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Housing Element— Goal 11: Manage residential growth in an orderly fashion while enabling Pleasanton to meet its housing needs. Housing Element— Goal 15: Adopt land use changes from non-residential to residential designations where appropriate. o Policy 38: Strongly encourage residential infill in areas where public facilities are or can be made to be adequate to support such development. Program 38.2: Encourage the development of second units and shared housing in R-1 zoning districts to increase the number of housing units while preserving the visual character within existing neighborhoods of single-family detached homes. Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) & Growth Management As part of the 2015 Housing Element, the City rezoned properties throughout the community to plan for anticipated housing demand (RHNA) for the 2015-2023 Housing Element planning period. Looking to the future, the State legislature has committed to allowing cities to use ADUs and JADUs as housing that will count toward RHNA planning. Finally, ADUs and JADUs would continue to be exempt from the City's Growth Management Ordinance, consistent with policy that was established with previous ADU regulations. PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of this code amendment has been published in The Valley Times and was noted in the Pleasanton Weekly as an upcoming agenda item for the January 25, 2017, Planning Commission meeting. At the time this report was prepared, staff had not received comments pertaining to these amendments. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Pursuant to California Public Resource Code Section 21080.17, the adoption of an ordinance regarding second units to implement the provisions of California Government Code Sections 65582.1 —66412.2, is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CONCLUSION The proposed text amendments will facilitate the development of ADUs and bring the Pleasanton Municipal Code into compliance with State law. If adopted as proposed in Exhibit A, the Code amendments would allow Pleasanton residents more flexibility for developing ADUs. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution recommending approval of P16-1900 to the City Council with the proposed amendments shown in Exhibit A. Primary Author: Natalie Amos, Associate Planner, 925-931-5613 or namostc,cityofpleasantonca.gov. Reviewed/Approved By: Steve Otto, Senior Planner Shweta Bonn, Acting Planning Manager Gerry Beaudin, Community Development Director P16-1900, Accessory Dwelling Units Planning Commission Page 8 of 8