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Housing Constraints City of Pleasanton | C-5 applicable objective standards would be suspended. This reduces costs, improves financial feasibility, and advances certainty. Plus, those sites that had traditionally dedicated land or amenities to the public, in excess of those required by any applicable objective standard (e.g., required on-site publicly-accessible open space), would retain private property that can instead be used to increase the number of units on site. This modification would apply to all mixed use, low- and medium density sites designated in the General Plan for, and proposing, residential development (i.e., not otherwise requiring a legislative approval); not just to Housing Element sites accommodating RHNA. While the General Plan does not establish density maximums for High-Density Residential and Mixed-Use designations, the maximum density for properties in these designations shall be determined on a case-by-case basis based on site characteristics, amenities, and affordable housing incorporated into the development (Land Use Element Policy 11). Furthermore, density maximums are established in zoning districts, described under Zoning Districts below. Specific Plans The City has a number of adopted specific plans, the majority of which were put in place to guide new development in largely undeveloped areas of the city such specific plans include the North Sycamore Specific Plan, Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan, Happy Valley Specific Plan, Bernal Specific Plan, Laguna Oaks Specific Plan, and Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan. In most cases the land uses envisioned under those specific plans are now largely built out. The Downtown Specific Plan was originally adopted in 1989 with comprehensive updates in 2002 and 2019, addressing development and redevelopment within Pleasanton’s historic downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. Zoning Districts The Zoning Ordinance is Title 18 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code; Title 17 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code - Planning and Other Matters incorporates several chapters that also relate to land use and housing. The Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map are available on the City’s website consistent with Government Code §65940.1(a)(1)(B). This Section analyzes the Zoning Ordinance and the zoning districts which allow residential development, including the Mixed Use- Transitional (MU-T) and Mixed Use-Downtown (MU-D) zoning districts, which were established in 2019 according to the Downtown Specific Plan. Table C-2 lists the zoning districts that allow residential development with a description of each.