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Goal I S• Consider land use changes from non-residential to residential designations where appropriate. Policy 39: Disperse high-density housing throughout the community, especially in the Downtown and in other areas neaz public transit, major thoroughfazes, shopping, and employment centers. Program 39.1: Provide sites for multi-family housing, especially in locations near existing and planned transportation and other services. Policy 40: Strongly encourage residential infill in azeas where public facilities aze or can be made to be adequate to support such development. Program 40.1: Zone infill sites at densities compatible with infrastructure capacity and General Plan Map designations. Program 40.2: Encourage the development of "second units" and shared housing in R-1 zoning districts to increase the number of housing units while preserving the visual chazacter within existing neighborhoods of single-family detached homes. Institute a monitoring program to track the use of second units for low- and very low-income housing. Program 40.3: Encourage mixed-use developments that combine residential uses with compatible commercial uses, especially in the Downtown. Program 40.4: Adopt incentives and design guidelines for constructing residential uses above-ground floor commercial establishments. Program 40.5: Institute a program by which the City would assist developers of mixed use projects to secure loans from financial institutions. Program 40.6: Consider incentives which would facilitate relocating existing commercial/office/industrial uses in order to enable development with residential uses. Policv 41 • Disperse affordable housing units throughout new residential developments. For phased developments ensure that the majority of affordable units are not postponed until the f nal stages of development. Revised Draft Housing Element Goals, Policies, and Programs: 1/28/02 - 15 -