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Ordinance No. <br />Page 6 of 32 <br /> <br />P24-0505, Pleasanton Municipal Code Amendments City Council, November 17, 2024 <br />Exhibit A, PMC Amendments, Page 6 <br />Chapter 17.44 <br />INCLUSIONARY ZONING <br /> <br />Article I <br />General Provisions <br />§ 17.44.010. Title. <br />This chapter shall be called the "Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance of the City of Pleasanton." <br />(Ord. 1818 § 1, 2000) <br />§ 17.44.020. Purpose. <br />The purpose of this chapter is to enhance the public welfare, to and assure that market-rate <br />further housing development mitigates its impacts on the demand for affordable housing, and <br />to attain attains the city's affordable housing goals by increasing the production of residential <br />units affordable to households of very low, low, and moderate income, and by providing funds <br />for the development of very low, low, and moderate income ownership and/or rental housing <br />and for housing-related programs that benefit very-low, low, and moderate income <br />households. In order to assure that the remaining developable land is utilized in a manner <br />consistent with the city's housing policies and needs, 15 percent of the total number of units of <br />all new multiple-family residential projects containing 15 or more units, constructed within the <br />city as it now exists and as may be altered by annexation, shall be affordable to very low and <br />low income households. For all new single-family residential projects of 15 units or more, at <br />least 20 percent of the project's dwelling units shall be affordable to very low, low, and/or <br />moderate income households. These requirements shall apply to both ownership and rental <br />projects. <br />(Ord. 1818 § 1, 2000) <br />§ 17.44.030. Definitions. <br />For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and phrases shall be interpreted as set forth in <br />this section unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended. <br />“Affordable Housing Fee.” A fee paid to the city by an applicant for a project in the city in <br />accordance with Chapter 17.40, in lieu of providing the inclusionary units required by this <br />chapter. <br />"Affordable housing proposal." A proposal submitted by the project owner as part of the city <br />development application (e.g., design review, planned unit development, etc.) stating the <br />method by which the requirements of this chapter are proposed to be met. <br />"Affordable rent." A monthly rent (including utilities as determined by a schedule prepared by <br />the city) which does not exceed a maximum rent that will be affordable to the specified <br />household at the specified income level, calculated in accordance with California Health and <br />Page 55 of 658