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This ordinance is an amendment to the former Chapter 13, Residential Allocation Program, adopted on March 13, 1978. Significant changes in the growth management process have been made to simplify the procedures for receiving development approval and to reduce the adverse impacts of the former Residential Allocation Program in the production of affordable housing while minimizing the effects of unrestrained residential growth. This ordinance does not apply to commercial/industrial developments. The growth which has occurred in the City in the past has been heavily in favor of residential development. In order to encourage commercial/industrial uses which will assist in employing residents of Pleasanton and help decrease dependency upon commuting to the Hayward-Oakland area for employment, the City Council does not wish to limit the number of commercial/industrial connections which will be available annually. Section 2-20.02. Objectives. The protection of the public health, safety and general welfare requires the establishment of a Growth Management Program to accomplish the following: (a) Provide for a mechanism to phase growth over the period of the City's 1976-1996 General Plan. -- (b) Provide for the annual construction of residential units in accordance with the population bench- marks of the General Plan. (c) Facilitate and implement the realization of General Plan goals which cannot be accomplished by zoning alone, including the goals of the housing element. (d) Provide significant incentives to developers to include subsidized housing in their undertakings or provide financial assistance to accomplish this goal. (e) Encourage developers to provide affordable housing. (f) Insure that capital improvements identified in the General Plan and requried to adequately serve the area to be developed are provided in whole or in part. (g) Allow for the orderly satisfaction of claims for development of projects party to annexation and settlement agreements, many of which have made substantial commitments toward development in Pleasanton, while making provision for development of projects throughout the city.