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allowable FAR of surrounding residential properties (since multiple zones or buildings may adjoin a site). Section 7: Interest in Site: Property owner interest in high-density housing, as reflected in this criterion, is considered a positive attribute for a site. Although, per HCD guidance, jurisdictions with a RHNA over 5,000 units are not required to provide evidence of property -owner agreement, it is beneficial to do so since sites (and particularly non -vacant sites) assigned to lower- income housing come under greater scrutiny from HCD. 5 Planninq Commission Recommended Chanales After receiving comments and input from the Housing Commission, as well as public comments, the Planning Commission recommended the following additional modifications to the originally proposed selection criteria: Recycled Water Availability Based on concerns regarding the availability, or lack thereof, water in the City, the Planning Commission felt it was important to score sites more highly based on access to recycled water infrastructure, to help reduce the impacts on the overall potable water supply to the City. This modification has been included as Criteria le. BART Proximity The Planning Commission did not believe enough emphasis was placed on the proximity to BART and therefore recommended an additional point be added to reward sites closest to BART stations within the City. This modification has been included in Criteria 2a. Natural Hazard Areas The Planning Commission felt too much emphasis was placed on natural hazard areas as stated in Criteria 4e, which as originally drafted would have awarded up to 4 points for a site outside of each of four identified natural hazard areas (earthquake fault, landslide zone, Special Fire Protection Area, or 100 Year Flood Zone). The Planning Commission recommended this criteria be modified to award one point if a site is outside all of the listed hazard areas, instead of one point for each. Vacant and Underutilized Sites The Planning Commission recommended a site be given an additional point if it was vacant or underutilized. Since "underutilized" can be difficult to define, based on discussion by the Planning Commission, staff is recommending it be defined as a parking lot, or other area with no habitable or leasable structures. For larger sites that may include other development, the criteria would be applied only to the portion of a site 5 A previous criteria for "Economic Interest" based on freeway proximity has been deleted. Assuming the intent of this criteria was to understand tradeoffs in converting freeway -adjacent commercial properties to housing, staff believes this aspect would be more effectively analyzed as a policy consideration at a later stage of review. Page 7 of 12