1. Residential additions, repairs, or remodels; provided, that such work does not increase the number of existing dwellings;

2. The addition or inclusion of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) or junior accessory dwelling units (JADUs) associated with an existing or proposed residential or mixed-use development;

3. Affordable housing projects in which one hundred percent of the dwellings to be built will be sold or rented in conformance with the city’s affordable housing standards (excluding any on-site manager unit);

4. Housing projects that include a density bonus;

5. Emergency projects or projects which the council determines are necessary to protect public health and safety;

6. Development projects which the director determines are essentially noncommercial or nonresidential in nature, which provide educational, social, or related services to the community and which are proposed by public agencies, nonprofit agencies, foundations, and other similar organizations;

7. Projects which replace or restore a structure damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, earthquake, or other disaster within three years prior to the application for the new structure(s) (see Chapter 17.92, Nonconforming Structures);

8. Residential units that qualify under the downtown flexible density program (see Chapter 17.141). (Ord. 1726 § 6, 2023; Ord. 1719 § 3, 2022)