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created through an urban lot split. A local jurisdiction is permitted to establish objective development, design and subdivision standards to the extent that they do not conflict with the State law or minimum development that SB 9 requires to be allowed for. Of note in this respect is the effect of Senate Bill 330, which disallows local jurisdictions from adopting new zoning or development standards that would have the effect of reducing the development intensity allowed by current zoning. Therefore (for example), the City could not establish a limitation on unit size, building envelopes or Floor Area Ratio for SB 9 units that would be more restrictive than that those in place today in single-family zones. Homeowners Associations/CC&Rs: SB 9 does not preclude HOAs from limiting SB 9 projects through its Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs). Therefore, an HOA could choose to apply or develop restrictions on SB9 housing developments and lot splits, if it chose to do so. As is the case for other areas where an HOA's rules are more restrictive than those of the City, the HOA would be responsible for enforcement of those restrictions. As outlined above, while SB 9 does remove much of the design review and discretion normally provided in conjunction with residential subdivisions and developments, it does allow for the City to establish objective standards for these projects, provided that such standards do not conflict with the State law. To that end, the draft ordinance provided to the Planning Commission on October 27, 2021 takes advantage of the areas in which SB 9 provides some flexibility and allows for more rigorous standards to be applied, such as in the design and location of required parking, access and easements for public utilities. The draft includes a robust series of objective design and development standards intended to ensure high quality, aesthetically -pleasing projects that can fit as well as possible into the context of Pleasanton's existing neighborhoods and minimize impacts to neighboring properties to the extent possible. The October 27 Planning Commission Agenda Report is available on the City's website at http://weblink.citvofpleasantonca.gov/weblink/0/doc/296115/ Page1.aspx, and provides additional detail on the specific requirements of SB 9 and outlines the proposed draft ordinance. SB 10 (Wiener) This bill provides the authority for a local government to adopt, at its discretion, an ordinance to zone any parcel for up to 10 units of residential density per parcel, at a height specified in the ordinance, if the parcel is located in a transit -rich area or an urban infill site. The bill specifies that an ordinance adopted under these provisions, and any resolution to amend the jurisdiction's General Plan, ordinance, or other local regulation adopted to be consistent with that ordinance, is not a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act. The bill prohibits an ordinance adopted under these provisions from superseding a local restriction enacted or approved by a local initiative that designates publicly owned land as open -space land or for park or recreational purposes. The City's primary reason for opposing this bill was that it would allow a voter initiative to be overturned by a local government legislative body. This bill is `opt in only', a City Council can decide to use SB 10 or not. Page 7of8