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7.5 Evaluate Constraints to Housing Development <br />Barry Miller will complete the State -mandated constraints analysis. Zoning <br />regulations, such as minimum lot size standards, maximum densities, lot coverage <br />requirements, height limits, and use permit requirements, will be addressed, just as <br />they were in the 2007-14 Element. Consistent with State law, the analysis will also <br />address constraints to particular housing types, including second units, emergency <br />shelters, SROs, and transitional housing. <br />This task will also look at the building and permitting process in San Leandro, <br />including factors such as processing times, locally unique building code standards, <br />fees (compared to other cities), and site improvement requirements. Design review <br />and subdivision standards also will be reviewed. <br />Non-governmental constraints will be assessed as part of this task. These include <br />the availability of infrastructure, traffic congestion, school capacity, and <br />environmental constraints. Financial constraints also will be considered. This <br />includes land and construction costs, and issues surrounding financing and <br />mortgage lending practices. <br />In the event the City uses the streamlined approach to updating its Housing <br />Element, this task will use the existing Housing Element constraints chapter as its <br />baseline, with redlining added to note edits and changes. <br />7.6 Prepare Goals, Policies, and Quantified Objectives <br />Barry Miller will prepare the goals, objectives, and policies for the revised Housing <br />Element. The 2007-2014 numerical objectives will need to be replaced with new <br />numerical targets, and the action programs will need to be updated to cover the <br />2015-2022 period. Existing policies will be carried forward to the greatest extent <br />possible, taking advantage of the fact that the City's existing Housing Element was <br />certified less than three years ago. Where feasible and appropriate, new policies will <br />be added to address emerging housing issues and other issues that may have been <br />raised during the General Plan Update process. <br />7.7 Prepare Action Program <br />Implementing actions and programs will be developed to achieve the goals and <br />objectives identified in Task 7.6. Again, many of these actions and programs are <br />expected to be carried forward from the 2007-14 Element. For each action, a <br />priority will be assigned, responsible parties will be identified, and an estimated <br />timetable for implementation will be provided. <br />