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Chapter 17.36 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Sections: 17.36.010 Purpose. 17.36.020 Objectives. 17.36.030 Building permit restriction. 17.36.040 Exemptions. 17.36.050 Administration of the growth management program. 17.36.060 Establishment of annual new residential unit limits. 17.36.080 Approval procedures. 17.36.090 Use and loss of growth management approval. 17.36.100 Modification to projects with growth management approval. 17.36.110 Fees and exactions. 17.36.120 Application to prior approved projects. 17.36.010 Purpose. A. Since the mid-1960s, Pleasanton's transformation from a small, agricultural-based community to a suburban bedroom community and then to a suburban "edge city" has been marked by periods of rapid growth which stressed the city's ability to provide infrastructure and services, affecting the quality of life of both existing and new residents. B. In order to minimize the adverse effects of rapid uncontrolled residential growth, the city council adopted its first growth management ordinance in 1978, designed to regulate the location and rate of new residential growth in a period of sewage treatment capacity constraints brought about by air quality degradation concerns. Through the 1980s and 1990s, the city council modified the growth management ordinance in order to better achieve the evolving goals set for it, with the rate, location, and type of residential units regulated to achieve the general welfare of the city. C. In 1996, the city council adopted a comprehensive revision to its general plan. Key goals and policies reflect the city's continued commitment to developing in an efficient, orderly, and logical fashion, ensuring adequate infrastructure and services are present to ensure that the city's quality of life and level of services are maintained. The general plan calls for assuring its citizens of a predictable growth rate, while providing housing to meet the needs of all economic segments of the community, regional housing needs, and employment growth. D. Despite the controls established by past versions of the city's growth management program, residential development has continued to fluctuate over time, there has been little predictability of the actual number of new building permits issued and development under construction, and there is uncertainty over the city's ability to maintain its service levels and quality of life for its citizens due to regional influences and uncertain revenue sources for city and other local service-providing agencies. E. This revised growth management program has been designed to rectify the areas wherein the former programs did not totally succeed; to establish a predictable growth rate which reflects community sentiment and which alleviates the potential for strain on the ability of the city and other local service providers to keep pace with services with no reduction in their quality; to continue to relate new residential growth to housing needs (including regional needs and local employment growth) and the availability of infrastructure and services; to move toward build-out of the community in a logical manner while affording future development areas the ability to accommodate changing housing demands; and to be fair and equitable to the development community, developers large and small, who have