Planning Commission Agenda Packet 11-12-25

P23-0563 & Tract 8749, 4400 Black Ave. Planning Commission 9 of 12 CONFORMANCE TO OTHER POLICIES AND STANDARDS General Plan and Housing Element Conformance The project site has a General Plan designation of Other Public and Institutional with a HESO which permits residential uses at a density range of 39 to 66 dwelling units per acre; thus, the project would be consistent with the General Plan Land Use and HESO Designation. Below are some of the General Plan Goals, Programs, and Policies the project is consistent with or would promote: Sustainability • Program 2.1: Reduce the need for vehicular traffic by locating employment, residential, and service activities close together, and plan development so it is easily accessible by transit, bicycle, and on foot. • Program 2.8: Require land development that is compatible with alternative transportation modes and the use of trails, where feasible. Overall Community Development • Policy 4: Allow development consistent with the General Plan Land Use Map. Climate Action Plan (CAP) Strategies • Encourage and facilitate more walking and cycling trips. • Create the building site context that allows people to walk, bike or take transit rather than drive. • Decrease travel time and VMT, less idling leads to fuel savings and less consumption and GHG Emissions. Housing Element • Policy 1.3: Encourage residential and mixed-use projects to be designed at the maximum building height permitted consistent with standards to be adopted in the ODS. • Policy 2.3: In conformance with the IZO, require each residential and non‑residential development to which the ordinance applies, to include its pro‑rata share of housing needs for lower- and moderate- income households or, if the ordinance criteria are met, to contribute to the Lower Income Housing Fund or propose alternative methods to facilitate the construction of housing affordable to these groups. It is strongly encouraged that the IZO requirements be met by building housing affordable to lower- and moderate-income households. The City will continue to offer incentives to encourage and facilitate the production of affordable inclusionary units, as a component of the ordinance. • Policy 6.3: Strongly encourage residential infill in areas where public facilities are or can be made to be adequate to support such development. • Policy 6.5: Encourage new housing to be located in areas well-served by public transit and the active transportation network (e.g., pedestrian and bicycle facilities), and seek to improve these facilities throughout the city, in order to improve access to all modes of