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B-10 | City of Pleasanton Sites Inventory and Methodology Cycle sites and any site previously identified as a site in the 5th Cycle. Program 1.4 is included to rezone reused sites identified for lower income consistent with AB 1397. B.2.5 Suitability of Nonvacant Sites Since residential land in Pleasanton is generally built out, the sites inventory includes nonvacant sites. Nonvacant sites are relied on to accommodate more than 50 percent of the City’s lower income RHNA; therefore, the City conducted an analysis to determine whether existing uses on identified lower income sites will likely be discontinued during the planning period (2023-2031). The City’s careful analysis resulted in the removal of many potential nonvacant sites from the initial sites inventory that were determined to not be viable housing sites, including sites screened out based on lack of affirmative owner interest, complex parcelization, or with lower degrees of underutilization. Nonvacant sites that would accommodate the lower income RHNA are primarily underutilized as surface parking and/or surface parking and/or with commercial buildings where the existing uses are of marginal economic viability and the structures are at or near the end of their useful life. This includes that those structures (if any) were largely built in the 1980s or earlier, and the parcel has substantial available development capacity through both density and FAR (i.e., the site could triple its existing number of units and building floor area). In all cases where buildings on site were built after 1980, property owners have either indicated their affirmative interest in developing housing on these sites, indicating that buildings and uses have reached the end of their useful life, or the existing use and condition of the site strongly indicate viability for redevelopment. A complete list of sites and existing uses is included in Section B.3.4. Screening for potential sites considered market conditions and recent development trends locally and regionally to determine suitability of nonvacant sites. Development trends demonstrate the intensification of underutilized commercial properties and nonvacant sites into multi-family and high-density residential mixed-use projects. Table B-10 identifies recently entitled, developed, or under construction residential projects in the Tri-Valley 2. Some of these projects are being constructed on sites that had existing uses and sizes similar to the conditions in Pleasanton. This includes lower income sites with commercial, office, and multi-tenant uses. The size of the sites ranges from one to seven acres and the existing uses include car dealerships, strip malls, and other commercial uses. Densities range from 13 to 125 dwelling units per acre. 2 The Tri-Valley includes Dublin, Livermore, and Pleasanton.