The San Diego City Council, in the fall of 1992, adopted the North City Future Urbanizing Area (NCFUA) Framework Plan. This plan applies to what was largely undeveloped land in the Northwest & Northcentral portions of the City, generally east of Interstate 5, North of Sorrento Mesa-Mira Mesa and west of Rancho Bernardo and Rancho Penasquitos.

The Framework Plan recommends the provision of housing, affordable to lower income families, as certified by the San Diego Housing Commission. The affordable units must remain affordable for the life of the unit and should be phased in proportion to development of market rate units. The bedroom composition of the affordable housing units should be similar to that of the market-rate units. Fulfillment of this objective may be satisfied by:

• A set aside of no less than 20 percent of the units for occupancy by, and at rates affordable to, families earning no more than 65 percent of median area income, adjusted for family size, or
• Dedication of developable land of equivalent value.

Residential development of more than ten dwelling units must satisfy the City's

affordable housing requirements, as stated above.

Residential development of ten or fewer housing units and residential development falling within the estate and the very low-density residential categories may, at the discretion of the City Council, satisfy the affordable housing requirements by donating to the City an amount of money equivalent to the cost of achieving the required level of affordability, into an NCFUA Affordable Housing Trust Account administered by the San Diego Housing Commission. Funds collected in this manner may be applied to affordable housing requirements in the NCFUA.