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1 RESOLUTION NO. PC-2024-15 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO PLEASANTON MUNICIPAL CODE (PMC) CHAPTERS 17.44 – INCLUSIONARY ZONING; AND RELATED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 17.40 – AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE; CHAPTER 18.38 – HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ZONE DISTRICT; AND THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HOUSING ELEMENT SITES (CASE NO. P24-0505) WHEREAS, on November 7, 2000, the City Council of the City of Pleasanton adopted Ordinance 1818, adding Chapter 17.44 Inclusionary Zoning, to the Pleasanton Municipal Code, in order to enhance the City’s ability to mitigate the effect of new market-rate development on the demand for affordable housing; and WHEREAS, on November 6, 1990, the City Council adopted Ordinance 1488, to establish Chapter 17.40 Lower-Income Housing Fee; and which chapter was amended in 2019 to retitle it to Chapter 17.40 Affordable Housing Fee; and WHEREAS, on January 26, 2023, and with amendments in May, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution 23-1360, adopting the Objective Design Standards for Housing Element sites, which included among other standards, provisions with respect to affordable inclusionary units; and on December 19, 2023 adopted Ordinance 2272 to create Chapter 18.38 Housing Opportunity Zone District of the Pleasanton Municipal Code, with this chapter reflecting similar standards to those in the Objective Design Standards for Housing Element Sites; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65580(d) states that all cities have a responsibility to use the powers vested in them to facilitate the improvement and development of housing to make adequate provision for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community; and WHEREAS, in 2017, AB 1505 amended California Government Code Section 65850 and added Section 65850.1, to "reaffirm the authority of local jurisdictions to include within these inclusionary housing ordinances requirements related to the provision of rental units" and "does not modify or in any way change or affect the authority of local jurisdictions to require, as a condition of the development of residential units, that the development include a certain percentage of residential for -sale units affordable to, and occupied by, households with incomes that do not exceed the limits for moderate-income, lower-income, very-low income, or extremely-low income households;" and WHEREAS, Program 2.1 of the 6th Cycle Housing Element calls for the City to continue to implement the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance, and actively pursue strategies to improve its effectiveness in producing affordable housing in conjunction with new development, including study of potential changes to the proportion of inclusionary units required in multi-family developments, identification of a target mix of affordable units and unit size standards, and monitoring the effectiveness of the EXHIBIT A