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PLEASANTON TOD STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: BART PROPERTY . 1. INTRODUCTION A. PURPOSE These Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Mixed Use Development Standards and Guidelines are to be used to evaluate mixed use and residential development on the BART Property in concert with the Hacienda Planned Unit Development (PUD) regulations, Design Guidelines, and Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions. The intent is to promote a building character,street scale and street-level uses that will allow the incremental development of a TOD"village", encourage pedestrian activity and promote easy access to the BART station. The development of the immediate station area will contribute to a complete and integrated community containing housing, shops, work places, schools, parks and civic facilities essential to the daily life of residents and employees. The development of the BART Property will also enhance BART's goals to increase ridership; enhance the quality of life around BART stations; generate revenue for the transit district and improve the multi- modal access to and from the station. The Standards and Guidelines provide direction to BART and future developers on the key components of use, density, building mass and height, setbacks, architectural features, parking, access, and street character. The Standards and Guidelines in this section of the overall Pleasanton/Hacienda TOD Guidelines illustrate desired development on only the BART owned Property. Where there are conflicts between these Standard and Regulations and those included in any previously adopted Hacienda regulations, these Standards and Regulations shall be applied to mixed use and residential development applications for the BART Property. Both quantitative and qualitative criteria have been incorporated into the Standards and Guidelines. To enable greater flexibility and creativity, the City Council may approve proposals that exceed the identified numeric ranges if they determine that such proposals are consistent with the purpose of these standards and guidelines. Review Process Following BART's development and planning review, all development applications for the property will also be reviewed by the City through the Planned Unit Development (PUD) process, which will include review and recommendation by the Planning Commission and approval or denial by the City Council at noticed public hearings. Subsequent amendments to approved development plans, if determined to be minor after public notification, may be approved by the Community Development Director but are appealable to the Planning Commission and City Council. Major amendments will require additional review, public hearing and approval by the City Council. As is typical with all design guidelines, some flexibility is warranted where specific circumstances would make application of the guideline infeasible and/or undesirable, and where an alternative proposal fits with the vision and intent expressed in this document. 3 WORKSHOP DRAFT