Traffic Impact Fee (TIF) Offset Program for Affordable Housing

The Board of Supervisors has long recognized that high traffic impact fees, while appropriate to address traffic impacts from development, have a negative effect on efforts to develop housing affordable for lower income households. The Traffic Impact Fee Offset Program for Developments with Affordable Housing Units (Board Policy B-14(PDF, 56KB)) includes a provision to set aside one million of federal and state transportation revenues annually, for a period of twenty (20) years, to be used to offset Traffic Impact fees in the development of affordable housing. The Traffic Impact Fee (TIF) Offset Program allows for a reduction of traffic impact fees and is not a cash subsidy. Only income restricted units are eligible for the offset. A housing development project of more than five (5) units where at least twenty (20) percent of the units will be affordable to very low-, low-, or moderate-income households, or accessory-dwelling units targeted to the aforementioned income group(s), on owner occupied property, may be eligible for Traffic Impact fee offset under specific program guidelines(PDF, 41KB). Applications for the fee offset will be considered twice each year in January and July. The Board of Supervisors will award consider approvals for the Traffic Impact Fee offset based upon the recommendation of the Review Committee and Chief Administrative Officer. The TIF Fee Offset application is available upon request. Interested parties may call (530) 621-5855.

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* A pre-submission meeting will be held to ensure that all potential applicants understand the process for submitting petitions. Attendance is strongly encouraged.

** Deadline is at 5 p.m. of the final date. Deadlines that occur on weekends and holidays will be extended to the next business day.