540.230. - Single-, two-, and three-family dwellings and congregate living uses.
(a) In general. Except as authorized in this section, floor area ratio premiums shall not be applicable to single-, two-, and three-family dwellings or congregate living uses with three (3) or fewer dwelling or rooming units.
(b) Affordable housing floor area premium. A floor area ratio premium of one-tenth (0.1) per unit, not counting the first unit, shall be authorized for two- and three-family dwellings or congregate living uses with two (2) or three (3) dwelling or rooming units when at least one (1) of the units are affordable to and occupied by a household(s) with an income at or below sixty (60) percent of the area median income, adjusted for bedroom and family size, and where the owner is participating in a federal housing subsidy program and/or participating in a state or local housing program where the rent or sale price and income restrictions of the affordable unit(s) are evidenced by a declaration or ground lease that will be recorded against the property, or where the owner is the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority or an affiliated entity.
(c) Environmental sustainability floor area premium. In the BFI2 Interior 2 and BFI3 Interior 3 Built Form Overlay Districts, a floor area ratio premium of one-tenth (0.1) shall be authorized for two- and three-family dwellings or congregate living uses with two (2) or three (3) dwelling or rooming units when the building is certified as environmentally sustainable through a green building program authorized for this purpose by the zoning administrator.
