Section 699-A. Definitions

As used in this article:
    1.  "Affordable  workforce  housing" means housing for individuals and
  families at or below one hundred thirty percent of the median income for
  the Nassau-Suffolk primary metropolitan statistical area as  defined  by
  the  federal  Department  of  Housing  and  Urban  Development.  For the
  purposes of this article, the affordable workforce housing  units  shall
  be of consistent design to those of the rest of the development.
    2.  "Density  bonus"  means a density increase of at least ten percent
  over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density or  floor  area
  ratio  if  part  of  a mixed-use development under the applicable zoning
  ordinance and comprehensive plan as of the date of  the  application  by
  the   applicant  to  the  local  government.  All  density  calculations
  resulting in fractional units shall be rounded up to the  nearest  whole
  number.  The  granting  of  a density bonus shall not require, in and of
  itself,  a  comprehensive  plan  amendment,  zoning  change   or   other
  discretionary local approval. The density bonus shall not be included as
  part  of the calculation which determines the number of affordable units
  that constitute ten percent of the total.
    3. "Local government", for the purposes of  this  article,  means  any
  village,  city  or  town  within  the county of Nassau or Suffolk acting
  pursuant to the provisions of this article.