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C-34 | City of Pleasanton Housing Constraints SB 35 Processing The City has developed an application form and checklist for SB 35 applications. These materials provide guidance to applicants regarding the City’s requirements and process for SB 35-eligible projects. The City processes SB 35 application in compliance with state law. In September 2022, the City approved the 4884 Harrison Street project, a mixed-use apartment project of 46 low income units, under SB 35 streamlined review. Length of Time Between Approval and Building Permit Application After project approval is obtained, the applicant submits for building permit plan check. Recently the City has been experiencing a lapse of only a few months between project approval and submittal of a building permit application for single-family homes. For example, a new single- family home approved on November 30, 2020, was submitted to the Building Division for permits on February 22, 2021 (less than three months). While there have been no multi-family and mixed- use projects submitted since the onset of the pandemic, Sunflower Hill was approved on January 24, 2018, and plans were submitted for building permit plan check on November 9, 2018 (less than 10-month time lapse). Sunflower Hill is a 31-unit project providing affordable housing to adults with developmental disabilities. These are reasonable lengths of time reflecting project complexity and time necessary to prepare a building permit submittal. Building Permit Plan Check Once building permit plans have been submitted, the typical review time for new construction has been five weeks for the initial submittal, three weeks for the first resubmittal, and one to two weeks for each subsequent resubmittal. In the months following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, review times were elongated somewhat as City staff worked remotely and established new electronic plan review submittal requirements. However, since the establishment of electronic plan reviews, review times have improved back to, if not better than, times before the start of the pandemic. City divisions work together in the building permit and final map processes so that plan check occurs simultaneously among all divisions to streamline plan check. The Building and Safety Division coordinates the plan check and permit issuance procedure, while the Engineering Division coordinates the final map approval process. For projects which have been approved, the Building and Safety Division offers an expedited outside plan check process. Expedited permit processing is also offered as an incentive for housing developments which include at least 25 percent very low and low-income housing unit held in perpetuity. Finally, the City is completing technology upgrades to its permitting systems, funded by an SB2 grant, to improve the efficiency of the process, including on-line planning submittals and electronic plan review.