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Responsible Agency: Housing Division, Housing Commission, City Council Time Period: January 2016, then annually. Funding Source: Housing Division Budget To maintain the momentum behind adoption of the Housing Element Update and to inform the future discussion of the IZO revisions, Staff is recommending that the IZO discussion occur by January 2016, as indicated within Program 17.1. Growth Management Ordinance (GMO) Historically, the City of Pleasanton maintained a GMO to control residential growth consistent with the City's approved Housing Cap. In 2006, the State, along with housing advocacy groups, sued the City on the basis that the Housing Cap was discriminatory and did not allow the City to meet State mandated RHNA requirements. The litigation was successful, and resulted in the removal of the Housing Cap from the General Plan. The vast majority of growth management allocations were issued between the time the Housing Element Update was approved in 2012 and the end of the 4th RHNA cycle on June 30, 2014 due primarily to the lack of housing sites inventory. Some residents of the community perceive the concentrated issuance of growth management allocations in approximately the last two years of the previous RHNA cycle as indicative of an unacceptably high rate of housing growth in the City. On an average yearly basis through the duration of the last RHNA cycle, growth allocations were consistent with the City's GMO. Approved development by year for the previous two Housing Element cycles is provided below in Table 3. In light of the previous litigation, Staff has reviewed and amended the GMO to better facilitate the planned metering of growth from this point forward. The revised GMO has been designed to establish a predictable growth rate which reflects the community's desire for planned growth and alleviates the potential for strain on City services and infrastructure. In accordance with the City's approved GMO and mandated RHNA requirements, the City will be limited to issuing building permits for 235 new residential units per year. Table 3: Entitled Housing Units per Year Approved Approved Year Units Year Units 2003 12 2009 19 2004 12 2010 673 2005 22 2011 42 2006 79 2012 508 2007 9 2013 1,148 2008 130* 2014 274 Total Units Approved 2003 -2014: 2,928 Average Units Approved per Year: 244 Not included within the 2008 approvals is the Windstar development approved to construct 350 residential units. The project has since been superseded by the newly approved Workday commercial development. Case No. P14 -0440, City of Pleasanton Planning Commission Page 8 of 12