Administration.
Long Beach Municipal Code § 21.61.040
in effect21.61.040 - Administration.
A. Authority. The administration of the replacement housing requirement and in-lieu fee payments is delegated to the Director of Development Services. The Development Services Department shall adopt appropriate guidelines for program administration consistent with the intent of this Chapter and consider both the rent and income levels of displaced tenants to make a determination about the affordability level of displaced units. Any fees assessed in connection with the administration of this Chapter shall be established by the City Council by resolution.
B. Determination.
1. It shall be the responsibility of the Director of Development Services to make all determinations regarding the very low, low and moderate cost housing displaced. In order to avoid short-term actions by the owner to disqualify housing from the very low, low and moderate income definitions, the Department of Development Services shall develop procedures to average rental levels over a three (3) year period and to establish fair market sales values based upon prior sales and assessment records.
2. Determinations made by the Director of Development Services shall be attached by the applicant to the coastal development permit application and shall become a public record in all proceedings and hearings related to that application. The Department of Development Services shall verify the rent/sales value history and insure that there have been no price changes made for the purpose of circumventing this Chapter or these regulations.
3. When the units provided under this program are not under the ownership and control of the City, the Director of Development Services shall act to insure that the units continue to be made available to very low, low and moderate households. The City and the property owner shall enter into an agreement and shall cause necessary covenants and deed restrictions to be recorded as provided for in Subsections 21.61.080.E and F.
(ORD-21-0027 § 1, 2021; Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)
Source: City of Long Beach, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/long_beach/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT21ZO_CH21.61MALOINHOCOZO_21.61.040ADFetched: 10/28/2026