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7.A. - Page 270 C. The Hausing Eleme�at: Gl. Redwood City's Housin Vision -2030 and c�rtain T�e�es provide: Housi�g Vision—2030 prQVicdes: Redwood City is a�l�ce th�at��esidenl;s are proud to call]aanae. Resia'e��ts itr Rer�tivood City have varr.'ous hausing needs, reflective of their stc�ges°in life arar�inc�rne levels. Keu��vvod City's lcrnd u�se policr�es facilitate rn�an�li�us�in�type.s rxta�d sryles of living,from l�iah-det�sity capartrnent,s in Downtawn, to s`in�le- unit I�on��es in �nany di�'ferent neighborhaods, as weCl as�v�Ik�-a�p tovvnhames, live/wark�r�n�ifs, and npportunities ta lit�e aboard boat.�o�tlte city's waterfr�nr2t. Redtivood City i,s a Ier�der in providing resf�r�rce.s tv,facilitate the develo�ment crf h.ousing, arad especicrlly affot°clable hozrsir�g, tivithin its bo�der^s. The availal�iliry qf livusi�g choices foste��s livabilit�� i�� our^ci.ry. �.s charrge occur.s in Redivooc�City, new develop�aaent tivill be�°eguired to h�c�a�r7aor�iae with� ner�ghborhood clia�acte��and Ue rszindful of our his�oric re,sources. {F3oid empl�asis added) Theane 5 Adec�,uatc Sites provides: It is i�llportant to create the land u�e poli.cy tlaat facilitates the dcvelapment of housing, and especially affordabie hou.sizag. Further,the City's develo�ineilt standards should facilitate a vari�ty of housing types. Residents and stakel�oIders want to �ns�u-e that adequate sites are id.etati�ed in the Hausing Ele�neilt to s�zpport the development of�.ew�o�siz�g for a�ariety of income levels. Note the positive staterri�nts abo�t Iiveaboards as affordable, a�ternative housi�g fln Page H-I09: West�oi��st Marina: The Westpoi�t Marina is located on Westpoin� SIflugh of the Redwooc�City bayfront. The marina will�rovide public access to t�se Bay dir�ctly a�ad�a�e faeiii.ties for boat repait°a��d maint�na�zce, wit}�408 boaY slips. Of these, 4i s�ips will be available for"tive-aboards,"which can incl�de I�ousel�aats a��d otl�er types of vessels on whic�t one�nay live. These 41 slips reserv�d for live- a�aards a�� cou��ted as affordable to �naderate-i��come lZOUSehotds as pa�-� ofthis HoL�sing Eleanen€. �,ive- aiaoards ca��provide an innovatirre for�n of affordable hausin�, and oifer a source of owners�'izp�oi people who may not oth�rwis�be able to afford to own a hotn�. Goml�ined liveaboard fees, docking fees, a��►d iaast�rance is still be substantially less tha�l the cost of a mortgage on a cQ�lv�iational home, and even often. much less than rents in the Bay Area. In 2408, live-aboard fees i�a a Redwood City marina were less than �550.00 per mon�h. TI�is project was approved a�ad�aader canst�uctiiail in 20U8. Live-aboards and other typ�s of tlaating r�sidences are qttzte co��mo�� and papuiar in comrnunities vaith waterfros�t acti�e marinas such as Redwoad City, Ofiher established marinas I�.ave maily of tl�ese types ofunits and thus the City expects t1�e 4�. slips a�lowed ta lae livE-abaards to be occupied. G2. "Housing Constrait�ts"o�.�tli��ed in t�e Gene�-al Platt H-57 and fiollowin to buildin Ia�ad-based residential units are N/A not a licable to floatin cortt.za�unities: "Many factors . . . constrain tlle develo�inent, maintena��c�, and improve�nent of t�e laousi��g stack . . . may iinpact the cost and a��o�aat af k�ausing�roduced [and] �nay result in llousing that is not affardable ta tow- and inoderate-incoine households, or may rend�r residential const�uctioz� economically very difficult for developers. Constraints to housing production si�nificantty i�n�act househalds wi#h lower inco�nes and special needs." N�� so with fToating communi�ies!! Tl�e lisi of"NIA" constrainis follows: 13