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2005 Pleasanton Plan 2025 2.0 Land Use Element <br />2-16 Adopted 07 21 09; Amended 10 19 10 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Growth Management Program <br />The City adopted its first growth management ordinance in 1978, <br />designed to regulate the location and rate of new residential growth <br />in a period of sewage treatment constraints and air quality concerns. <br />The growth management program was modified following the <br />comprehensive revisions to the General Plan in 1986 and 1996. <br />Currently the Growth Management Ordinance: <br /> Establishes an annual limit for new residential units. <br /> Requires the apportionment of yearly total new residential units <br />to categories of projects (i.e., affordable projects; major <br />projects; first-come, first-served projects; small projects). <br /> Defines a process for obtaining an allocation under the program. <br />In recent years, as fewer large residential development sites are <br />available and the number of residential units seeking building permits <br />is significantly lower than the annual allocation, there has been less <br />need for a growth management system that acts to meter residential <br />development. In the future, however, there may be years when large- <br />scale multifamily or mixed use projects near the BART stations or in <br />East Pleasanton compete with smaller projects for residential <br />allocations. In addition, there is an opportunity to incorporate goals <br />of this General Plan such as energy conservation, affordable housing, <br />and sustainability into the allocation process. Future refinements of <br />the Growth Management Program should seek to simplify the system <br />and to incorporate the City Council’s priorities. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Older homes along Saint Mary Street <br />Holding Capacity <br />Holding capacity is the ultimate size of the community that the <br />Planning Area would accommodate if all land uses shown on the <br />General Plan Map were to be built. Capacity is expressed in terms of <br />housing units, population, commercial/office/industrial building <br />floor area, and jobs at buildout. <br />By 2025, if all residential land shown on the General Plan Map is built <br />out, Pleasanton will contain approximately 29,000 housing units, 600 <br />second units, and 1,100 residents in congregate (group) living <br />facilities. These units will support a residential population of about <br />78,200. This population estimate assumes that vacancy rates will <br />average three percent and household size will average 2.72 persons <br />per household. The residential holding capacity is based on buildout <br />at average densities.