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6th Cycle Program 5.5: Assign a portion of the City's Lower Income
<br />Housing Fund for housing projects which accommodate the needs of
<br />special housing groups such as for persons with physical, mental, and/or
<br />developmental 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 />6th Cycle
<br />Continuous A minimum of 15 percent of the funding is avaliable for
<br />housing projects for special housing groups. City staff
<br />continues to explore affordable residential projects that
<br />may need the City's Lower Income Housing Fund in
<br />order to be constructed.
<br />Other A minimum of 15 percent of
<br />the funding is avaliable for
<br />housing projects for special
<br />housing groups.
<br /> For more information please contact
<br />Steve Hernandez, Housing Manager
<br />shernandez@cityofpleasantonca.gov
<br />6th Cycle Program 5.6: Implement the following amendments to Title 18
<br />of the Pleasanton Municipal Code, Zoning, to remove governmental
<br />constraints and facilitate special needs housing: 1. Explicitly allow for
<br />Single Room Occupancy units (SROs) to facilitate the provision of
<br />affordable housing for lower-income individuals, including seniors,
<br />persons with disabilities, and extremely low-income persons. 2. Allow
<br />residential care facilities (sometimes called group homes) with six or
<br />fewer residents as a residential use and subject to the same development
<br />standards as a single-family dwelling. No conditional use permit, zoning
<br />variance, or other zoning clearance will be required of a residential
<br />facility that serves six or fewer persons that is not required of a family
<br />dwelling of the same type in the same zone. Also, allow residential care
<br />facilities with seven or more residents in all residential zones subject to a
<br />determination that such uses will conform to City noise, parking, and
<br />similar standards such that these larger facilities do not negatively
<br />impact neighborhoods, but are reviewed in an objective manner similar
<br />to other residential uses (i.e., processed under the same approval
<br />process as a large single-family home). [... for further text see Housing
<br />Element Document]
<br />Remove governmental constraints and
<br />facilitate special needs housing.
<br />June 2024 (amend Zoning
<br />Ordinance); prepare and
<br />distribute informational
<br />material on reasonable
<br />accommodations (December
<br />2024)
<br />6th Cycle
<br />Completed City Council adopted Ordinance 2277 on May 7, 2024
<br />to amend the municipal code to comply with this
<br />program:
<br />https://weblink.cityofpleasantonca.gov/weblink/0/doc/3
<br />08659/Page1.aspx
<br />Other 1 https://weblink.cityofpleasantonca.gov/we
<br />blink/0/doc/308659/Page1.aspx
<br />6th Cycle Program 5.7: To facilitate reasonable accommodation requests
<br />and approvals, the City will amend two Zoning Ordinance findings to
<br />clarify intent while ensuring health and safety objectives are maintained.
<br />The two reasonable accommodation findings are related to fundamental
<br />alterations in the nature of a City program or law and potential impacts
<br />on surrounding uses (Municipal Code 18.86.060.A.4 and 5). The City will
<br />also promote reasonable accommodations in a variety of languages and
<br />formats to raise awareness and encourage requests to accommodate
<br />housing for persons with disabilities.
<br />Approve three reasonable accommodation
<br />requests by January 2031
<br />June 2024 (amend Zoning
<br />Ordinance); prepare and
<br />distribute informational
<br />material on reasonable
<br />accommodations (December
<br />2024)
<br />6th Cycle
<br />In Progress City Council adopted Ordinance 2277 on May 7, 2024
<br />to amend the municipal code to comply with this
<br />program:
<br />https://weblink.cityofpleasantonca.gov/weblink/0/doc/3
<br />08659/Page1.aspx. Due to budget constraints the City
<br />has not yet promoted reasonable accommodations in a
<br />variety of languages and formats to raise awareness
<br />and encourage requests to accommodate housing for
<br />persons with disabilities.
<br />Other Ordinance adopted.
<br />Informational materials not yet
<br />prepared.
<br />https://weblink.cityofpleasantonca.gov/we
<br />blink/0/doc/308659/Page1.aspx
<br />6th Cycle Program 6.1: Develop and adopt Objective Design and
<br />Development Standards for each of the sites zoned for densities above
<br />30 dwelling units per acre, including appropriate height limits, Floor Area
<br />Ratio, setbacks, massing, open space and parking requirements, and
<br />approval criteria (i.e., findings for approval) to ensure projects can
<br />accomplish their assigned densities, while mitigating potential
<br />incompatibilities between those higher density projects and adjacent
<br />uses, for example by providing for buffers or stepping heights between
<br />existing lower-density and new higher density buildings.
<br />Consistency with state law, including SB35
<br />and SB330 By March 2023 6th Cycle
<br />Completed Objective Design Standards for all high density sites
<br />and zoning districts were adopted January 2023 and
<br />updated in May 2023. The City is reviewing the
<br />standards to update for ease of use, applicability, and
<br />consistency with current State law.
<br />Other 1 https://weblink.cityofpleasantonca.gov/W
<br />ebLink/0/doc/304844/Page1.aspx
<br />6th Cycle Program 6.2: Implement the Climate Action Plan’s (CAP 2.0)
<br />applicable actions related to new residential construction, improving
<br />residential water and energy efficiency, and reducing VMTs associated
<br />with new units including the following: P1 - All Electric Reach Code, P2 -
<br />Existing Building Electrification Plan, P4 - Solar and Storage on New
<br />Construction, P5 - Zero Emissions Infrastructure, P8 - Improve Bicycle
<br />Amenities, P9 - Bicycle Rack Incentive Program, P10 - Increase Transit
<br />Ridership, P11 - Promote LEED Neighborhood Development, P15 - Water
<br />Efficiency Retrofits, S1 - Refrigerant Management, S2 - Energy Efficiency
<br />Upgrades, and S6 - Embodied Carbon Reduction Plan.
<br />Improve residential energy efficiency and
<br />reduce VMT's associated with new units. Ongoing 6th Cycle
<br />In Progress Implementing CAP 2.0 programs continues to be a
<br />part of the City's workplan. Staff and the Energy and
<br />Environment Commission continue to progress
<br />implementation.
<br />Other 1 Please contact Derek Farmer, Planning
<br />Manager
<br />dfarmer@cityofpleasantonca.gov
<br />6th Cycle Program 6.3: Seek out and utilize available energy efficiency
<br />upgrade program funding for low-interest loans to support alternative
<br />energy usage and/or significant water conservation systems in exchange
<br />for securing new and/or existing rental housing units affordable to very
<br />low- and low-income households.
<br />Support energy efficiency and the
<br />production of more low-income homes. Ongoing 6th Cycle Continuous
<br />The City seeks out funding opportunities for energy efficieny
<br />upgrade loans. There are currently no energy efficiency
<br />upgrade loans that the City can provide to rental property
<br />owners.
<br />Other 1 Please contact Derek Farmer, Planning
<br />Manager
<br />dfarmer@cityofpleasantonca.gov
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