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Housing Resources Draft Housing Element 4-15 Including a high buffer is particularly important due to the possibility that development or redevelopment in commercial and mixed-use zones could potentially be developed with 100 percent commercial uses. The following zones with units in the Sites Inventory allow for multi-use development:  Commercial Community (CC)  Downtown Area 1 (DA-1) – Retail Mixed Use  Downtown Area 6 (DA-6) – Offices and Mixed Use  South Area 1 (SA-1)  South Area 2 (SA-2)  South Area 3 (SA-3)  B-TOD District There is no minimum residential density for most districts, except for larger parcels in the DA districts and the SA district. However, as discussed in Chapter 3: Constraints, an analysis of development trends from 2011 to 2021 shows an upward trend of the percent of projects in mixed use zones that included residential uses as opposed to those which did not. Since 2011, 14 out of 18 projects in mixed use zones had a residential component, or 78 percent. This trend increased in recent years. Since 2017, 82 percent developments included residential uses and only 18 percent did not. The overall buffer for the Sites Inventory (31 percent) and buffer for low-income and moderate-income units (29 and 26 percent, respectively) surpass the 18 percent gap, meaning the RHNA buffer compensates for the possibility of 100 percent commercial developments. Additionally, the Multi-Family Development Standards project, which was initiated in 2020, reduced constraints to developing residential in Mixed Use zones and encouraging residential development. Zoning Code amendments modified the front setback requirements in the DA districts to remove subjective standards and provide objective standards. These standards reference the street sections of the applicable street type while ensuring adequate building setbacks to accommodate the planned street, sidewalk, and public amenity improvements. In a roundtable discussion hosted by the Alameda County Housing Collaborative on November 29, 2021, housing developers noted that ground-floor retail in mixed use developments faces funding and logistical challenges, and that flexibility of ground-floor use increases the development potential of a mixed use project.10 In order to address this constraint, the Multi-Family Development Standards Project created a path for 100 percent multi-family projects in these locations through a Conditional Use Permit process, thereby increasing the flexibility of potential development options in mixed use zones. The City will also facilitate infill residential development in Priority Development Areas as outlined in Program 8 in Section 6, Housing Plan. 4.3 Adequacy of Residential Sites Inventory in Meeting RHNA Table 4.8 outlines details about the sites selected for the Sites Inventory, which is mapped in Figure 4.2. The Sites Inventory includes 2,664 units on 19 sites. There are 815 lower Income units, 792 moderate-income units, and 1,057 above moderate-income units. 10 Alameda County Collaborative, 2021. Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XYrwZxd3Re0VFWGz119bj8uqS9VdUN4H/view