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ATTACHMENT 3 <br />THE CITY OF Planning Commission <br />�, _ - s.; oil Staff Report <br />PLEASAINTON. August 14, 2013 <br />Item 6.c <br />SUBJECT: P13 -2097 <br />APPLICANT: City of Pleasanton <br />PURPOSE: City initiated application to amend Title 18 of the <br />Pleasanton Municipal Code to comply with the 2012 <br />Pleasanton General Plan Housing Element pertaining <br />to second units. <br />GENERAL PLAN: Housing Element Policy 6, Program 6.3 <br />ZONING: Various <br />LOCATION: Citywide <br />EXHIBITS: A. Proposed Code Amendment <br />B. California Government Code Section 65852.150 - <br />65852.2 <br />BACKGROUND <br />The subject application is a City- initiated amendment to the Pleasanton Municipal Code. <br />The purpose of the amendment is to implement the Pleasanton Housing Element by <br />relaxing requirements for development of second units. As proposed, the text <br />amendment would allow a second unit to exceed the existing 15 -foot height limit if <br />constructed above an existing or new detached garage (see Exhibit A). Other existing <br />second unit standards would remain in effect. <br />A second unit is an attached or detached dwelling unit which provides independent <br />living facilities and is situated on the same lot as a one - family dwelling. <br />The Pleasanton Housing Element, adopted on February 13, 2012, includes Policy 6 and <br />Program 6.3 as follows: <br />Policy 6: Actively promote the creation of second units on single- family residential lots <br />and their maintenance as sources of housing affordable to moderate -, low -, <br />and very- low - income households. <br />Case No. P13 -2097, City of Pleasanton Planning Commission <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />