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Housing Element Community Survey Summary <br />15 <br />2.2.5 Accessory Dwelling Unit Support <br />Survey Question 9: Should the City do more to encourage Accessory Dwelling <br />Units (ADUs/second units) on single family properties, provided that they are <br />designed to minimize neighbor impacts? If so, how? <br />Answered: 610 Skipped: 12 <br /> <br />This survey question prompted respondents to answer “yes” or “no” to a question as to whether the <br />City should do more to encourage ADUs, and if so how. If respondents chose “yes” they had the <br />option to provide an open-ended response on how the City could better encourage ADUs. Most <br />respondents believe that the City of Pleasanton should not do more to encourage ADUs on single <br />family properties (60.82%), with 39.18% believing Pleasanton should encourage ADUs. This split <br />runs slightly counter to the results received in Question 8, where the majority of participants agreed <br />that ADUs could provide more housing opportunities, possibly suggesting a concern about the <br />impacts of ADUs in neighborhoods despite the fact that they may help to meet housing needs. <br /> <br />For those respondents who indicated that ADUs should be encouraged, an opportunity was provided <br />to indicate how this should occur. Of those responses (241 responses), the following themes emerged <br />for how the City could encourage or incentivize ADU construction: <br /> More streamlined permitting and approval process (39 mentions) <br /> Pre-approved ADU designs (19 mentions) <br /> Reduced Permitting Fees (15 mentions) <br /> Tax incentives (14 mentions) <br /> Allow 2nd-story ADU’s or ADU’s above detached garages (7 mentions) <br />Table 13 – Question 9 <br />  <br />0% <br />20% <br />40% <br />60% <br />80% <br />No Yes <br />60.82% <br />39.18% <br />Question 9: Should the City do more to encourage  <br />Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs/second units) on single  <br />family properties, provided that they are designed to  <br />minimize neighbor impacts? If so, how? <br />Answered: 610 Skipped: 12 <br />Public Participation Summaries City of Pleasanton | E-75