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P11-0824(Downtown Hospitality Guidelines), P12-0798(Pleasanton Municipal Code Amendments) Initial Study and Negative Declaration 2.4 PLEASANTON GENERAL PLAN The General Plan land use designations vary for properties within the Downtown Specific Plan Area and City wide. The Pleasanton General Plan was adopted on July 21, 2009. It was amended on October 19, 2010 to remove all references to Pleasanton's previous housing cap. The Housing Element of the General Plan and the Climate Action Plan (CAP)were adopted on February 13, 2012. The Housing Element was further amended on June 5, 2012 and October 2, 2012. The Housing Element project included General Plan amendments and rezonings to accommodate high density housing and mixed use development with high density housing in Pleasanton. The State Clearinghouse number for the Pleasanton General Plan EIR is 2005122139. A CEQA process was not conducted for the October 19, 2010 amendments, since they did not necessarily increase any development potential. The State Clearinghouse number for the Housing Element project and CAP EIR is 2011052002. 2.5 ZONING The zoning designations vary for properties within the Downtown Specific Plan Area and City wide. 2.6 ADDITIONAL PROJECT DETAILS The PMC amendments would create a Downtown Hospitality Area with two new zoning districts: Downtown Central Core Area and Downtown Transition Area as shown in Figure 4, below. Minus the Arroyo del Valle property — which is excluded from the Downtown Hospitality Area, the boundary of the Downtown Hospitality Area is the same as the Downtown Revitalization District. As proposed, new hour, noise, and/or operation requirements would apply to accessory music and entertainment uses (called Special Downtown Accessory Entertainment Uses) and bars in the Downtown Hospitality Central Core Area and Downtown Hospitality Transition Area. Special Downtown Accessory Entertainment Uses would include live entertainment (music, poetry readings, stand-up comedy, performance art); disc jockey music; dancing; or other similar use as determined by the zoning administrator. A Special Downtown Accessory Use would not include adult entertainment establishment uses, as defined in Chapter 18.114 of the PMC. A summary of the main PMC standards proposed for Special Downtown Accessory Entertainment Uses, is shown in Table 1 (below). The City wide PMC amendment would change when a restaurant serving alcohol must apply for a Conditional Use Permit. The proposal would change the time trigger for when a Conditional Use Permit is required from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. November 2, 2012 7