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6th Cycle Program 5.4: Continue to require both market-rate <br />and affordable projects to conform to Chapters 11A and 11B <br />of the California Building Code with respect to incorporation of <br />accessibility features. Additionally, for multi-family projects <br />with more than 15 units, strongly encourage developers to <br />incorporate enhanced accessibility features in required <br />adaptable units (such as roll-in showers, variable height work <br />surfaces, and wider hallway and door widths) through <br />expedited review or other methods. An equal or greater <br />proportion of required adaptable very low- and low-income <br />units as adaptable market-rate units in the project shall be <br />provided with such features, to meet the needs of persons <br />with disabilities and to allow for aging in place. With respect to <br />single-family, duplex, and tri-plex projects not covered by <br />Chapters 11A and 11B, adopt a local Universal Design <br />Ordinance consistent with the HCD Universal Design Model <br />Ordinance that requires enhanced accessibility in a proportion <br />of units within projects of a specified size. <br />Enhanced accessibility features included in <br />all projects subject to the Universal Design <br />Ordinance during the planning period; <br />target the application of Universal Design <br />Ordinance and multi-family accessibility <br />requirements to the production of 50 units <br />by March 2026 and another 50 units by <br />January 2031 <br />Adopt Universal Design <br />Ordinance by September <br />2023; implement Universal <br />Design Ordinance and multi- <br />family accessibility <br />requirements as project <br />applications are submitted <br />City Counci reviewed and considered adoption of a Universal Design Ordinance in <br />September 2022, but did not take action to adopt, pending additional staff research <br />and adoption of the California Builidng Code triennial update in January 2023, which <br />created more stringent universal design standards. <br />6th Cycle Program 5.5: Assign a portion of the City's Lower <br />Income Housing Fund for housing projects which <br />accommodate the needs of special housing groups such as <br />for persons with physical, mental, and/or developmental <br />disabilities, and persons with extremely low-incomes and <br />experiencing homelessness. <br />Reserve a minimum of 15 percent of <br />available funding for this purpose, with the <br />goal of providing 40 assisted units <br />Annually, as part of the <br />allocation process for the <br />Lower Income Housing <br />Fund; target development of <br />assisted units by 2031 <br />A minimum of 15 percent of the funding is avaliable for housing projects for special <br />housing groups. City staff continues to explore affordable residential projects that may <br />need the City's Lower Income Housing Fund in order to be constructed.