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2023-2031 Housing Element City of Pleasanton | 62 3. Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and other “missing middle” housing in lower-density zones: Prepare pre-approved ADU building plans. Publicize ADU and JADU incentives such as reduced permit fees. City will provide information about Ordinance No. 2228 and Cal. GC§§65852.21 and 66411.7 (urban lot splits and two-unit developments), including the relevant objective design standards and streamlined review available for such units, with a target of one application for an additional housing unit each year. City will provide information that homeowners’ associations’ and CC&Rs are preempted by state law and cannot prohibit ADUs or JADUs. Also see Program 1.9. 4. Additional Junior ADUs: Develop and adopt objective standards to allow more than one Junior ADU per structure by July 2025. The objective is to achieve at least 10 JADUs in lower density areas by January 2031. 5. Marketing of housing resources and opportunities: Provide housing resources and information available through various City and regional in-person and virtual outlets in multiple languages based on U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey indicating languages spoken by Pleasanton residents. See Program 2.6. 6. Down Payment Assistance Loan Program: Provide down payment assistance loans for first-time homebuyers with incomes of up to 120 percent AMI. See Program 2.12. Advertise the availability of this program in City and Alameda County-wide virtual outlets and physical locations. 7. Local Universal Design Ordinance: Adopt a local Universal Design Ordinance applicable to single-family, duplex, and tri-plex projects. See Program 5.4. 8. Additional Housing Opportunities: Adopt an ordinance to zone certain parcels for up to 10 units of residential density if located in either a transit-rich area or an urban infill site consistent with GC §65913.5. The ordinance will include a map demarcating the parcels subject to this upzoning. The City will adopt this ordinance no later than December 2025. The objective is to provide opportunities for at least an additional 20 units through this zoning ordinance. • Responsible Agency: Planning Division, Housing Division • Time Period: Annually review overall progress and effectiveness in April and include information in annual report to HCD. If the City is not on track to meet its 200 affordable housing unit goal for the 8-year RHNA cycle by 2027 (i.e., 100 affordable units built or in process by 2027), the City will consider alternative land use strategies and make necessary amendments to zoning or other land use documents to facilitate a variety of housing choices, including but not limited to, strategies that encourage missing middle zoning (small-scale multi-unit projects up to four-plexes) in addition to lot splits / additional housing units as allowed by Ordinance No. 2228; adaptive reuse, and allowing additional ADUs and/or JADUs, within six months, if sufficient progress toward this quantified objective is not being met. • Funding Source: Planning Division Budget, Housing Division Budget