Los Angeles Municipal Code

SEC. 19.20. DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFITS FEE ORDINANCE.

expiring affordability covenants in the next 10 years in order to preserve and extend housing affordability, where qualifying applicants include but are not limited to, owners of the said project; developers; non-profit organizations; Organized Tenant Groups; Community Based Organizations; or LAHD; (c) Extensions of affordability covenants, set to expire in the next ten years, where qualifying applicants include but are not limited to, non-profit organizations; owners of the project; developers; Organized Tenant Groups; Community Based Organizations; or LAHD; (d) Construction of new 100 percent affordable housing projects, permanent supportive housing projects, or temporary shelters for people experiencing homelessness; or (e) Construction of housing projects including accessory dwelling units that serve as “restricted affordable units”, as defined in Chapter 1A. 2. A program to support one or more small legacy and community-serving businesses that meets one of the following criteria: (a) Rent subsidies to a Small Legacy Business, with priority for a business owned by an individual or individuals with annual household incomes equal to or less than the moderate-income category as defined by LAHD; (b) Grants for Low-income Micro-entrepreneurs working in the Downtown Community Benefits Area; or (c) Subsidies for a Sidewalk Vendor Commissary Kitchen. 3. Design and procurement of sidewalk vending carts for donation to sidewalk vendors whose annual household income is equal to or less than the low-income category as defined by LAHD and who work in the Downtown Community Plan area. Vending carts shall comply with the regulations of the City of Los Angeles Sidewalk Vending Program (Section 42.13 of this Code), and any regulations for food vending of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. 4. Construction of permanent or temporary Resiliency Centers or conversion of existing buildings or structures to serve as Resiliency Centers.