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6th Cycle Program 2.1: Continue to implement the <br />Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and actively pursue strategies <br />to improve its effectiveness in producing affordable housing <br />units in conjunction with new development. The following <br />actions will be undertaken by the City: 1. Study the following <br />amendments to the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and adopt <br />such amendments provided they are not found to be an <br />undue constraint on the production of housing: An increase to <br />the proportion of inclusionary units required in multi-family <br />projects to be up to 20 percent, rather than the current 15 <br />percent requirement. Identification of a target mix of <br />affordable units (including proportions of verylow, low- and <br />moderate-income units), with the potential for an alternative <br />mix of affordability to be proposed and approved if it would <br />better meet other housing policy objectives to do so. For <br />example, if the project provided deeper affordability, and/or <br />resulted in the production of units suitable for special needs <br />groups such as seniors or persons with mental or physical <br />disabilities. Target affordability mix and unit size standards, <br />including a required proportion of larger (3 or more bedroom) <br />lower-income units, may be implemented through Objective <br />Design Standards (Program 4.2) or the amended Inclusionary <br />Zoning Ordinance. [... for further text see Housing Element <br />Document] <br />Amend the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance <br />and achieve higher proportions (i.e., <br />greater than 15 percent) and lower <br />affordability levels of inclusionary units <br />from projects approved consistent with the <br />amended Ordinance, provided an <br />inclusionary rate of greater than 15 percent <br />is demonstrated to not constrain housing <br />production consistent with state law; <br />achieve 80 below market rate units over <br />the planning period. <br />Study the Inclusionary <br />Zoning Ordinance <br />(September 2025); amend <br />the Inclusionary Zoning <br />Ordinance based on study <br />(March 2026); evaluate <br />Inclusionary Zoning <br />Ordinance (and modify, if <br />needed) (April 2027) <br />Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance updated adopted by City Council on December <br />3, 2024. <br />https://weblink.cityofpleasantonca.gov/weblink/0/doc/309692/Page1.aspx <br />Monitoring of the ordinance is ongoing. <br />6th Cycle Program 2.2: Require new commercial <br />development to pay the Lower-Income Housing Fee <br />established by City Ordinance and adopted by the City, or to <br />otherwise mitigate demand for new employee housing as <br />allowed by the Pleasanton Municipal Code (e.g., through <br />construction of units or dedication of land). Regularly evaluate <br />the amount of these fees to ensure that they: (1) remain <br />commensurate with the needs generated by the development; <br />(2) are established at a level proportionate with the actual <br />cost to provide new housing; and (3) are in conformance with <br />state law while ensuring that Pleasanton remains locally and <br />regionally competitive in attracting new commercial <br />investment. <br /> Mitigate demand for new employee <br />housing as allowed by the Pleasanton <br />Municipal Code to ensure that is <br />commensurate with the needs generated <br />by the development and proportionate with <br />the actual cost to providing new housing. <br />Evaluate fee and adopt new <br />fee as appropriate <br />(December 2025) <br />Fee to be evaluated and adopted (as appropriate) by Decmber 2025.