S.Minor repair. 10 Needs re-roofing 1 Q. Replace main panel. 25 Roof:structure steeds replacementand re-roofing. #~ - SIDI.NGCSTUCC~. Sound 9;or less p Does not need repair. Minor '1;0 - 1 1. Needs te-paintirng Moderate. 1.6 -39 Needs to be patched and re-painted, Substantial 4Q - 55 1.q Neetls repiacement:and painting; Dilapidated 56 and over 1'0 AsbesfoslLead-~3ased: -... 56 Dilapidated a -unit suffering from :excessive: neglect, -where the building appears structurally unsound: andmaRtenance'is nonexistent,-not. fit for hpman habitation in its curCent condition; rrray be considered for demaktion or at a minr>Ii~m; majorrehabilitatian vliill be required, #3 t=~yndatio>7 RoafrrJ Stt3;cci5 1Mfnclaws Eiec~riical TU7AI~ Points C.ommonfs Surveyor Bate ~~ f N ~ ~ ~ But e~ County ~ ,, Noah Ch~cb`~S~e~cif'Cc P1a;n '~ 7~ ~~.-~-.~.~.,~_ ~-... ~~ . z Legend i Nor1h Chico Specific Plan Boundary Zoning Designations City of Chico -_ ~+_~i~;'w. F I .rte"~xfJ .h,-i ~ SR.3 Ad9 OSfPQ 1 A-09 ~ ~, ~ Sft-1f0S ., d ~ ~ ~ Y ~S G i i M ~;~• 4 $ ~, 4 i r` s:. \~ I I I I ft 2 ~ ' I re r P-0 C-d ~~ - `~~~ ~= . y~ nea~ran viar i ~ R 3 ~ - CJiko `~. PA Fo4-1lOS l '. - Mvnlc~er 1 . airport:, ~ ~~' \ -2 ,~ .u ~~• .-~` ~ -` ~'~. 5 ~ _.. _ _ .. ~ I ~, `~ . `~ - ~ ~ A-d9 F }~® ~, ~ Atf9 ( /~ A-09 ~~ I ~~t- l +`-~~C~~,~-V~~~./s9~i~~1~~~~a0.~`"- i.;y P BUTT~COUNTY &[ttrCournye ~r;x9ua ~utttr'J"itrarvoU;.p ascf ~~e~i ~`~y e the Coveyppr ;ac g,r f~ a~., me as i~ tic ~d s~rm [ ,ti. ~ cd ~r. G~OGHICINFOR~,9A710NSYSTQ~15 •irc~edrduamtaf t[ tedc,;,~rry,g of M,a,4,x~r, rf,e r npartia,i w2ur~ o (~~_ a,~c r..r (i~15}. ©IV151~N pnd?ark~¢~e-m-~t. TtzCa.rr.tian.,t,ecG~~aw.lam~d nags an~r~g~nnVriuaoctn~c [ ~ IJ ~. ~ YIbPf~d 10'x. Arlr`. fP 1Hj dEle R tl V'A rE r1Y Lrf ere ah W'~ 1T1~/j [te err ,FINC~n be.]fa m4RBArojed a: R~rim,fra .w~.~,.-~ ' '"' ~,~c'~^^~"` ~ ~.' ~ "`~ ~ 9 Ma .Al3~Ed: 4r7I191~20.07_9'x20:~14.AitiAi___' Appendix D: Available Land Inventory Summary Legend Butte County NDR Sites Suitable for Multifamily Developments Q MDR,Sites under ane acre MDR Sites one acre of larger EXHIBIT A~2 INITIAL STUDY INITIAL STUDYIPROPOSED NEGATIVE DECLARATION for the BUTTE COUNTY HOUSING ELEMENT June 2009 BUTTE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES and Request for California Department of Fish and Game No Fee Determination Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 1 of 38 COUNTY OF BUTTE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INITIAL STUDY AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION FDR THE BUTTE COUNTY HOUSING ELEMENT And Request for California Department of Fish & Game No Effect Determination INITIAL STUDY L0 PROJECT INFORMATION A. Staff Contact: Dan Breedon, Principal Planner (530} 538-7b29, dbreedon buttecoun .net B. Proiect Name: Butte County Housing Element C. Proiect Location: The Housing Element Update encompasses Butte County's boundaries. Land inside the city or town limits of incorporated municipalities is not under Butte County's jurisdiction. Therefore, this Negative Dec]aration focuses on the analysis of potential impacts on lands only within unincorporated Butte County, including land inside each municipality's Sphere of Influence (SOI), but not inside municipality limits. This area is referred to as "Butte County" in this document and shown in Figure 3-2. D. Tvne of Annlicationfsl: Update of existing Butte County General Plan Housing Element Determination: Pursuant the Ca]ifornia Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code section 21000, et seq,), the Butte County is the lead agency for the described project. Butte County has determined, based upon the attached Initial Study that the project would have aless-than significant impact on the environment. Review Period: Interested persons are invited to send written comments on the Negative Declaration to Dan Breedon, Principal Planner, Butte County Department of Development Services, 7 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA 95965. The 30-day review period will start on dune 24, 2009 and comments must be received by 5:00 pm on July 24. Copies of the Negative Declaration and supporting Initial Study are also available at this location. A public hearing on the Negative Declaration is scheduled before the Butte County Board of Supervisors on August 25, 2009. If you have any questions about the Project, please contact Dan Breedon, at: 530-538-'7b29. E. Environmental Settins: Butte County lies in north central California at the northeastem end of the Sacramento Valley, approximately 1 SO miles northeast of San Francisco and 70 miles north of Sacramento. Highways 70 and 99, which extend in a north- south direction through Butte County, are the principal transportation corridors connecting the county to the region. Highways 32 and 162 provide sub-regional connections to areas to the west of the county and to Interstate S. Butte County's geographic location is shown in Figure 3-1, From the northeastern end of the Sacramento Valley, Butte County extends into the foothills at the congruence of the southern Cascade and the northern Sierra Nevada mountain ranges. The total land area of Butte County is approximately 1,680 square miles,' and can be divided into three general topographical areas: the eastern 45 percent of the county is a valley area, about 25 percent of the county is foothills to the east of the valley, and the western 30 percent of the county is mountainous. The U.S. Forest Service is a major landowner within Butte County's mountain region, holding a total of over 135,000 acresz in the Plumas and Lassen National Forests. Most of Butte County's urbanized areas are located in the Sacramento River valley near prime agricultural lands and major transportation corridors. The urban areas within the county include the five incorporated municipalities of Chico, Oroville, Paradise, Gridley and Biggs, as well as numerous small unincorporated communities. As of 2008, ' Butte County Geographic Information Systems, November 21, 200b. ' U.S. Department of the Interior, Entitlement Land ~4creage, httn:/Iwww.blm.2ov/calpdfslcaso~dfslPll,T 2006 Schedule3.pdf, accessed February 26, 2009. Butte County Department of Develapmertt Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 2 of 38 the total population of the county was approximately 220,400 residents 3 The majority of these residents, approximately 136,000 people, live in incorporated municipalities within the county. The balance of these residents, approximately 84,400 people, live in the county's unincorporated areas.; The incorporated municipalities generally consist afsfngle-family residential communities and the unincorporated communities are typically less dense. Historically, Butte County was part of the original partition of California into 27 counties. The county was incorporated in 1850 and named after the Sutter Buttes, which State legislators thought were located within the boundaries of Butte County. By 1850, the county's population was over 3,500 people. When the boom of the Gold Rush slowed, the county`s population leveled as the county's economic emphasis shifted back to towards agriculture. Since the 1950's, Butte County's population has been steadily increasing. Today, people are attracted to Butte County for its rural setting and natural beauty, for the productivity of its agricultural sector, and for the county's recreational opportunities. Before the economic downturn that began in late 2006, Butte County experienced significant pressures for growth. From 2000 to 2006, the population of Butte County grew a total of 6.9 percent. Similarly, during that same timeframe the total county saw a 9.6 percent increase in households, with a particularly heavy concentration of new home construction in Butte County's foothill region. Over the next 20 years, Butte County is likely to see continued growth, including residential and employment expansion. The Draft General Plan 2030 documents would direct that growth to specific locations within the unincorporated area. F. Proiect Description: This Initial StudyMegative Declaration is for the Butte County Housing Element Update project. State Housing Law (Government Code Section 65580) requires an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to meeting those needs. The 2009 Housing Element Update is a comprehensive statement by Butte County of its current and future housing needs and proposed actions to facilitate the provision of housing to meet those needs at all income levels. The purpose of the Housing Element is to identify current and projected housing needs and set forth goals, policies, and programs that address those needs. The Housing Element has been prepared to meet the requirements of State law and local housing objectives. The 2009 Draft Butte County Housing Element is comprised of two main documents that are incorporated herein by reference: 1. Housing Needs Assessment (available at httaa/www.butte eg neralplan.netlebinder12009/2009-OG- OS HCD/2 Butte HNA for HCD.ndf). 2. Policy Document {available at http://www.buttegeneralplan.netJebinder/2009/2009-06- 05 HCD/3 Butte Policy Doc for HCD.pdf). This Housing Needs Assessment Report provides background information for the preparation of an updated set of housing policies and programs that will be included in the overall General Plan Update, and it evaluates: the implementation and effectiveness of the 2004 Butte County Housing Element, current and future trends in housing conditions and needs in Butte County, and governmental and nongovernmental constraints to the production, preservation, and rehabilitation of housing in Butte County. Butte County is currently involved in a comprehensive update of its General Plan --Butte County General Plarr 2030. This project was started in 2006 and is scheduled to conclude in August of 2010. An updated Housing Element is part of the comprehensive update to the General PIan. Butte County plans to adopt an updated Housing Element by August 31, 2009, in accordance with the requirements of State Housing Element law. Since the Butte County General Plan 2030 process will not be completed by that time, the newly adopted Housing Element will undergo 3 State of California, Department of Finance, May 2008, E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties and the State with Annual Percent Change- January 1, 2007 and 2008. Sacramento, California. State of California, Department of Finance, May 2008, E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties and the State with Annual Percent Change- January 1, 2007 and 2008. Sacramento, California. $ Butte County, August 2007, Setting & Trends Report, page 2-3. The greater increase in households than in population reflects a trend of second home or vacation home construction in the county. Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 3 of 38 further policy review and potential changes before being included in its final form, in the new General Plan 2030, when the comprehensive General Plan Update is adopted in 2010. The Policy Document presents the goals, policies, and actions that will guide Butte County's efforts in housing production, rehabilitation, and preservation over the forthcoming five-year Housing Element planning period. This Policy Document responds to the findings of the Housing Needs Assessment, by providing an updated set of policies and actions that are designed to help the County achieve its stated Housing Element Goals. Housing Element Purpose Since its establishment in 1969, the California Housing Element Law has mandated that California local governments develop plans to supply housing to current and future residents, regardless of income level ~ The purpose of the Housing Element is to address housing needs of the residents of the Unincorporated Area of Butte County through June 30, 2014. The Housing Element consists of two documents, the Housing Needs Assessment, which analyses the needs of residents of the Unincorporated Area through the five-year planning period, and the Housing Policy document that establishes policies and program to help Butte County meet the needs identified in the Housing Needs Assessment. The complete Housing Element document is an update of the 2004 Butte County Housing Element. Authority According to Section 65302 of the California Government Code, all jurisdictions must adopt a General Plan with seven mandatory elements. The Housing Element is one of the seven required elements, and it is the only element that must be reviewed by the State for compliance to assure that each jurisdiction is doing its part to help meet the State housing goals. Status Butte County completed a Housing Element Update in 1994, and the next Housing Element was delayed because Senate Bill 320 granted a reprieve on Housing Element updates statewide until 2002.E Butte County updated the Housing Element, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development deemed the element in compliance with state law in September 2004.8 State law requires that Butte County adopt an updated Housing Element by August 3 I, 2009. Consistency with the General Plan As stated in Government Code Section 65300.5, "the Legislature intends that the general plan and elements and parts thereof comprise an integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency."~ As mentioned above, Butte County is currently in the process of conducting a comprehensive General Plan update in conjunction with the Housing Element update. The County plans to adopt a new General Plan in 2010, ensuring that all components of the General Plan, including the Housing Element, are internally consistent. Housing 5rtes Inventory The Regional Housing Needs Plan (RHNF) for Butte County mandates that the Unincorporated Area allow for the development of 3,402 units across all income categories and the housing sites inventory analysis section of the Regions[ Housing Needs Assessment demonstrates how the Unincorporated Area can accommodate the units. Given current General Plan land use designations in the Butte County Land Use Element, infrastructure, and environmental constrains, the Unincorporated Area surpasses the requirement and has land available to accommodate the development of at least 4,550 units. Although the County's zoning accommodates a range of housing unit types, proposed Housing Element programs will provide increased opportunities for the development of emergency shelters, and will also clarify the County's regulations to allow the development of single-roam occupancy units and transitional and supportive housing projects, in compliance with State law. ~ California Department of Housing and Community Development "Housing Element Compliance Report" April 15, 2008. httpa/www,hcd.ca.aovlhpolhrc/plan/he/status.pdf. Accessed on April 17, 2008. ~ California State Assembly. htt ://www.assembl .ca. ovlacslcommittee/c121 ublications11998re ort/ LANDUSEPLANN1NG.htm. Accessed November 20, 2008. 8 Butte County General Plan: Setting and Trends Report Public Draft. August 2, 2007. 9 California Government Code Section 65300.5 Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 4 of 38 Public Participation Butte County has actively solicited public participation in the preparation of the Housing Element Update, and has taken the public input into consideration in the drafting and revisions to the proposed Housing Element Update. Opportunities for public participation have included a community workshop on March 26, 2009; a Butte County General Plan 2030 Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting on April 16, 2009; and a Joint Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors meeting on May 24, 2009. All public input on local housing needs and on updated housing policies and programs gathered at the community workshop and the CAC meeting was shared with the Flanning Commission and the Board of Supervisors on May 29s', and the Planning Commission's and Board of Supervisors' direction regarding incorporation of changes in response to those comments is reflected in this Housing Needs Assessment and the Housing Element Policy Document dated June 5, 2009. G. Public Asency Reviews: Resources Agency; Department of Conservation; Cal Fire; Department of Parks and Recreation; Department of Water Resources; Department of Fish & Game, Region 2; Office of Emergency Services; Native American Heritage Commission; Public Utilities Commission; California Highway Patrol; Department of Housing and Community Development; CalTrans, District 3; Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 5 (Redding) H. General Plan Desienations Related o the Housinp~ Element: _ __ __ __ GENERAL PLAN LAND tJSE DESIGNATIONS PERMITTING RESil7ENTIAL DEVELOPMENT General Plan Designation Residential Uses Permitted Foothill Area Residential Single family detached units Agricultural Residential Single family detached units Low Density Residential Single family detached units Medium Density ResidentialSingle family detached units, condominiums, High Density Residential Condominiums, multi-family Commercial Single family detached units, multi-family Density Range 1 to 40 acre parcels 9 to 40 acre parcels 0-6 units per acre 0-13 units per acre 0-20 units per acre 0-20 units per acre Industrial Recommended Housing Element Program will allow Emergency0 20 units per acre Homeless Shelters by right Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 5 of 38 1l. Zoning Districts Related to the Housins Element: Butte Gounty Zoning-Districts with Residential Uses Agricultural-Residential A-R Agricultural-Residential, 112-acre parcels AR-112 Agricultural-Residential, 1-acre parcels AR-1 Agricultural-Residential, 2-112-acre parcels AR-2-1l2 Agricultural-Residential, 5-acre parcels AR-5 Agricultural-Residential, 10-acre parcels AR-10 Agricultural-Suburban Residential A-SR Fovthil! Recreational, 1-acre parcels FR-1 Foothill Recreational, 2-acre parcels FR-2 Foothill Recreational, 3-acre parcels l=R-3 Foothill Recreational, 5-acre parcels FR-5 Foothill Recreational, 10-acre parcels FR-10 Foothill Recreational, 20-acre parcels FR-20 Foothill Recreational, 40-acre parcels FR-40 Foothill Recreational, 160-acre parcels FR-160 Mobile Home Park MHP Mountain or Recreational Subdivision -Residential M-R Planned Unit Development PUD Residential R-1 Residential R-2 Residential R-3 Residential R~ Residential-Nonconforming R-N Residential-Professional R-P Minimum Density Residential -Mobile Home R7-1 Medium Density Residential Mobile Home RT-112 Minimum Density Residential Trailer-1 acre parcels RT-1-A Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 6 of 38 ___. Butte: Coursty Zoning Districts with Residential Uses. {cant.} Suburban Residential S-R Suburban Residential, 112-acre parcels SR-112 Suburban Residential, 1-acre parcels SR-1 Suburban Residential, 3-acre parcels SR-3 Suburban Residential, 5-acre parcels SR-5 PRIMARY RESIDET3TIAL ZOHl3~G DISTRICTS Zoning District Residential Uses Permitted Minimum Lot Size Setbacks: frontlsidelrear R 1 Single family dwellings, mobile 6,500 sq. ft. 2x15/15 home parks, second units R-2 Single family dwellings, mobile 5,500 sq. ft. 2015110 home parks, second units Single family dwellings, mobile home parks, second units, R-3 multiple-family dwellings, 6,500 sq. ft. 201515 apartments, and condominiums and townhouses Single family dwellings, mobile home parks, second units, R~ multiple-family dwellings, 6,500 sq. ft. 201515 apartments, and condominiums and townhouses Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Blement Page 7 of 38 FIGURE 3- I REGIONAL LOCATION Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 8 of 38 GitylTown Limits ! _ J MunEdpality SOIs f Lakes ~~~ , `' --~-- Mayor Rivers and Streams Tehama County k ,. si ~ f"Ifghways ~"~ -~-~-- Railroad t r r ~ . , ~ -Lassen Natfanaf Forest ~ - ?~~ PlornasNatlanalForest ' ~.~ 1 ®Bureau of Land Management ~ ' K ~ 1 ~ ~ Surl~~~ • :' cry-, ~ Cch.,c:et ~ ~ ~} ~ .~ l - _ - r. 1 1 `t , Fancf,,, t _. 1 - -, :1 :. / I ' MaEa~'J~ /~' r Plumas County f ~~ ~~ ~ { I ` ~{ ~ 4 caiuo+~ Chico : • .a r a ~ ~ ~ ' r ~ ~ f~.. 1 ~ ~ L~ ~ I :` h; „ I ! - - } t '~T r ~~- , • ~ ~:~. ~~3 _" VIII ~~ r _ h . ^ Il' ''~ W o ' 4 ~ f ~~ ~. Dayton i W ~, ,f=.i DurY~ \ iii C~zrnpce _ ~ i' 4-1r Y; Ecrly Geer, ~' ' ~ ~ '' _ : - d ' a ; I j`OR . 1P p u ~~ l I Or E' `` ~: ~ -~ '~~~i ~~~1 ~ ~ E { • E. L t Glenn Counq f yI ; r 1 ,~ ~ Yuba County ~~ ~ 5 'af 1 ~ fSle .~ -. gg n ti f .3ni}~r ~ ~~ CalusaCounty 1'. Grfdle ;. T. a idevada County NORTH ~.- ~ Sutter County 0 3 fi 5ouzes: Butte County Geog2phic Inlorn:ation Systems: BI.M; US Forest Service FIGURE 3-2 PLANNING AREA Bufte County Department of Development Services !Negative ©eclaration for butte County Housing Element Page 9 of 38 2.0 DETERMINATION [X] I find that the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the environment, and a NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared. [ ] I find that although the proposed project COULD have a significant effect on the environment, there will NOT be a significant effect in this case because revisions have been made by or agreed to by the project proponent. A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared. [ ] I find that the proposed project COULD have a significant effect on the environment, and an ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required. [ ] I find that the proposed project MAY have a "potentially signifcant impact" or "potentially significant unless mitigated" impact on the environment, but at least one effect 1) has been adequately analyzed in an earlier document pursuant to applicable legal standards, and 2) has been addressed by mitigation measures based on the earlier analysis as described on attached sheets. An ENVIRONMENTAL IIVIPACT REPORT is required, but it must analyze only the effects that remain to be addressed. [ ] I find that although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment, because all potentially significant effects (a) have been analyzed adequately in an earlier EIR or NEGATIVE DECLARATION pursuant to applicable standards, and (b) have been avoided or mitigated pursuant to that earlier EIR or NEGATIVE DECLARATION, including revisions or mitigation measures that are imposed upon the proposed project, nothing further is required. ,~ ~ - Prepare by• Dan Br ed Principal Planner Reviewe y: C uck histlethwaite, Planning Manager ~~ a ~ Date ZV Date Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 'i 0 of 38 3.D POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS CHECKLIST A. Environmental Factors Potentially Affected: None Project impacts to the environmental factors checked below could be potentially significant; however, with the incorporation of mitigation measures, project related impacts are reduced to a "less than significant" level (CBQA Guidelines 15382}. [ ] 4.1 Aesthetics [ ] 4.2 Agriculture Resources [ ] 4.3 Air Quality [ ] 4.4 Biological Resources [ ] 4.5 Cultural Resources [ ] 4.6 Geologic Processes [ ] 4.7 HazardslHazardous Material [ ] 4.8 Hydrology/Water Quality [ ] 4.9 Land Use [ ] 4.10 Mineral Resources [ ] 4.11 Noise [ ] 4.12 Housing [ ] 4.13 Public Services [ ] 4,14 Recreation [ ] 4.15 Transportation/Traffic [ ] 4.16 Utilities/Service Systems [ ] 4.17 Mandatory Findings of Significance 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS: 4.1 AESTHiET~C/VTSUAL RESUURCIES: Pptentiaity Less Than Less Than No Reviewed Would the proposal: Significant Signifcant Significant Cmpact Under Impact with Impact Previous Mitigation Docnmcnt Incorporaicd a. Have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista? X b. Substantially damage scenic resources, including, but not Eimited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic X buildin s within a state scenic hi hwa ? e. Substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of the site and its surroundings? X d. Create a new source of substantial light or glare which would adversely affect day or nighttime views X in the area? hrtpact ]liscuss€on: a-c. Development as a result of the Housing Element Update will not adversely modify the visual character since proposed residential development will be taking place where general plan land use designations have already been established. However, proposed residential development of these sites will still be evaluated on an individual project basis to determine site specific aesthetics impacts that may occur. d. The majority of the new residential development will occur near communities where there is existing residential development. New residential development resulting from the Housing Element Update is not anticipated to create a substantial amount of light or glare. However, proposed residential development of these sites will still be evaluated on an individual project basis to determine site specific aesthetics impacts that may occur. ConcNusion Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 91 of 38 The Housing Element Update will not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, the Housing Element Update would have no significant adverse impacts on aesthetic resources within Butte County. Impacts: None Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing l~lement Page 12 of 38 4.2 AcItICi~LTVIt~ RIESOI~xc~s: Potentially Lcss Than Less Than Na Reviewed Would the proposal: Significant Significant Signircant Impact 1lnder Impact with Impact Previous i4litigation Document Incorporated a. Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the X Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use? b. Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or X a Williamson Act Contract? c. Involve other changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or nature, could result in ~ conversion of Farmland, to non-a ricultural use? Impact Discussion: Agricultural production in Butte County is a significant portion of the county's economy. Approximately 60 percent of the county's total agricultural land is devoted to field crops, with rice being the most prominent. Fruit and nut crops make up another 38 percent of the agricultural Iand, with the remainder consisting of seed and vegetable crops. a-c. Butte County contains land designated for agricultural use. However, potential housing sites proposed by the Housing Element that are designated for agricultural use by the General Plan also permit residential development. Furthermore, the Housing Element will not include any Iand use designation changes that would increase the area of potential urban development beyond that already allowed by the existing General Plan. Conclnsion The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, the Housing Element would have no significant adverse impacts on agricultural resources within Butte County. Impacts: None Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing E[ernent Page 13 of 38 4.~ AIR QUALITY: Potentially Lcss Than Less Than No Reviewed Would the proposal: Significant Significant Significant lmpact Under lmpact with Impact Previous Mitigation Document Incorporated a. Conflict with or obstruct implementation of the X a licable air uali [an? la. Violate any air quality standard or contribute substantially to an existing or projected air quality X violation? c. Result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant far which the project region is non- attainmentunder an applicable federal or state ambient X air quality standard (including releasing emissions which exceed uantitative thresholds for ozone recursors ? d. Expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant X concentrations? e. Create objectionable odors affecting a substantial X number of eo le? Impact Discussion: Both the California Air Resources Board and the Environmental Protection Agency have established air pollution standards in an effort to protect human health and welfare. Geographic areas are designated "attainment" if these standards are met and "nonattainment" if they are not met. In addition, each agency has several levels of classifications based on severity of the problem. Butte County and all northern Sacramento Valley Air Districts have been designated as "moderate" nonattainment areas for the state standards for ozone and fine particulate matter (PMia}. Currently, Butte County is in attainment for all the federal (less stringent} air quality standards. a-d. Development as a result of the Housing Element Update will not affect any applicable air quality plan or violate any standards. AlI residential development provided for in the Housing Element Update will be on land already designated under the General Plan for residential uses. The Housing Element Update will not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, no new adverse air quality impacts were determined to be connected with the Housing Element Update. Furthermore, General Plan policies that address air quality issues will be applied to development sites as they are proposed. e. Only residential development will occur as a result of the Housing Element Update. Since the development as a result of the Housing Element Update will not involve any industrial land uses, it is not expected that objectionable odors will be produced. Conclusion Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 14 of 38 The Housing Element Update will not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, no new adverse air quality impacts were determined to be connected with the Housing Element Update. Impacts_:_None Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 15 of 38 4.~ BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES: Woald the proposal: Potentially Significant Less Than Significant Less Than Significant No Impact Reviewed Under [mpaet with Impact Previous Mitigatipn Document Incorporated a. Have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status X species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? b. Have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in Iota[ or regional plans, policies, X regulations or by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? c. Have a substantial adverse effect on federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 or the Glean Water Act (including, but not limited to, marsh, X vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct removal, fillin , h drolo ical interru tion, or other means ? d. Interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish and wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory X wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nurse sites? e. Conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources such as a tree X reservation olic ordinance? f. Conflict with the provisions of an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation X Plan, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation Ian? g. A reduction in the numbers, a restriction in the range, or an impact to the critical habitat of any unique, rare, X threatened, or endan Bred s ecies of animals? b. A reduction in the diversity or numbers of animals onsite (including mammals, birds, reptiles, X am hibians, fsh or invertebrates ? i. A deterioration of existing fish or wildlife habitat (for X fora in , breedin , roostin ,Westin ,etc. ? j. Introduction of barriers to movement of any resident X or mi rato fish or wildlife s ecies? k. Introduction of any factors (light, fencing, noise, human presence and/or domestic animals) which could X hinder the normal activities of wildlife? Impact Discussion: a-k. All residemial development provided for in the Housing Element Update will be on land already designated under the General Flan to allow residential uses. It is possible that biological resources will be discovered on undeveloped sites identified by the Housing Element. Proposed Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing dement Page 16 of 38 residential development of these sites will be evaluated for impacts to biological resources and other environmental impacts on an individual project basis in accordance with CEQA. Conclusion The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, no new adverse biological impacts were determined to be connected with the Housing Element. Impacts: Less than significant. Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 17 of 38 4.S CULTURAL RESOURCES: Potentially Less Than Lcss Than No Reviewed Would the prop©sal: Significant $igoificant signilicani Impact Under Impact with Impacf Previous Mitigation Document Incorporated a. Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance X of a historical resource as defined in ~ 15064.5? b. Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of x an archaeolo ical resource ursuant to 15064.5? c. Directly or indirectly destroy a unique paleontological x resource or site or uni ue eolo is feature? rl. Disturb any human remains, including those interred X outside of formal cemeteries? Impact Discussion: Of the 2,982 archaeological sites recorded in Butte County, 1,519 sites are either prehistoric archaeological resources or include a prehistoric archaeological component. There are 1,552 sites that are historic period sites or contain a historical archaeological component. According to the California Office of Historic Preservation, a total of 129 archaeological sites are listed on or have been formally recommended eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (and therefore by default on the California Register of Historical Resources). Of these, 98 are prehistoric archaeological sites, 25 are historic period archaeological sites, and six are archaeological sites that contain both prehistoric and historic period components. (Source: Butte County General Plan 2030 Setting and Trends Report}. a-d. The acreage and location of land identified for future residential development in the Housing Element Update is not different from what has been proposed in the existing General Plan. However, it is possible that subsurface cultural resources, including human remains, may be discovered during future development {i.e., grading and excavation} of sites identified by the Housing Element Update. Proposed residential development of these sites will still be evaluated on an individual project basis to determine site specific cultural impacts that may occur. Should any archeological finds be made during construction or development, the Butte County Planning Division is notified, and all work ceases until a qualified archaeologist has examined the artifacts and the site. The Planning Division suspends further work pending the findings and recommendation of the archaeologist prior to granting clearance to continue. Furthermore, General Plan policies that address cultural resource issues will be applied to development sites as they are proposed. Conclusion The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, no new adverse impacts to cultural resources were determined to be connected with the Housing Element Update. Impacts: None 4.6 GEOLOGIC PROCESSES: Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing l=lement Page 18 of 38 Would the proposal: Potentially Significant Less Than Significant Less Than Significant i~o Impact Reviewed Under Impact with Impact Previous Mitigation Document Incorporated a. Expose people or structures to potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving: l . Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as delineated on the most recent Alquist-Frioio Earthquake Fauit Zoning Map issued by the X State Geologist for the area or based on other substantial evidence of a known fault? Refer to Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 42. 2. Strong seismic ground shaking? X 3. Seismic-related ground failure, including liquefaction? X 4. Landslides? X b. Result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of to soil? X c. Be located on a geologic unit or soil that is unstable, or that would become unstable as a result of the project, X and potentially result in on- or off-site Iandslide, lateral s readin ,subsidence, li uefaction or colla se? d. Be located on expansive soil, as defined in Table 18-1- B of the Uniform Building Cade (1994}, creating X substantial risks to life or roe ? e. Have soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative waste water disposal X system where sewers are not available for the disposal or waste water? Impact Discussion: As of 2003 there is only one identified active fault located within Butte County, the Cleveland Hills fault. The State Geologist has mapped and studied it since 1977. It is subject to the Alquist-Friolo Act and is identified pursuant to AB6x as an "earthquake fault zone." This fault was responsible for the I975 Oroville earthquake of Richter magnitude 5.7, an event that produced surface displacement along about 2.2 miles of the fault. Ground motions corresponding to Modred Mercalli Intensity VIII were experienced at Gridley and OrovilIe. Significant structural damage occurred to unreinforced masonry buildings in Oroville. Geologic studies indicate that the total length of the Cleveland Hills fault is probably 11 to 15 miles. The maximum credible earthquake on this fault is probably about magnitude 6.5 to 6.7. An event of this magnitude would cause substantially more damage than the 1975 event. In addition, all of Butte County has been identified as a "seismic hazard zone" by the Seismic Hazards Mapping Program of the California Geological Survey, since the entire county is subject to earthquakes of Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale VIII. The Oroville earthquake of 1975 is the only earthquake of this intensity recorded in Butte County. However, in 1984 a study published by the California Geological Survey correlated this seismic activity with the filling and emptying of Lake Oroville. The study, titled Open File Report 89--25, concluded that other earthquakes of the same or greater intensities are unlikely in Butte County. Landslides do occur in Butte County, but they are not common. Most landslides in Butte County occur on slopes greater than I5 percent, and most new landslides occur in areas that have experienced previous Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 19 of 38 Iandslides. The areas of highest landslide potential are in the mountainous central area of the county where well-developed soils overly impervious bedrock on steep slopes which at times undergo heavy rainfall. The slopes around flat uplands, such as Table Mountain, are also highly susceptible to landslides. Most of the rest of Butte County has moderate to low landslide potential. The areas of lowest landslide potential are the flat lands of the Sacramento Valley. There may, however, be some landslide hazard due to possible Iiquefaction of soils bordering the Sacramento River and its tributaries. There are a variety of varying factors influencing erosion, subsidence, landslides, and expansive soils in Butte County. Any proposed residential development of these sites will be evaluated on an individual project basis to determine site specifc geologic impacts that may occur. a-d. The Housing Element Update does not include any policy changes that would increase the area of potential urban development beyond that already allowed by the existing General Plan. However, geologic and soil erosion hazards may still be present for other sites identified by the inventory. Proposed residential development of these sites will still be evaluated on an individual groject basis to determine site specific geologic and soil impacts that may occur. This will be done as part of the standard grading permit evaluation to ensure all construction is appropriately designed. e. There are parcels identified in the Housing Element that will be connected to septic tanks, which is typical for single family residential development in the County. These sites will be evaluated an an individual basis prior to their development to determine if their soils can support the use of septic tanks. Properties that are being considered for development and will be permanently served by on-site wastewater systems are carefully evaluated for their ability to support such systems. The Butte County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health, works closely with the Building Division of the Development Services Department to ensure that all development complies with applicable codes and regulations. The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Conclusion The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General PIan. Therefore, no new adverse geologic or soils impacts were determined to be connected with the Housing Element Update. Impacts: None 4.7 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAi,S: Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 2fl of 38 Would the pwoposal: Potentially Less "than Less Than No licvicwed Significant Signifcant Significant Impact Under Impact with Impact Previous Mitigation Document Incorporated a. Create a significant hazard to the public or the environmental through the routine transport use, or X dis osal of hazardous materials? b. Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and X accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment? c. Emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one- ~ uarter mile of an existin or ra osed schools? d. Be located on a site which is included on a list of hazardous materials sites complied pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, X would it create a significant hazard to the public ar the environment? e. For a project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, would the X project result in a safety hazard for people residing or workin in the ro~ect area? f. For a project within the vicinity of a private airstrip, would the project result in a safety hazard for people X residin or workin in the ro'ect area? g. Impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency X evacuation Ian? h. Expose people or structures to a signifcant risk or loss, injury or death involving wildland fires, including X where wildlands are adjacent to urbanized areas or where residences are intermixed with wildlands? Impact Discussion a-c. All residential development provided for in the Housing Element Update will be on land already designated under the General Plan for residential uses. Residential land uses typically do not involve the use, transport, and disposal of hazardous material. d. The Housing Element Update contains policies and programs rather than specific projects. In the absence of specific information regarding the location and type of additional residential units, a residential development site cannot be identified as being located in or near an area identified as a hazardous material site. Review of potential impacts related to this issue would be conducted during the environmental review of specific residential developments. e-f. The county contains four principal airport facilities: the Chico Municipal Airport, the Oroville Municipal Airport, the Paradise Skypark Airport, and the Ranchaero Airport. However, sites that have been identified far development by the Housing Element Update will be on land designated Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 29 of 38 under the General Plan for residential uses, and will not be located in Airport Compatibility Zones where specific development restrictions apply. g. The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, the proposed projects would not impair the implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan. h. Some of the potential sites identified in the Housing Elemern Update are located adjacent to or in wildland areas. Development in areas potentially impacted by wildland fres will be subject to standard building reviews and statutory requirements. Conclusion The Housing Element Update involves the identification of sites for residential development. Residential development is typically not associated with the use, transport, or emission of hazardous materials. The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, no new adverse impacts regarding hazardous materials were determined to be connected with the proposed project. lm~acts: Less than si ni~cant Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 22 of 38 4.8 HYDROLOGY A3~'D WATER QUALITY: Potentially Lcss Than Less Than No Reviewed Would the proposal' SignitECant Signit-scant Significant Impact Undcr Impact with Impact Previous Mitigation Document Incorporated a. Violate any water quality standards or waste discharge X re uirements? b. Substantially deplete groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge such that there would be a net deficit in aquifer volume or a lowering of the local groundwater table level (e.g., the production X rate of preexisting nearby wells would drop to a level which would not support existing land uses or planned uses for which ermits have been ranted ? c. Substantially after the existing drainage pattern of the site or area, including through the alteration of the course X of a stream or river, in a manner which would result in substantial erosion or siltation on- or off-site? d. Substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the site or area, including through the alteration of the course of a stream or river, or substantially increase the rate or X amount of surface runoff in a manner which would result in floodin on- or off-site? e. Create or contribute runoff water which would exceed the capacity of existing or planned storm water drainage X systems or provide substantial additional sources of olluted runoff? f. Otherwise substantiall de ode water uali ? X g. Place housing within a 100-year flood hazard area as mapped by Federal Flood Hazard Boundary, Flood X Insurance Rate Map, or other flood hazard delineation ma ? h. Place within a lOfl-year flood hazard area structures X which would im ede or redirect flood flows? i. Expose people or structures to a significant risk or loss, injury, or death involving flooding, including flooding as X a result of the failure of a levee or dam? j. Inundation by seiche, tsunami, or mudflow? X Impact Discussion: a_f All residential development provided for in the Housing Element Update will be on land already designated under the General Plan for residential uses and analyzed far water quality impacts under the General Plan EIR. Furthermore, the Housing Element Update will not change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan g-i. The proposed housing sites identified in the Housing Element Update are generally located outside of areas designated as Zone A {areas of 100 year flooding) by the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and therefore will not expose people or structures to a signif cam risk of loss, injury ar death involving flooding. Butte County's Flaod Hazard Prevention Ordinance appoints the Department of Development Services to review all applications for new Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing irlement Page 23 of 38 construction or subdivisions within flood hazard areas. The Ordinance's basic requirement, in order to reduce flood hazards, is that the lowest floor of any new construction or substantial improvement within Flood Zones A, AE, AH and shaded Zone X be elevated one foot or more above the regulatory flood elevation, and that it can be shown that development within the floodplain will not raise the existing flood level. There are other criteria for building within flood hazard areas, which include flood proofing nonresidential structures and designing structures to withstand hydrostatic pressures and hydrodynamic loads. Within areas subject to flooding that are proposed for subdivision, the County is required to ensure the following: a) All such proposed developments are consistent with the need to minimize flood damage. b) Subdivisions and parcel maps shall, as a condition of approval, establish regulatory flood elevations and note same on final maps prior to recordation of the final map. c) Adequate drainage is provided to reduce exposure to flood hazards. d) All public utilities and facilities are located so as to minimize or eliminate flood damage j. Seiches have not been recorded in any of the reservoirs in Butte County that are within the jurisdiction of the California Division of Dam Safety. However, the potential for seiches does exist in Butte County, either from landslides or from stronger earthquakes than have been experienced in historical times. Potential volcanic hazards for Butte County are limited to the northernmost portions of the county. Even here, the hazards are relatively modest because of the distance between Butte County and Mount Lassen. In historic times, there are no records of significant ash falls, explosive effects, lava flows or mud flows reaching Butte County. Conclusion The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan and evaluated in the associated EIR. Therefore, no new adverse impacts regarding water quality or flooding were determined to be connected with the proposed project. Impacts;. None Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Rage 24 of 38 4.9 LAlvn Use: Potcntia[iy Less Than Less Than Fla Reviewed Would the proposal: Significant Significant Signifcant Impact l)nder Impact with Impact Previous Mitigation Docament Incorporated a. ]?h sicall divide an established communi ? X b. Conflict with an applicable land use plan, policy, or regulations of an agency with jurisdiction over the project (including, but not limited to, the general X plan, specific plan, local coastal program, ar zoning ordinance) adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitt atin an environmental effect? c. Conflict with any applicable habitat conservation X lan or natural communi conservation lan? Impact Disct~sston: a-c. The Housing Element Update will not require any changes in the existing zoning densities or the County's existing General Plan's land use pattern. Housing sites that have been identified in the Housing Element have already been designated to allow residential development by the General Plan, and are adjacent to compatible land uses. Furthermore, development of these sites will not conflict with any applicable habitat conservation plan or natural community conservation plan (there is ane large-scale Habitat Conservation PIan (HCP) under development within Butte County: the Butte County Association of Governments {BCAG) is preparing a HCP in consultation with Butte County (including the five incorporated municipalities), Caltrans, the Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for proposed highway improvements along State Route 70 and State Route 149). Therefore, there would be no adverse Iand use impacts. Conclusiou The proposed project will have no significant adverse impacts on land use. Impacts: None Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing B[ernent Page 25 of 38 4.10 MIlvI1ILaL RESOURCES: Potentially Lcss Than Less Than iVo Reviewed Would the proposal: Significant Significant significant Impact Under Impact with [mpxct Previous Mitigation Aocument Incorporated a. Result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would 6e of value to the region and the 7~ residents of the state? b. Result in the loss of avai]ability of alocally-important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local 7C eneral lan, s ecific lan, or other land use plan? Impact Discussion: Mining activities in Butte County focus on three industries: sand and gravel, stone, and gold. a-b. Butte County does contain extensive mineral resources. However, the Housing Element Update will not require any changes in the existing zoning densities or the County's existing General Plan's land use pattern. Housing sites that have been identified in the Housing Element have already been designated to allow residential development by the General Plan, and are adjacent to compatible land uses. Furthermore, development of these sites will not conflict with any mineral resource extraction activities. Conclusion The proposed project will have no significant adverse impacts on mineral resources. Impacts: None Butte County Department of Development Services idegative Declaration for Butte County Housing 1*lement Page 26 of 38 4.1 i Nols>u: Potentiafry Less Than Lcss Than No Reviewed Would the proposal: Significanf Significant Significant Impact Under Impact with Impact i°revions Mitigation Document Incorporated a. Exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan X or noise ordinance, or applicable standazds of other a encies? b. Exposure of persons to or generation of excessive X ound borne vibration or ound borne noise levels? c. A substantial permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above levels existing X without the ro'ect? d. A substantial temporary or periodic increase in arrtbient noise levels in the project vicinity above X levels existin without the ro'ect? e. For a project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a p]an has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, X would the project expose people residing or working in the ro'ect area to excessive noise levels? f. For a project within the vicinity of a private airstrip, would the project expose people residing or working X in the project area to excessive noise levels? Impact Discussion: Butte County experiences noise from several different noise sources, including traffic on State highways, County roadways, railroad operations, airport operations and industrial facilities. a-d. The sites identified by the Housing Element Update are already designated for residential land use by the General Plan, and have been evaluated for noise impacts. The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development. Development of these sites will result in temporary increases in noise levels due to construction. These increases are, however, similar to construction noise increases generated by new development throughout the region. Due to the nature and intensity of the development (no commercial or industrial land uses), no significant increases in noise levels are expected to occur on a permanent basis. Therefore, no adverse impacts on noise were determined to be connected with the Housing Element Update. e-£ There are four existing public airports within Butte County: the Chico Municipal Airport, Oroville Municipal Airport, Paradise Skypark Airport, and Ranchaero Airport. The Chico Municipal and Oroville Municipal airports are owned and operated by the cities of Chico and Oroville, respectively. The noise impacts from these public airports were analyzed in the "Butte County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan," adopted by the Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) on December 20, 2000. The data for airports in this analysis was obtained from the "Butte County Airport Comprehensive Land Use Plan." All land uses located outside of the bS dB CNEL contours are considered compatible. However, based upon the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan, which was prepared in 2000, residential and lodging land uses located between the 55 dB and 60 dS CNEL contours could generate complaints. This can be expected Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 27 of 3$ as the background noise levels, absent of aircraft overflights, are low. Maximum noise levels due to typical single engine aircraft overflights can range between CS dB and SO dB, which may be considered annoying to individuals. The Butte County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan establishes procedures and criteria by which, in accordance with the California State Aeronautics Act, the ALUC shall review proposed land use development in Butte County and affected cities within the county. Conclusion The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. All residential development provided for in the Housing Element Update will be on land already designated under the General Plan for residential uses. The proposed project will have no adverse impact on existing noise levels and exposure of persons to noise within Butte County. Im acts: None Butte County Department of Development Services f~fegative beclaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 28 of 38 4.12 HOUSING: Potentially Less Than Less Than No Reviewed Would the proposal: Significant Signitica~-t Significant Impact Under Impact with Impact Previous Mitigation Document Incorporated a. Induce substantial population growth in an area, either directly (for examp]e, by proposing new homes and X businesses) or indirectly {for example, through extension of roads or other infrastructure? b. Displace substantial numbers of existing housing, necessitating the construction of replacement housing x elsewhere? c. Displace substantial numbers of people, necessitating X the construction of re lacement housin e]sewhere? Impact Discussion: a-c. The goal of the Housing Element Update is to ensure the County adequately provides for an appropriate range of housing opportunities. The Housing Element Update will not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. All residential development provided for in the Housing Element Update will be on land already designated under the General Plan for residential uses. The Housing Element Update protects existing housing resources and provides programs to maintain the affordable housing stock and promote rehabilitation of substandard units. Conclusion The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. The goal of the Housing Element Update is to ensure the County adequately provides for an appropriate range of housing opportunities that are consistent with the goals and policies of the existing General Plan. Therefore, the proposed project would have no significant adverse impact on population and housing, but will actually have a benef cial impact on housing. Impacts: None Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing ~.lement Page 29 of 38 4.13 PusLIC S~~tVICI/S: Potentially Less Than Less Than No Reviewed Would the proposal: Significant Significant Significant Impact Under Impact with Impact Previous Mitigation Document Incorporated a. Would the project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of or need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which X could cause significant environments[ impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times, or other performance objectives for an of the ublic services? b. Fire rotection? X c. Police Protection? X d. Schools? X e. Parks? X f. Other ubiic services? 7{ Impact Discussion: a-e. Residential development provided for in the Housing Element Update will be on land already designated under the General Plan for residential uses. The General Plan provides adequate protections to address public services, and the Housing Element Update does not modify these protections. However, proposed residential development of these sites will still be evaluated on an individual project basis to determine site specific public service impacts, including impacts to fire protection, police protection, and schools that may occur. Conc[usian The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the imensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, the proposed project would have no new significant adverse impacts on public services. Impacts: None Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 30 of 38 4.14 RECREATION: Potentially Less Than Less Than No Reviewed Would the proposal: 5ignificani Signirn:ant Significant Impact Under Impact with Impact Previous Mitigation Document Incorporated a. Increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such X that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated? b. Include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities x which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment? Impact Discussion: a-b. All residential development provided for in the Housing Element Update, which will be on land already designated under the General Plan for residential uses, has been analyzed for impacts to recreation under the General Plan EIR. Development of the sites identified by the Housing Element Update may result in an increase in the use of existing local recreational facilities, and an eventual need for new or expanded facilities. However, proposed residential development of these sites will still be evaluated on an individual project basis to determine site specific impacts to recreation that may occur. Conclusion The Housing Element Update will not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. The proposed project would have no significant adverse impacts on recreational facilities. Impacts: None Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 3'[ of 38 4.15 TRANSPORTATI<ON/TCtAFFIC: Potentially Less TBan Less Than No Reviewed Would the proposal: Significant Significant Significant Impact Under Impact with Impact Previous Mitigation Docament Incorporated a. Cause an increase in traffic which is substantial in relation to the existing traffic load and capacity of the street system (i.e., result in a substantial increase in X either the number of vehicle trips, the volume to ca aci ratio on roads, or con estion at intersections ? b. Exceed, either individuaEly or cumulatively, a level of service standard established by the county congestion X management agency for designated roads or hi wa s? c. Result in a change in air traffic patterns, including either an increase in traffic levels or a change in X location that results in substantial safe risks? d. Substantially increase hazards due to a design feature {e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or X incom atib]e uses e, ., farm a ui ment ? e. Result in made uate emer enc access? X #: Resul# in made uate arkin ca aci ? X g. Conflict with accepted policies, plans or programs supporting alternative transportation (e.g., bus X turnouts, bic cle racks ? lrrrpact Discussion: a-b. All residential development provided for in the Housing Element Update will be on land already designated under the General Plan for residential uses. The Housing Element Update will not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. The General Plan provides adequate protections to address transportation/traffc imgacts resulting from future growth and the Housing Element Update does not modify these protections Therefore, no new adverse transgortation impacts were determined to be connected with the Housing Element Ugdate. Proposed residential development of these sites will still be evaluated on an individual project basis to determine site specific impacts to traff c that may occur. The Housing Element Update will not impact air traffic patterns. Air transportation in Butte County is served by a number of private and public airfields and heliports serving general aviation and agricultural users. Commercial flights to distant or out-of--state destinations are available at the Sacralnento International Airport, about 6a miles south of Oroville. d-f. The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. g. The Housing Element Update does not conflict with adopted policies, plans or programs supporting alternative transportation. The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development ar change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Flan. Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing dement Page 32 of 38 Conclusion The Housing Element Update will not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, no new adverse transportation impacts were determined to be connected with the Housing Element Update. Impacts: None Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 33 of 38 4.16 UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS: Potentially Lcss Than Less Than No Reviewed Would the pr©posal: Significant Significant Significant Impact Under Impact with Impact Previous Mitigation Document Incorporated a. Exceed wastewater treatment requirements of the X a licable Re Tonal Water Quali Control Board? b. Require or result in the construction of new water or wastewater treatment facilities or expansion of X existing facilities, the construction of which could cause si ni6cant environmental effects? c. Require or result in the construction of new storm water drainage facilities or expansion of existing X facilities, the construction of which could cause si nificant environmental effects? d. Have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project from existing entitlements and X resources, or are new or expanded entitlements needed? e. Result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider which serves or may serve the project that it has adequate capacity to serve the X project's projected demand in addition to the rovider's existin commitments? t: Be served by a landfill with sufficient permitted capacity to accommodate the project's solid waste X dis osal needs? g. Comply with federal, state, and focal statutes, and X re ulations related to solid waste? Impact Discussion: a-g. While private septic systems are adequate for single-lot development, most of the larger developments, including multifamily residential developments, will require wastewater collection and treatment through the use of service districts. Rural areas, and areas on the periphery of urban areas not served by districts, in most cases, use individual, on-site disposal methods {septic systems) for waste disposal. Additional capacity may be provided by expansion and/or enlargement of the treatment facilities. In Chico, Gridley, and Biggs sewage disposal systems are provided by incorporated communities and are available only upon annexation. Oroville services are provided in both incorporated and unincorporated areas. The City of Paradise is served entirely by on-site disposal systems (septic systems). While private water wells are adequate for single-lot development, most of the larger developments, including multifamily residential developments, will require water via community service districts, County water districts, and public water systems. However, proposed residential development of these sites will still be evaluated on an individual project basis to determine site specific impacts that may occur. Water supply is usually not a constraint to development in the county, as abundant groundwater and surface supplies are generally available. Butte County Departmen# of Development Services negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 34 of 38 Existing County policy directs higher density housing to urban areas where services, such as adequate drainage, are available. It is anticipated that the total capacity of the Neal Road Landfill will not be exceeded until at least the year 2033. Solid waste management in Butte County is conducted under federal and State regulatory policies that are implemented and enforced by the California Irnegrated Waste Management Board {CIWMB), the State Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB} and the Butte County Air Quality Management District. The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, no adverse impacts on water, wastewater, stormwater drainage, or solid waste facilities were determined to be connected with the Housing Element Update. Conclusion The Housing Element Update does not introduce new areas to urban development or change the intensity of development that is allowed under the existing General Plan. Therefore, no new adverse impacts on utilities were determined to be connected with the proposed project. Impacts: None Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 35 of 38 4.17 MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE (SECTION 15065}: Potentially Lcss Than Less Thsn i~io Reviewed Would the proposal: Significant Significant Significant Impact Under Impact rvith Impact Previous IVlitigation Dacnment Incorporated a. Have the potential to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal X community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California histo or rehisto ? b. Have impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? ("Cumulatively considerable" means that the incremental effects of a project are considcrable when viewed in connection X with the effects of past projects, the effects of other current projects and the effects of probable future ro~ects ? c. Does the project have environmental effects which wi13 cause substantial adverse effects on human X bein s, either direct) or indirect) ? Impact Discussion: a. The proposed project does not have impacts that will cause substantial adverse effects on the environment as documented on this checklist. b. The proposed project does not result in new cumulative impacts not previously disclosed that are individually limited but cumulatively significant. The purpose of the Housing Element is to identify current and projected housing needs and set forth goals, policies, and programs that address those needs. The Housing Element has been prepared to meet the requirements of State law and local housing objectives. c. The proposed project does not have impacts that will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly as documented on this checklist. Impacts: None Butte County Depar#men# of Development Services Nega#ive Declaration for Butte County Housing 3=lement Page 36 of 38 5.0 Documents Consulted Butte County Butte County General Plan Butte County Butte County Housing Element Policy Document (2009) (draft} Butte County Butte County Housing Element Housing Needs Assessment Document (2009) (draft) Butte County Zoning Ordinance Butte County General Plan 2030 Setting and Trends Report Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS}, April 2009 Butte County Department of be~eiopment Services negative becfaration for Butte County Housing Element Page 37 of 38 REQUEST FOR NO EFFECT DETERMINATION California Department of Fish and Game No Effect Determination Request Form Date Submitted: June 16, 2009 Applicant Name: County of Butte (Dan Breedon, Principal Planner, dbreedonnaQ,buttecounty.net) Applicant Address: c/o Butte County Department of Development Services, 7 County Center Drive, Oroville CA 45465. Project Name: General Plan Housing Element Update CEQA Lead Agency: County of Butte CEQA Document Type: Negative Declaration SCH Number and/or Iocal agency ID number: Butte County General Plan 2030 Project Location: The Housing Element Update encompasses Butte County's boundaries. Land inside the city or town limits of incorporated municipalities is not under Butte County's jurisdiction. Therefore, this Negative Declaration focuses on the analysis of potential impacts on lands only within unincorporated Butte County, including land inside each municipality's Sphere of Influence (SOI), but not inside municipality limits. Brief Project Description: This Initial Study/Negative Declaration is for the Butte County Housing Element Update project. State Housing Law (Government Code Section 65580) requires an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to meeting those needs. The 2009 Housing Element Update is a comprehensive statement by Butte County of its current and future housing needs and proposed actions to facilitate the provision of housing to meet those needs at all income levels. The purpose of the Housing Element is to identify current and projected housing needs and set forth goals, policies, and programs that address those needs. The Housing Element has been prepared to meet the requirements of State law and local housing objectives. Justification of No Effect Determine#ion: The project is an update of the existing Butte County Housing Element, which updates various policies and programs for the housing needs of Butte County Citizens. No increase to currently allowed residential development densities, designations or zoning is proposed and as a result the update of the Housing Element will not have any physical effect on the environment. Butte County Department of Development Services Negative Declaration for Butte County Hauling Element Page 38 of 38