Court rejects in-lieu housing fee methodology; Developers, housing advocates split over decision's importance.(legal digest)

California Planning & Development Report | April 1, 2009| | Copyright

The City of Patterson's in-lieu affordable housing fee has been invalidated by the Fifth District Court of Appeal, which rejected the city's methodology for setting the fee. Homebuilders celebrated the decision as a victory in their long fight to constrain development fees, while affordable housing advocates and municipal attorneys described the ruling as limited.

Like about one-third of cities and counties in California. Patterson imposes inclusionary zoning that requires market-rate homebuilders to provide a certain percentage of units to low- or moderate-income ...

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