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Residential Parking Requirements for Standard Zoning Districts <br /> Dwellings and Lodgings <br /> 1. Single-family dwelling units shall have at least two parking spaces. <br /> Second units shall have at least one covered or uncovered parking <br /> space which shall not be located in the required front or street side <br /> yard and shall not be a tandem space. <br /> 2. Condominiums,community apartments and separately owned <br /> townhouses shall have at least two parking spaces per unit. <br /> 3. Apartment house parking requirements shall be computed as <br /> follows: <br /> a. For apartments with two bedrooms or less,a minimum of two <br /> spaces shall be required for each of the first four units;one and <br /> one-half spaces for each additional unit. <br /> b.For apartments with three or more bedrooms(or two bedrooms <br /> and a den convertible to a third bedroom),a minimum of two <br /> spaces per unit shall be required. Parking requirements for units <br /> having less than three bedrooms shall be computed separately <br /> from the requirements for units having three bedrooms or more <br /> and then added together. <br /> c.Visitor parking,in a ratio of one parking space for each seven(1:7) <br /> units,shall be provided.All visitor parking spaces shall be clearly <br /> marked for this use.Visitor parking may be open or covered and <br /> does not count as part of the covered parking requirement <br /> described in subsection A4 of this section. <br /> 4. At least one space per dwelling unit of the off-street parking <br /> required in subsections(A)(1),(A)(2)and A)(3)of this section shall <br /> be located in a garage or carport. <br /> 5. Trailer parks shall have a minimum of one space for each unit, <br /> plus at least one additional space for each three units,none of <br /> which shall occupy area designated for access drives. <br /> Source: Chapter 18.88 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code,2011. <br /> Pleasanton has created two procedures which have reduced development standards from those <br /> required for conventionally zoned developments. One is the Core Area Overlay District, which <br /> reduces parking, open space, and building setback standards for apartment developments in the <br /> City's Downtown area. It applies in both the RM (Multiple-Family Residential) and C-C (Central <br /> Commercial) Districts, thereby allowing for increased density and mixed uses in the Downtown, <br /> both of which can result in affordable housing at higher densities within walking distance of the <br /> Downtown commercial area. Several developments have taken advantage of these reduced <br /> development standards in recent years, such as Railroad Avenue Apartments and a <br /> fourplex/office development on Spring Street. <br /> The second such procedure is the Planned Unit Development(PUD). The Zoning Ordinance <br /> does not specify any development standards for PUDs, instead creating standards on a <br /> case-by-case basis based on General Plan density, proposed housing type, City and developer <br /> objectives, opportunities to increase density and affordability, neighborhood issues, and <br /> environmental constraints. Density bonuses, whereby additional units are approved in exchange <br /> for making them affordable to lower-income households, have been approved under the <br /> City of Pleasanton Housing Element BACKGROUND—February 2012 86 <br />