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Redwood City Creneral Plan 2oi2�6.1.F. - Page 13 District. In addition, a 100% affordable (15 very-low income units), downtown housing project, 104 Cedar Street, also received final building permit approval in May 2012. The phased One Marina Precise Plan Project also continues to receive residential building permits. Table 2 Progress toward RHNA Allocation: Redwood City Building Permits Issued in 2012 2007- Building Building Income Permits Permits Remaining RHNA 2009 Group Credits Issued for Issued for Balance 2010-11 2012 Very low 422 68 0 14 340 Low 304 1 55 26 222 Moderate 358 17 19 36 286 Above ��2 31 204 709 0 Moderate Total 1,856 117 278 785 848 In addition to the housing units that received building permits as provided above, Redwood City received a number of new housing development applications in the later part of 2012 and early 2013 that are in plan review and that will likely receive building permits in 2013 and/or 2014. These housing developments include: 145 Monroe Street (305 rental units), 525 Middlefield Road (471 rental units), 490 Winslow Street (66 rental units), 1230 Hopkins Avenue (19 condo units), 2808 El Camino Real (45 assisted living units), and 1 Uccelli Blvd. (411 condo units). Progress in Removal of Governmental Constraints Actions by the City can have an impact on the price and availability of housing in the community. Land use controls, fees, and building codes, while necessary, can all potentially constrain housing development. Redwood City strives to reduce governmental constraints, and provided significant new development opportunities with the adoption of the new General Plan, which allows mixed use development in a variety of locations throughout the City and increases allowable residential densities. To implement the new General Plan, Redwood City is almost completely replacing its existing zoning with new and innovative land use controls. By so doing the City is "jump starting" the implementation of several new housing programs with the objective of creating more housing in and near the Downtown District/Caltrain Station, along and near major transportation corridors and in eastern Redwood City on/near Bair Island Road. As previously described, the primary accomplishments related to residential zoning changes have been adoption of the Downtown Precise Plan, Mixed Use Corridor Zoning Districts and the first reading for the Mixed Use Neighborhood Zoning District and Mixed Use Live/Work Zoning District and Emergency Shelter Combining Districts. The Downtown Precise Plan establishes a contemporary vision for the Downtown and sets forth the specific land use parameters, development standards, architectural guidelines, and urban design criteria in order to create a unique, attractive and vibrant downtown. The innovative Downtown Precise Plan does not regulate density on a parcel basis and therefore allows significant flexibility for developers. In addition, projects in the downtown and mixed use districts described above have reduced (and/or 8 � Page