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17.36.170 <br />the lands designated in this subsection. <br />council may then allocate the growth <br />management approvals which have been <br />set aside to the approved project. (Ord. <br />1378 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1366 § 1, 1988; Ord. <br />1336 § 1 (part), 1987) <br />1736.180 Criteria for decision. <br />The city council shall base its decision <br />allocating growth managment approval <br />on substantial evidence that the projects <br />selected are in furtherance of the public <br />interest and in furtherance of the city's <br />general plan policies. particularly the fol- <br />lowing: <br />A. The maximum number of growth <br />management approvals for any given <br />year shall be for six hundred fifty units. In <br />addition, up to one hundred residential <br />units may be approved for lower-income <br />housing projects, provided the projector <br />projects meet the criteria for eligibility <br />described in Section 17.36.185. <br />B. The council shall monitor growth <br />management approvals such that the <br />population within the 1987 Pleasanton <br />city limits does not exceed sixty-two <br />thousand by January 1, 1996. assuming a <br />vacancy rate of four percent as of that <br />date. (Program 11.4 of the land use ele- <br />ment. ) <br />C. Regulate the number of housing <br />uniu approved each year to adequately <br />plan for infrastructure and assure city <br />residents of a predictable growth rate. <br />(Program 11 of the land use element.) <br />D. The goals, policies and programs <br />set forth in the general plan housing ele- <br />ment, including particularly the follow- <br />ing: <br />1. Ensure that at least twenty-five per- <br />cent of the total housing stock at full <br />development shall be multiple-family, <br />both owner-occupied and renter- <br />occupied. (Policy 1 of the housing ele- <br />ment. ) <br />2. Encourage fifteen percent of the <br />housing stock at full buildout to be <br />affordable to the needs of lower-income <br />households. (Policy 7 of the housing ele- <br />ment.) <br />3. Encourage a minimum of twenty <br />percent of all new housing units to be <br />affordable to moderate-income house- <br />holds. (Policy 8 of the housing element). <br />(Ord. 1378 § 2,1988; Ord.1336 § 1(part), <br />1987) <br />1736.185 Lower-income housing <br />project. <br />A. Alower-income housing project <br />for purposes of Section 17.36.180A shall <br />be a project having a minimum of <br />twenty-five percent of the total units <br />reserved for households qualifying for <br />low-income housing assistance as <br />defined for the primary metropolitan sta <br />tistical area, including the county, by the <br />Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development. Units must be reserved for <br />lower-income households for a period of <br />fifteen years. <br />B. HUD regulations for the qualifica <br />tion of households as lower-income, the <br />size of unit in relation to household size, <br />and all other rules and regulations except <br />for rent shall govern those units set aside <br />for lower-income households. Afford- <br />able rents for units designated for lower- <br />income households shall be charged. <br />C. For purposes of this chapter and <br />with respect to any one-bedroom unit, <br />affordable rent means a monthly rent <br />which does not exceed thirty percent of <br />-163 iPleasanion 12-89) <br />