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Housing Constraints City of Pleasanton | C-29 health and safety of its residents. In addition, although the City largely has adopted the CBC without local amendments, the City is currently contemplating adopting local electric vehicle (EV) charging requirements beyond the CBC to be consistent with its Climate Action Plan. Such an amendment would result in minimal added cost at the time of initial construction. The Building and Safety Division enforces energy conservation standards enacted by the State and Municipal Code Chapter 17.50 (Green Building), which generally requires new residential projects and residential additions greater than 2,000 square feet in size to incorporate Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) or GreenPoint Rated measures. The standards may increase initial construction costs, but over time will result in energy cost savings. The City’s Code Enforcement Division enforces the Pleasanton Municipal Code. Code enforcement practices are primarily complaint-driven, and Code Enforcement Staff works with property owners and other appropriate City Staff to resolve and legalize violations. This includes identifying housing units which are substandard, overcrowded, or unsafe and working with other City staff to remedy these deficiencies. By requiring repair, maintenance, and compliance with building and fire codes and zoning requirements (e.g., setbacks), the City’s code enforcement efforts have eliminated hazardous conditions which are a threat to housing and residents of all income levels. From 2016 to 2020, an average of five cases regarding substandard conditions at single-family and multi-family residences were addressed annually (see Table A-14). The impact of these efforts on housing safety and maintaining decent housing conditions is significant even if only few issues are addressaddressed every year. C.2.4 Permits and Procedures Permits and Procedures The intent of Pleasanton’s development review process is to ensure a comprehensive, inclusive process in the least practical amount of time. It is the City’s experience that processes which actively encourage citizen participation and input into new development projects have a higher likelihood of approval without risk of legal challenge that further delays project implementation. The time required to process a project varies from one entitlement to another and is directly related to the size and complexity of the proposal, as well as the number of actions or approvals needed to complete the process. Table C-8 identifies approvals and/or permits that could be required for residential planning entitlements, their corresponding approval body, and the typical or estimated approval timeline. It should be noted that not every project would have to obtain all of the below-listed permits/approvals, and the City frequently process related approvals (e.g., a Conditional Use Permit and Design Review), concurrently.