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DRAFT Redlines Housing Element Section 4B Program 4.7 The City will analyze and test standards in the RM zones to determine standards (e.g., setbacks, parking, on-site open space requirements, etc.) that constrain developments and limit the ability to achieve maximum allowed density. Based on the analysis, the City will modify RM zones standards in the Zoning Ordinance to ensure maximum density can be achieved without exception (e.g., planned unit development, etc.). • Responsible Agency: Planning Division • Time Period: Complete analysis (June 2024); amend Zoning Ordinance (December 2024) • Funding Source: Planning Division Budget Program 4.8 The City will develop a modified Planned Unit Development (PUD) process that serves strictly as a conformance review. This PUD conformance review will evaluate projects proposed on housing sites against objective standards and will not require City Council approval. • Responsible Agency: Planning Division • Time Period: Develop and implement modified PUD process (March 2023) • Funding Source: Planning Division Budget Goal 5: Address the community’s special-housing needs. Policies Policy 5.1 Provide housing opportunities in residential, mixed-use and infill areas, especially near high frequency transit and other services, for households with special needs such as studio and one - bedroom apartments for the elderly and single-person households, Single Room Occupancy (SROs), three-bedroom apartments for large households, specially designed units for persons with disabilities, and units affordable to extremely low-, very low- and low-income households with single-parent heads of households or those with disabilities (including developmental disabilities). Policy 5.2 Proactively encourage the production of housing which is affordable to extremely low -income households (less than 50 percent of area median income) and to households at the low end of the low-income range (50 to 80 percent of median income).