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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031(6th Cycle)Housing Element Update City of Pleasanton Notice of Preparation Potential Sites for Rezoning Pursuant to Housing Element law, a housing element must identify potential sites suitable for redesignation and/or rezoning to accommodate housing needs for all segments of the community. The potential sites for rezoning were developed consistent with provisions of Government Code Section 65583.1, which states, in part, that:' The Department of Housing and Community Development, in evaluating a proposed or adopted housing element for substantial compliance with this article, may allow a city or county to identify adequate sites, as required pursuant to Section 65583, by a variety of methods, including, but not limited to, redesignation of property to a more intense land use category and increasing the density allowed within one or more categories. City staff has identified potential sites to be rezoned that can accommodate future housing to meet the Regional Housing Needs Assessment(RHNA)target. These sites are presented in Table 1 and Exhibit 2.2 The existing General Plan land use and zoning designation for each site are provided in Exhibits 4a and 4b, respectively. To present a conservative analysis of potential environmental impacts, the Program EIR assumes a maximum number of residential units on each site totaling 7,388 units. It should be noted that while it is unlikely that all the sites would develop at maximum density, it is entirely too speculative to identify which sites would or would not develop at maximum density at this time. Therefore, because it is reasonably foreseeable that some sites would develop at or near to maximum density, this approach provides a conservative analysis with respect to environmental impacts.Assuming 11.5 accessory dwelling units(ADUs) would be built per year, over the course of the 8-year planning period,3 it is anticipated that 93 ADUs would also be constructed. In 2018,Assembly Bill (AB) 2923 was adopted by the State, which established new minimum zoning standards for Bay Area Rapid Transit(BART)-owned properties, including a minimum density of 75 dwelling unit per acre(du/acre) for the Dublin-Pleasanton BART station property (see Figure 1).Though the Dublin-Pleasanton BART station property is not included as a potential site for rezoning, the Housing Element Update assumes this increased density to 75 du/acre, and this Program EIR incorporates analysis of an incremental increase in allowable residential units(314 units).4 Therefore, the Program EIR assumes a maximum of 7,795 dwelling units.Assuming factors of 2.99, 2.48, and 2.2 persons per household for low,5 medium,6 and high ' California Legislative Information.No date.California Government Code Article 10.6.Housing Elements[65580-65589.11].Website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=io V&division=l.&title=7.&part=&chapter=3.&article=10.6. Accessed February 10,2022. z The numbering of the sites does not correspond to site rankings.The sites are numbered throughout this Program EIR consistent with the numbering provided by the City.Therefore,some numbers are missing because those sites were included in the initial evaluation but removed upon further City discussion. 3 The ADU estimate is based on the average past 5 years of actual production within the City of Pleasanton,which is consistent with HCD guidance.Given that the Program EIR considers the maximum number of units on the potential sites for rezoning,should any of the Housing Element Update policies facilitate the production of ADUs,any additional units over the 93 units would be accounted for within the evaluation because it is unlikely that all of the sites will develop at maximum density. ° The 2015-2023(5'h Cycle)Housing Element assumed 294 units at the property.Pursuant to AB 2923,and as evaluated in this Program EIR,the property would have a density of 75 dwelling unit/acre(du/acre),resulting in a total of 593 potential units,or 314 additional units to what was evaluated in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the City of Pleasanton Housing Element and Climate Action Plan General Plan Amendment and Rezonings. ' Low density includes a density range of 2-7 du/acre Typical housing types include detached single-family units and duplexes. The medium density classes includes both low medium density and medium density.Low medium includes a density range of 8-14 du/acre. Typical housing types include small lot single-family homes,townhomes,and small-scale apartment buildings.Medium density includes a density range of 15-25 du/acre.Typical housing types include attached apartments,condominiums,and townhomes with surface parking. FirstCarbon Solutions 8