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1 <br /> <br /> RESOLUTION NO. PC-2024-15 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF <br />PLEASANTON RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO <br />PLEASANTON MUNICIPAL CODE (PMC) CHAPTERS 17.44 – INCLUSIONARY <br />ZONING; AND RELATED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 17.40 – AFFORDABLE <br />HOUSING FEE; CHAPTER 18.38 – HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ZONE DISTRICT; <br />AND THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HOUSING ELEMENT SITES <br />(CASE NO. P24-0505) <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on November 7, 2000, the City Council of the City of Pleasanton <br />adopted Ordinance 1818, adding Chapter 17.44 Inclusionary Zoning, to the Pleasanton <br />Municipal Code, in order to enhance the City’s ability to mitigate the effect of new <br />market-rate development on the demand for affordable housing; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on November 6, 1990, the City Council adopted Ordinance 1488, to <br />establish Chapter 17.40 Lower-Income Housing Fee; and which chapter was amended <br />in 2019 to retitle it to Chapter 17.40 Affordable Housing Fee; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on January 26, 2023, and with amendments in May, 2023, the City <br />Council adopted Resolution 23-1360, adopting the Objective Design Standards for <br />Housing Element sites, which included among other standards, provisions with respect <br />to affordable inclusionary units; and on December 19, 2023 adopted Ordinance 2272 to <br />create Chapter 18.38 Housing Opportunity Zone District of the Pleasanton Municipal <br />Code, with this chapter reflecting similar standards to those in the Objective Design <br />Standards for Housing Element Sites; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65580(d) states that all cities <br />have a responsibility to use the powers vested in them to facilitate the improvement and <br />development of housing to make adequate provision for the housing needs of all <br />economic segments of the community; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in 2017, AB 1505 amended California Government Code Section <br />65850 and added Section 65850.1, to "reaffirm the authority of local jurisdictions to <br />include within these inclusionary housing ordinances requirements related to the <br />provision of rental units" and "does not modify or in any way change or affect the <br />authority of local jurisdictions to require, as a condition of the development of residential <br />units, that the development include a certain percentage of residential for -sale units <br />affordable to, and occupied by, households with incomes that do not exceed the limits <br />for moderate-income, lower-income, very-low income, or extremely-low income <br />households;" and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Program 2.1 of the 6th Cycle Housing Element calls for the City to <br />continue to implement the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance, and actively pursue <br />strategies to improve its effectiveness in producing affordable housing in conjunction <br />with new development, including study of potential changes to the proportion of <br />inclusionary units required in multi-family developments, identification of a target mix of <br />affordable units and unit size standards, and monitoring the effectiveness of the <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 08C02E88-17AB-4968-82AD-8CC9C436D349