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• Whether the subject housing will be used by a person with a disability. • Whether the request is necessary to make specific housing available to a person with a disability. • Whether the requested reasonable accommodation would impose an undue financial or administrative burden on the City. • Whether the reasonable accommodation would require a fundamental alteration in the nature of a City program or law, including but not limited to land use and zoning. • Potential impact on surrounding uses. • Physical attributes of the property and structures. • Alternative reasonable accommodations which may provide an equivalent level of benefit. These are reasonable factors for the City to consider in approving a reasonable accommodation request. The City has not had any reasonable accommodation requests over the last planning period. Density Bonus and Incentives for Affordable Housing The City provides for the development of affordable housing for lower-income households through its affordable housing bonus program (Chapter 17.38 (Density Bonus) of the Municipal Code). These density bonus provisions were updated most recently in 2013 in accordance with state density bonus law (Government Code §65915 et seq.). In 2020, AB 2345 was adopted, which increased the allowed density bonus from 35 percent to 50 percent for qualifying development projects. Therefore, Chapter 17.38 should be updated for consistency with AB 2345. Also, General Plan Land Use Element Policy 11 discusses a 25 percent density bonus for affordable housing on PUD -zoned parcels, which is inconsistent with Chapter 17.38 and state law. The City should amend Land Use Element Policy 11 for consistency. Incentives may be approved for projects that provide affordable housing, including affordable units consistent with the City's inclusionary housing requirements (see Inclusionary Housing below). Examples of incentives that may be approved for projects with on-site affordable units are: • Fee waiver or deferral • Design modifications (reduced setbacks; reduction in infrastructure requirements; reduced open space requirements; reduced landscaping requirements; reduced interior or exterior amenities; reduction in parking requirements; and height restriction waivers) • Use of available lower income housing funds for the purpose of providing second mortgages to prospective unit owners or to subsidize the cost of a unit to establish an affordable rent or an affordable sales price C-20 I City of Pleasanton Housing Constraints