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DISCUSSION The purpose of the proposed code amendment is to implement Program 41.9 of the Pleasanton Housing Element by bringing the zoning ordinance into compliance with Sections 17021.5 and 17021.6 of the Health and Safety Code. Section 17021.5 establishes a basis for broader housing opportunities for farm-workers by enabling groups of six or fewer to occupy one-family dwellings in any zoning district where they are permitted without incurring any permits, fees or taxes not required of other one-family uses. The proposed modification of the definition of "family" and the addition of "agricultural employee housing" to the list of permitted uses in zoning districts that permit one-family dwellings will result in compliance with section 17021.5. These modifications will have no real impact on occupancy of dwellings by employee groups because the city does not normally regulate occupancy of dwellings. Text amendments proposed for compliance with Section 17021.6 affect the use of property designated for agricultural use, which is limited in Pleasanton as are agricultural activities. The Pleasanton General Plan land use map designates "Agriculture and Grazing" in very few areas within the city limits, primarily in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor. The A Agricultural zoning district is also very geographically limited and exists primarily on properties publicly owned and devoted to other uses, such as schools and parks. However, limited agricultural activities are also allowed in the R-1 district which is broadly mapped throughout the city. Four of the city's specific plans provide for agricultural uses. They are: Vineyard Avenue Corridor, Happy Valley, North Sycamore and Bernal Property Phase II. Properties zoned for agricultural use within these specific plan areas are also within PUDs that either specify the agricultural uses or refer to the agricultural uses specified by the specific plan. In these areas it is the PUDs and specific plans that set the parameters for agricultural activity and not the A and R-1 district regulations. The proposed amendments to permitted and conditionally permitted uses in the A and R-1 districts then would not impact these properties. A search of city business licenses related to agricultural activity found only two businesses with Pleasanton addresses, neither of which are associated with farm- workers. One is the retail sales of plants at Western Garden Nursery on Vineyard Avenue, and the other is the Golden West Farming Corporation, a management service agency with an office on Sunol Boulevard. A second search of business licenses under wine and distilled alcoholic beverages revealed three wineries in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor. All three wineries are located within PUDs that govern the agricultural uses, and therefore the proposed amendments would not affect these properties. The properties that would be affected by the proposed amendments are those that are straight zoned A or R-1, or are in PUDs that refer to the A and R-1 zoning districts for permitted and conditionally permitted uses. The primary impact on these properties would be that any commercial raising of plants and animals in the R-1 district would require a conditional use permit, whereas now some types of agricultural activity is Case No. P12-1785 City of Pleasanton Planning Commission Page 6 of 7