Clovis, CA Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Density Bonus Law (2026)

26 (Affordable Housing Incentives: Density Bonus) implements California Government Code Section 65915 through a locally codified chapter. 020(D) limits the program to housing developments of five or more dwelling units. 020(A) requires a project to include at least 10% of predensity bonus base units for lower-income households, 5% for very low-income households, senior citizen housing or an age-restricted mobile home park, 10% of units in a common interest development for moderate-income buyers, 10% of units for transitional foster youth, disabled veterans, or homeless persons with a 55-year affordability restriction, 20% of units for lower-income students in a student housing development, or a 100% affordable project.

030 sets the resulting bonus: a senior citizen development or qualifying mobile home park earns a flat 20% density bonus under subsection (A)(3), while lower-income, very low-income, and moderate-income unit percentages are run through Tables 3-5, 3-6, and 3-7, which scale the bonus up as the affordable share rises, for example from 20% bonus at 10% low-income units up to 50% bonus at 24% low-income units. 055, and bonus units are excluded from the base unit count used to calculate the required affordable percentage, except in a 100%-affordable project. 5, and projects removing existing units must meet the replacement requirements of Government Code Section 65915(c)(3).