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Draft 2.0 Land Use Element In November 2000, the voters of Alameda County approved an Urban Growth Boundary (Measure D) which is co-terminus with the city's Urban Growth Boundary in Pleasanton and also includes the Cities of Livermore and Dublin. Residential Cap The 1996 General Plan and a subsequent vote of the citizens of Pleasanton established a residential cap of 29,000 housing units within the Pleasanton Planning Area. By state law, "secondary units" are not counted within this cap. Assisted living units are generally not counted towards the 29,000 unit cap. However, in the case of continuing-care communities that include residential units for independent living, a proportion of the units may be counted towards the cap, based on impacts on community services and infrastructure (including traffic impacts, water and sewer impacts, and impacts on parks and schools). In the future, Pleasanton is projected to grow to hold a maximum of 29,000 homes. This number assumes buildout of all residential lands shown on the General Plan Map at average densities (see Table 2-3) or consistent with an adopted Specific Plan where applicable. The City's Growth Management Program and Growth Management Ordinance currently limit annual housing growth to 350 units, although actual growth has averaged around 250 units per year since 2001. At this rate, and including the addition of a small number of second units each year, Pleasanton would reach a population of about 78,200 in the Planning Area in the year 2025. These projections depend on many factors including the national and local economies, Tri-Valley job growth, household size, average vacancy rate, commute patterns, water supply, wastewater treatment capacity, traffic capacity, air quality, and other factors. Growth Management Program The City adopted its first growth management ordinance in 1978, designed to regulate the location and rate of new residential growth in a period of sewage treatment constraints and air quality concerns. The growth management program was modified following the comprehensive revisions to the General Plan in 1986 and 1996. Currently the Growth Management Ordinance: ^ Establishes an annual limit for new residential units. ^ Requires the apportionment of yearly total new residential units to categories of projects ((i.e., affordable projects; major projects; first-come, first-served projects; small projects). ^ Defines a process for obtaining an allocation under the program. In recent years, as fewer large residential development sites are available and the number of residential units seeking building permits is significantly lower than the annual allocation, (reduced in 2004 to 350 LU element 082107 clean 2-15