Resolution 2007-176
RESOLUTION NO. 07 - 176
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA,
SUPERSEDING AND REPLACING RESOLUTION 2005-
408, AMENDING THE PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITING
THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS FOR
QUALIFIED AFFORDABLE-WORKFORCE HOUSING
INCLUDING COMMUNITY WORKFORCE HOUSING
INNOVATION PROGRAM (CWHIP) PROJECTS.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, to increase the amount of workforce housing affordable to its workers and residents,
encourage the retention of affordable-workforce housing in the County, encourage the
location of residences in proximity to employment centers, reduce commute times to places of
employment, and provide businesses with access to a pool of employees within the County;
and
WHEREAS, the Board has formally expressed its commitment to affordable-workforce
housing by adoption of certain Goals, Objectives and Policies in the County's Growth
Management Plan (GMP); and
WHEREAS, the intent of Goal 1 of the GMP's Housing Element is to create an
adequate supply of safe, decent, sanitary, and affordable housing for all residents of Collier
County; and
WHEREAS, Objective 1 of the GMP's Housing Element states that the number of new
affordable-workforce housing units shall increase by at least fifteen percent of the units
approved to be built in the County per year, but not less than 1000 units per year averaged
over a five-year period in an effort to continue meeting the current and future housing needs
of legal residents with very-low, low and moderate incomes, including households with
special needs such as rural and farmworker housing in rural Collier County; and
WHEREAS, in order to address the housing needs of low and moderate income persons
by encouraging the more efficient production of affordable-workforce housing, GMP Policy
2.5 requires the County and the City of Naples to review its existing permit process system in
an effort to reduce the processing time and cost of affordable-workforce housing and continue
to identify areas that can be streamlined; and
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WHEREAS, in order to comply with State law, the Board of County Commissioners
through Resolution No 2005-408 adopted as its policy, specific procedures for expediting the
review of development orders for affordable-workforce housing and Community Workforce
Housing Innovation Program qualified projects to a greater degree than other reviews; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners wishes to amend its expedited review
program to extend the benefit to providers of affordable-workforce housing serving families
with 150% or below median household income levels, and to make the program consistent with
other affordable-workforce housing programs administered by the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Collier County, Florida, that:
1. This Resolution shall supersede and replace Resolution 2005-408.
2. The foregoing Recitals are adopted as true and incorporated as part of this
Resolution.
3. The Board of County Commissioners' affordable-workforce housing and
Community Workforce Housing Innovation Program expedited review policy, as amended, is
adopted for immediate use, as follows:
A. Purpose/Scope: The purpose of this Program is to establish procedures to allow for
expedited reviews of all development orders qualifying as affordable-workforce housing and
Community Workforce Housing Innovation Program (CWHIP) so as to create more affordable-
workforce housing and comply with State law. The expedited review process for qualified
development orders is not intended to otherwise modify or alter existing procedural standards
for reviewing development orders, including those that do not qualify for affordable-workforce
housing or CWHIP expedited review status.
B. Applicability: These procedures apply to the review of all qualified development orders
for new and expanding development in Collier County proposing to construct affordable-
workforce housing and/or construct housing through CWHIP that has been endorsed by the
Collier County Board of County Commissioners. In order to qualify for the expedited review
process, the applicant for a proposed development order must:
1. Specifically request affordable housing expedited review project status as part of
an application for a County development order, as defined in Sec. 163.3164 (7), F.S.,
including but not limited to: Rezone petitions, including those for Planned Unit
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Development (PUD) districts, Conditional Use, Site Development Plans, Subdivision
Plats, and Building Permits, including but not limited to their corresponding zomng,
engineering, environmental, transportation, building, and fire code reviews; and
2. Construct an affordable-workforce housing project that contains a minimum of
twenty percent (20%) of the total number of approved units as affordable-workforce
housing in the 150% or below of household medium income category of which a
minimum of thirty percent (30%) of the affordable-workforce housing product is in the
80% or below medium household income category for Collier County; and
3. Include a certificate issued by the Collier County Housing and Human Services
Department stating that the affordable housing project has qualified for expedited review
status by meeting the criteria as outlined in this Resolution.
C. Affordable-Workforce Housing and CWHIP Expedited Review Procedures.
1. Affordable-workforce housing and/or CWHIP expedited review qualification
meeting and Certificate.
Prior to the pre-application meeting process and an application for a development order
being submitted to Collier County for the expedited review process, the applicants or
agents must attend a qualification meeting with Collier County Housing and Human
Services. To qualify, the applicant or agent must demonstrate how the project will comply
with paragraph B above. Those projects that demonstrate compliance will be issued a
certificate to allow the expedited review process for all development orders.
2. Affordable- Workforce Housing and CWHIP Pre-application meeting.
A pre-application meeting is required prior to a development order application being
submitted under this expedited review process.
3 Submittal of affordable-workforce housing and CWHIP expedited review
Development Order Application.
Once qualified, an application for a development order, including an approved copy of the
certificate of affordable-workforce housing for expedited review issued by Collier County
Housing and Human Services, must be submitted to the County for expedited review
within nine (9) months from date of issuance of the certificate. If not timely submitted,
the applicant must apply to be re-qualified as set forth above.
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4 Affordable-workforce housing and CWHIP expedited review time line for
application sufficiency. Complete development order application submittal packages,
once time-stamped by the Department of Zoning and Land Development Review, or the
Building Review and Permitting Department, will receive an expedited sufficiency review
as set forth below.
a. The Department of Zoning and Land Development Review, or the Building
Review and Permitting Department, will review the submittal package and
determine it to be "complete" or "incomplete" at the time the application is
submitted.
b. To be considered "complete" an application submittal package for a
Zoning, Engineering and/or Environmental Section type petition must include the
following: all items checked off on pre-application meeting notes (i.e., application
and review fees, addressing checklist, and any additional information requested
and noted during the pre-application meeting, and any other information noted as a
required). To be considered "complete" an application submittal package for the
Building Permit Section must include all items checked off on the application
checklist noted as required (i.e. survey, truss drawings, energy calculations, and
any other information noted as required).
c. An application package deemed "incomplete" will not be accepted and will
be returned to the applicant noting the deficiencies and the applicant will be
directed to reapply. With each subsequent submittal, the Department of Zoning
and Land Development Review, and/or Building Review and Permitting
Department will determine an application package to be "complete" or
"incomplete" at the time of submittal.
d. Once an application package IS deemed "complete" it will have all
necessary data entered into the computer project-tracking program noting the
project as an "affordable housing" or "CWHIP" project and an expedited review
route sheet will be completed, attached, and the application package distributed for
staff review within three (3) business days from sufficiency review to determine
submittal as "complete".
5. Expedited review times for affordable-workforce housing and CWHIP projects.
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a. Review of any development order with an expedited review status will be
completed and the appropriate staff reports and approvals completed within one
hundred and twenty (120) business days for petition types such as Rezone and/or
Conditional Use requests, sixty (60) business days for petition types such as
Subdivision Plats and/or Site Development Plan requests, or seventy-five (75) days
for residential Building Permit requests from date of distribution for staff review.
b. To insure that expedited review applications move through the review
process in a timely manner, all re-submittal packages and plan corrections must be
provided to the County by the applicant within twenty (20) business days
measured from the date of staff's review comment letter created at the end of each
review cycle. As such, the County's complete 120/60/75 business day review
timeframes will not include any time when the County is waiting for the applicant
to re-submit plan corrections based on staffs review comment letter.
c. In order to meet the complete expedited review period noted in paragraph
5. a and b. above, review staff must complete their reviews for affordable housing
and/or CWHIP applications within fifteen (15) business days from the distribution
date of submittal package for planning petitions (i.e. PUD Rezones or Conditional
Use), seven (7) business days from the distribution date of submittal package for
site-related petitions (i.e. Subdivision Plats or Site Development Plans), or twenty-
five (25) business days from the distribution date of submittal package for
Building Permits.
Exception: Should an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) be required for an
affordable-housing or CWHIP project, a twenty (20) business day review time will
be allowed for the Environmental staff review in lieu of the fifteen (15) or seven
(7) business day review times noted in paragraph 5.a. above as well as impact the
complete project review timeframes noted in paragraph 5.b. above.
d. Resubmittal packages, additional information and/or corrected plans will be
reviewed under the same submittal procedures until all of the assigned review
departments have approved the development order and final approval is granted by
the County Manager or his designee.
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e. Once an application for a development order has been rejected three (3)
times by County staff, the applicants or agents must attend a mandatory project
review meeting to be held with all County review departments yet to approve the
application.
f. Once all departments have completed their reviews for a development
order such as but not limited to a site development plan or building permit
resulting in an approved status the final approval process shall be completed within
three (3) business days (i.e. final typing of permit or approval letter for site
development plan).
6. Public Meeting and Hearings, Qualified affordable-workforce housing and
CWHIP expedited review projects will be given first priority for scheduling of all
meetings including but not limited to pre-application meetings, neighborhood
informational (NIM) meetings, project meetings, and public hearings. Note: If an
applicant does not respond within the twenty (20) business days as outlined in paragraph
5.b. above, the County cannot guarantee first priority scheduling.
D. Applicant Requirements. Partnership Agreement. The applicant shall sign and enter into
a "Partnership Agreement" with Collier County in order to participate in the expedited review
program and agree to the terms requirements of the program, including, but not limited to, the
timely submission of all information relevant to the petition and subsequent submittals of
information in response to staff reviews.
This Resolution adopted after motion, second, and majority vote this ;z</-
day of
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