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Ordinance No. 2287 <br />Page 14 of 21 <br /> <br />The community development director may waive the requirement for an affordable housing agreement <br />for projects that have their affordable housing requirements included in a development agreement or <br />other city document. <br />If a project is permitted to pay the affordable housing fee to meet the requirements of this Chapter, <br />pursuant to Sections 17.44.040.D, 17.44.040.E, or Section 17.44.080, an affordable housing agreement <br />shall not be required. In the case of approval pursuant to Section 17.44.080, such provision shall be <br />included in a resolution for approval adopted by city council. <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 of <br />residential projects to provide inclusionary units. Incentives or financial assistance will be offered <br />only to the extent resources for this purpose are available and approved for such use by the city <br />council or city manager, as defined below, and to the extent that the project, with the use of incentives <br />or financial assistance, assists in achieving the city's housing goals. However, nothing in this chapter <br />establishes, directly or through implication, a right of an applicant to receive any assistance or <br />incentive from the city. <br />Any incentives provided by the city shall be set out in the affordable housing agreement pursuant to <br />Section 17.44.060 of this chapter. The granting of the additional incentives shall require <br />demonstration of exceptional circumstances that necessitate assistance from the city, as well as <br />documentation of how such incentives increase the feasibility of providing affordable housing. <br />The following incentives may be approved for applicants who construct inclusionary units on-site: <br />A. Fee Waiver or Deferral. The city council, by resolution, may waive or defer payment of city <br />development impact fees and/or building permit fees applicable to the inclusionary units or the <br />project of which they are a part. Fee waivers shall meet the criteria included in the city's adopted <br />policy for evaluating waivers of city fees for affordable housing projects. The affordable housing <br />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 zoning <br />requirements of the city of Pleasanton. Modifications to typical design standards may include the <br />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 />Page 43 of 126