Pleasanton City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 18
38 HOZ HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ZONE DISTRICT
§ 18.38.010 Title.
This chapter shall be called the "Housing Opportunity Zone (HOZ) District" ordinance of the city of Pleasanton.
(Ord. 2272, 12/19/2023; Ord. 2287, 12/3/2024)
§ 18.38.020 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to enhance the public welfare and ensure further housing development attains the city's housing goals, including affordable housing, by increasing the production of residential units for all income levels. To ensure the remaining developable land is utilized in a manner consistent with the city's housing policies and needs, this HOZ district is created to allow new or expanded affordable housing development opportunities to all applicable parcels as specified in the city's Housing Element of the General Plan. These new or expanded opportunities shall apply to both ownership and rental projects.
(Ord. 2272, 12/19/2023; Ord. 2287, 12/3/2024)
§ 18.38.030 General applicability and development standards.
A.
General Applicability.
1.
Parcels shall be identified in the city's Housing Element as a housing opportunity site, meaning sites designated in the Housing Element to be zoned to allow residential development or mixed-use (i.e., mixed residential and nonresidential use, whether in the same building or on the same site) and designated in the General Plan Land Use Map as Housing Element Overlay.
2.
Parcels identified in the Housing Element as accommodating the city's share of the lower income Regional Housing Needs Allocation, including the following housing opportunity sites, identified with reference to the 2023-2031 6th Cycle Housing Element, as follows: Site 2 - Stoneridge Shopping Center; Site 5 - Laborer's Council; Site 6 - Signature Center; Site 7 - Hacienda Terrace; Site 9 - Metro 580; Site 12 - Pimlico Area (North Side); Site 20 - Boulder Street; Site 21a (Kiewit High Density); Site 23 - Sunol Boulevard; Site 29 - Oracle; and the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station parking lot. These sites shall:
a.
Permit owner-occupied and/or rental single-family and/or multi-family uses by right pursuant to California_Government Code Section 65583.2(h) and (i) for projects with affordable housing proposals in which 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower-income households.
b.
Be allowed 100 percent residential uses regardless of any other applicable zoning district's permitted and conditionally permitted uses for the site; and
c.
Have all residential uses either: (i) occupy at least 50 percent of the floor area for a new construction mixed-use project; or (ii) occupy at least 50 percent of the new floor area proposed on a housing opportunity site with pre-existing commercial/office floor area to be preserved as part of the project. In no case shall the provisions of this district preclude a commercial/office project with no residential uses, assuming those uses are allowed by the base zoning, to be proposed on a housing opportunity site.
B.
Development Standards.
1.
Nonresidential uses, including modification and expansion of existing uses, shall be permitted and conditionally permitted as specified in the underlying zoning district, the city's Objective Design Standards (ODS) and/or applicable provisions of this title thereto.
2.
Residential uses shall be allowed consistent with the densities set forth on a site-specific basis in the Housing Element and the city's Objective Design Standards, the applicable development standards as specified in the city's Objective Design Standards and/or applicable provisions of this title, and the requirements of Chapter 17.44 (Inclusionary Zoning) and other applicable provisions of Title 17.
(Ord. 2272, 12/19/2023; Ord. 2287, 12/3/2024)
§ 18.38.040 Appeals.
Any person aggrieved by any action or determination of the city manager under this chapter, may appeal such action or determination to the city council in the manner provided in Chapter 18.144 of this code.
(Ord. 2272, 12/19/2023; Ord. 2287, 12/3/2024)
