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Chapter 17.36 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ATTACHMENT 3 Page 1 of 5 Pleasanton Municipal Code Up Previous Next Main Collapse Search Print No Frames Title 17 PLANNING AND RELATED MATTERS Chapter 17.36 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 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 either received past approvals under former growth management programs or who have undertaken or will undertake development plans consistent with current goals and policies. F. In 2012, the city council amended the growth management program to reflect current circumstances and changes in state law. (Ord. 2112 § 2, 2015) 17.36.020 Objectives. The protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare requires a growth management program to accomplish the following: A. Regulate the timing, location, and type of residential growth in accordance with the goals and policies of the general plan. B. Achieve predictability in the rate of growth at levels which reflect community sentiment and the ability of the city and other local service-providing agencies to provide services without compromising quality of life issues. C. Retain flexibility to accommodate projects desiring and capable of actual development in the short-term in order to more closely meet annual development goals. D. Create some certainty for the construction of city approved residential housing projects which are subject to market conditions that impact the timing of construction. http://gcode.us/codes/pleasanton/view.php?topic=17-17_36&showAll=1&frames=on 9/16/2015