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53 | City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 Housing Element • Geographic Targeting: Achieve accessible units in all types of developments throughout the city (the entire city is identified as high and highest resource by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC)) Program 5.5 Assign a portion of the City's Lower Income Housing Fund for housing projects which accommodate the needs of special housing groups such as for persons with physical, mental, and/or developmental disabilities, and persons with extremely low-incomes and experiencing homelessness. • Responsible Agency: Housing Division, Planning Division • Time Period: Annually, as part of the allocation process for the Lower Income Housing Fund; target development of assisted units by 2031 • Funding Source: Lower Income Housing Fund • Quantified Objective: Reserve a minimum of 15 percent of available funding for this purpose, with the goal of providing 40 assisted units • Geographic Targeting: While funding special housing needs groups throughout Pleasanton is desired (the entire city is identified as high and highest resource by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC), aim to fund special needs housing located in highest resource areas and/or Racial or Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Affluence (RCAAs) and areas of relatively higher income (i.e., see Appendix F, Figure F- 9: Median Household Income) Program 5.6 Implement the following amendments to Title 18 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code, Zoning, to remove governmental constraints and facilitate special needs housing: 1. Explicitly allow for Single Room Occupancy units (SROs) to facilitate the provision of affordable housing for lower-income individuals, including seniors, persons with disabilities, and extremely low-income persons. 2. Allow residential care facilities (sometimes called group homes) with six or fewer residents as a residential use and subject to the same development standards as a single-family dwelling. No conditional use permit, zoning variance, or other zoning clearance will be required of a residential facility that serves six or fewer persons that is not required of a family dwelling of the same type in the same zone. Also, allow residential care facilities with seven or more residents in all residential zones subject to a determination that such uses will conform to City noise, parking, and similar standards such that these larger facilities do not negatively impact neighborhoods, but are reviewed in an objective manner similar to other residential uses (i.e., processed