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appear to exclude any bus corridors in Pleasanton, but would include both BART stations and the downtown ACE station. • Retention of the same relaxation of height, density and parking standards (described as "equitable communities incentives") as previously proposed for eligible residential projects in jobs rich or transit rich areas, within counties over 600,000 people. These include: o A waiver from parking requirements greater than 0.5 spaces per unit, and any limit on density. o For projects between 0.25 and 0.5 miles of a major transit stop, waiver from height limits less than 45 feet, and FAR less than 2.5, and any minimum parking requirement. o For projects within 0. 25 miles of a major transit stop, waivers from height limits less than 55 feet and FAR less than 3.25, and any minimum parking requirement. Attachment 2 includes maps showing 0.25 and 0.5 mile radiuses from BART and ACE stations. • Similar provisions allowing streamlined, ministerial review for "Neighborhood Multi-family projects," a project to construct up to four residential units on a vacant, residentially-zoned site, or to convert an existing structure, without significant exterior alterations or addition of square footage, to include up to four units. It is unclear in the legislation whether these provisions would apply city- wide, or only within the transit- and jobs-rich areas (Townsend Public Affairs is seeking clarification from Senator Wiener's office on this question). Height, setback and lot coverage requirements would need to be met, along with a maximum parking requirement of 0.5 spaces per unit. As ministerial projects, they would be exempt from CEQA. • Similar affordability requirements for eligible projects, which are scaled based on project size and affordability level. For example, a project of up to 200 units would be required to include 15 percent lower-income units; or 8 percent very- low; or 6 percent extremely-low. A project over 350 units would need to provide 25 percent lower income, 15 percent very low-, or 11 percent extremely-low income units. • A similar range of exclusions from SB50's equitable communities incentives for projects located on sites subject to certain hazards, containing existing housing, or historic resources. With respect to historic resources, an incentive would not be available if the site is on a "contributing parcel within an historic district established by a local ordinance before December 31, 2010;" or if it contains "a structure that was listed on a state or federal register of historic resources before the date that the development proponent first submits an application for an equitable communities incentive." Page 4 of 7