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Ordinance No. <br />Page 16 of 32 <br /> <br />P24-0505, Pleasanton Municipal Code Amendments City Council, November 17, 2024 <br />Exhibit A, PMC Amendments, Page 16 <br />C. Second Mortgages. The city may utilize available affordable lower income housing funds <br />for the purpose of providing second mortgages to prospective unit owners or to subsidize <br />the cost of a unit to establish an affordable rent or an affordable sales price. Terms of the <br />second mortgage or subsidy shall be stated in the affordable housing agreement. The <br />utilization of these incentives shall not be the sole source of providing the inclusionary <br />units and they are intended to augment the developer's proposal. <br />D. Priority Processing. After receiving its discretionary approvals, a project that provides <br />inclusionary units may be entitled to priority processing of building and engineering <br />approvals subject to the approval of the city manager. A project eligible for priority <br />processing shall be assigned to city engineering and/or building staff and processed in <br />advance of all nonpriority items. <br />(Ord. 1818 § 1, 2000) <br /> <br />§ 17.44.080. Alternative Means of Compliance Alternatives to constructing inclusionary <br />units on-site. <br />In general, and where specified by this chapter, projects shall be required to construct <br />inclusionary units on-site andThe primary emphasis of this inclusionary zoning <br />ordinance is to achieve the inclusion of affordable housing units to be constructed in <br />conjunction with market rate units within the same project in all new residential projects. <br />However, pursuant to state law and in the interests of avoiding undue impediments to <br />housing production, the city acknowledges that it may be beneficial to provide <br />alternative means of compliance with this chapter. not always be practical to require <br />that every project satisfy its affordable housing requirement through <br /> <br />A. Provisions Applicable to All Alternatives <br /> <br />1. Approval of any alternative proposal is subject to city council review and approval, <br />based on the criteria and findings set forth in subsections B through H as applicable. <br />2. The applicant shall bear the burden of providing substantial evidence to support the <br />findings set forth in this section, and to support the feasibility of any proposed <br />alternative. The applicant shall set forth the factual and legal basis for any request <br />under this section. <br />3. Any request under this section shall be submitted to the director of community <br />development together with an economic analysis, if required, or other supporting <br />documentation. <br />4. The city council may approve or conditionally approve any alternative set forth in this <br />section if it makes all of the following findings and any additional findings required <br />for the selected alternative: <br />a. It is not feasible or desirable to accommodate the inclusionary units on site, <br />or to otherwise construct the units in strict accordance with the requirements <br />of this chapter, due to specific site conditions or constraints, project <br />location, or other unique characteristics of the project or project site. <br />Page 65 of 658