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Ordinance No. <br />Page 15 of 32 <br />P24-0505, Pleasanton Municipal Code Amendments City Council, November 17, 2024 <br />Exhibit A, PMC Amendments, Page 15 <br />(Ord. 1818 § 1, 2000; Ord. 2000 § 1, 2009) <br />§17.44.070. Incentives to encourage on-site construction of inclusionary units. <br />The city shall consider making available to the applicant incentives to increase the feasibility <br />of residential projects to provide inclusionary units. Incentives or financial assistance will be <br />offered only to the extent resources for this purpose are available and approved for such use by <br />the city council or city manager, as defined below, and to the extent that the project, with the <br />use of incentives or financial assistance, assists in achieving the city's housing goals. However, <br />nothing in this chapter establishes, directly or through implication, a right of an applicant to <br />receive any assistance or incentive from the city. <br />Any incentives provided by the city shall be set out in the affordable housing agreement <br />pursuant to Section 17.44.060 of this chapter. The granting of the additional incentives shall <br />require demonstration of exceptional circumstances that necessitate assistance from the city, as <br />well as documentation of how such incentives increase the feasibility of providing affordable <br />housing. <br />The following incentives may be approved for applicants who construct inclusionary units on- <br />site: <br />A.Fee Waiver or Deferral. The city council, by resolution, may waive or defer payment of <br />city development impact fees and/or building permit fees applicable to the inclusionary <br />units or the project of which they are a part. Fee waivers shall meet the criteria included <br />in the city's adopted policy for evaluating waivers of city fees for affordable housing <br />projects. The affordable housing agreement shall include the terms of the fee waiver. <br />B.Design Modifications. The granting of design modifications relative to the inclusionary <br />requirement shall require the approval of the city council and shall meet all applicable <br />zoning requirements of the city of Pleasanton. Modifications to typical design standards <br />may include the following: <br />1.Reduced setbacks; <br />2.Reduction in infrastructure requirements; <br />3.Reduced open space requirements; <br />4.Reduced landscaping requirements; <br />5.Reduced interior or exterior amenities; <br />6.Reduction in parking requirements; <br />7.Height restriction waivers. <br />Page 64 of 658