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<br />C-20 | City of Pleasanton Housing Constraints <br />Additionally, the City’s Zoning Ordinance does not specifically address Low Barrier Navigation <br />Centers pursuant to AB 101 (Government Code §65660 et seq.). Low Barrier Navigation Centers <br />are Housing First, low-barrier, service-enriched shelters focused on moving people into <br />permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect <br />individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and <br />housing. Low Barrier Navigation Centers must be allowed by-right in all areas zoned for mixed <br />use and nonresidential zones permitting multi-family uses. <br />Transitional Housing and Supportive Housing <br />In addition to emergency shelters, transitional housing is a type of housing used to further facilitate <br />the movement of homeless individuals and families to permanent housing. It can serve those who <br />are transitioning from rehabilitation or other types of temporary living situations (e.g., domestic <br />violence shelters, group homes, etc.). Transitional housing can take several forms, including <br />group quarters with beds, single-family homes, and multi-family apartments, and typically offers <br />case management and support services to return people to independent living (usually between <br />six and 24 months). Transitional housing is defined as buildings configured as rental housing <br />development but operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance <br />and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined <br />future point in time, which shall be no less than six months (Zoning Ordinance 18.08.568). <br />Supportive housing is defined as housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the <br />target population, and that is linked to an on-site or off-site service that assists the supportive <br />housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his <br />or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community (Zoning Ordinance 18.08.552). <br />Transitional and supportive housing must be allowed in all zones that allow residential uses and <br />only subject to the same development standards that apply to other residential uses of a similar <br />type within these zones. Furthermore, AB 2162 (Government Code §65650-65656) requires <br />supportive housing to be allowed by-right in zones where multi-family and mixed-uses are <br />permitted, including nonresidential zones that allow multi-family uses, if the proposed <br />development meets certain criteria (e.g., deed restricted for 55 years to lower income households, <br />serving “target population” of homeless individuals, minimum area dedicated for supportive <br />services, etc.). <br />The City only allows transitional and supportive housing for six or fewer persons in the MU-T, MU- <br />D, and C-C zoning districts that allow multi-family residential projects of higher densities. The City <br />would need to expand the allowance for transitional and supportive housing of more than six <br />persons into these zoning districts. Additionally, Chapter 18.107 (Supportive Housing and <br />Transitional Housing) does not reflect that supportive and transitional housing is allowed in the <br />recently adopted MU-T and MU-D zoning districts and should be amended to be consistent with <br />the updated allowed uses. To facilitate these types of housing, Program 5.6 has been included to <br />amend the Zoning Ordinance to be consistent with state law, including AB 2162, and allow