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17.44.070 The affordable housing agreement shall include the teams of the fee waiver. B. Design Modifications: The granting of design modifications relative to the inclusionary requirement shall require the approval of the city council and shall meet all applicable zoning requirements of the city of Pleasanton. Modifications to typical design standards may include the following: Reduced setbacks Reduction in infrastructure require- ments Reduced open space requirements Reduced landscaping requirements Reduced interior or exterior amenities Reduction in parking requirements Height restriction waivers C. Second Mortgages: The city may utilize available lower income housing funds for the purpose of providing second mortgages to prospective unit owners or to subsidize the cost of a unit to establish an affordable rent or an affordable sales price. Terms of the second mortgage or subsidy shall be stated in the affordable housing agreement. The utilization of these incentives shall not be the sole source of providing the inclusionary units and they are intended to augment the developer's proposal. D. Priority Processing: After receiving its discretionary approvals, a project that provides inclusionary units maybe enti- tled to priority processing of building and engineering approvals subject to the ap- proval of the city manager. A project eligible for priority processing shall be assigned to city engineering and/or build- ing staff and processed in advance of all nonpriority items. (Ord. 1818 § 1, 2000) 17.44.080 Alternatives To Constructing Inclusionary Units On-Site: The primary emphasis of this inclusionary zoning ordinance is to achieve the inclusion of affordable hous- ing units to be constructed in conjunction with market rate units within the same project in all new residential projects. However, the city acknowledges that it may not always be practical to require that every project satisfy its affordable housing requirement through the construc- tion of affordable units within the project itself. Therefore, the requirements of this chapter may be satisfied by various meth- ods other than the construction of inclusionary units on the project site. Some examples of alternate methods of compliance appear below. As housing market conditions change, the city may need to allow alternatives to provide options to applicants to further the intent of providing affordable housing with new development projects. A. Off-Site Projects: Inclusionary units required pursuant to this chapter may be permitted to be constructed at a location within the city other than the project site. Any off-site inclusionary units must meet the following criteria: 470-3 (Pleasanton April 2001)