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Planning Commission Page 5 of 10 Height: • Sites on a commercial corridor less than 100 feet wide: 35 feet • Sites of one acre or more, on a commercial corridor more than 100 feet wide: 45 feet • Sites within 1/2 miles of major transit stop, and in a city with population greater than 100,000: 65 feet (this is not applicable to Pleasanton since the City’s population is below 100,000) Setbacks (All Qualifying Sites): • No front setback from commercial corridor • 80 percent of frontage must be within 10 feet of property line; 60 percent within 10 feet along side streets • 10-foot setback for property lines abutting residential uses, with upper story setbacks.3 • 15-foot setback for property lines abutting non-residential uses. Approval Process Qualifying developments under AB 2011 are to be ministerially approved and would be exempt from CEQA. Projects must be approved within 90 days for developments with 150 units or less, or 180 days for developments with more than 150 units. Local governments are required to identify any inconsistency with qualifying criteria within 60 days for developments with 150 units or less; or 180 days for developments with more than 150 units. Local governments are permitted to conduct design review, but only within the limited timeframe and it must be based on objective standards. Local jurisdictions may adopt an ordinance to implement AB 2011, with the ordinance’s adoption exempt from CEQA. SB 6 (Caballero) SB 6 allows residential development (“housing development projects”) on property zoned for retail and office space without requiring such properties to be rezoned, provided that developers pay construction personnel a prevailing wage and use a skilled and trained workforce. Housing development projects include both resident ial and mixed-use projects provided that at least 50 percent of the project square footage is dedicated for residential use. The legislation does not include affordability standards . Unlike AB 2011, projects proposed under SB 6 are not ministerial, but applicants can apply other provisions of State law, such as SB 35 or the Housing Accountability Act, which may limit or constrain the local jurisdiction’s authority to approve or deny an application, and in some instances make such projects subject to ministerial review. Only objective standards may be applied. The bill went into effect July 1, 2023, and its provisions are repealed on January 1, 2033. Approval Process Local governments may adopt an ordinance to implement SB 6, with the ordinance adoption exempt from CEQA. Project approval would consider the housing development project an 3 Stepbacks required at distance of 7 feet multiplied by floor number (e.g. 2 nd floor setback = 2 x 7, or 14 feet)