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applicant desires to provide more adult-themed activities in this open space area such as wine tastings, and because a tot lot with play equipment would be provided a short walk away. Regarding private open space, the Standards do not require private open space be provided for each unit. Two-hundred ninety seven (297) of the 305 units would have private open space areas in the form of patios or balconies. The private open space areas range from 50 to 188 sq. ft. in area. The eight units without private open space are located at the northern corner of the podium building's central open space (two Unit Type P-2b per floor). The applicant removed the patios/balconies at those locations in order to maximize the opening between the central open space and the courtyard to its north. Overall, staff finds the project amenities and group and private open space to be acceptable. Traffic and Circulation Vehicular access to the apartments would be provided from the two existing Owens Drive driveways: the western driveway would be narrowed by approximately 22 feet to accommodate one 16-foot entry lane and one 12-foot exit lane; and the eastern driveway is proposed to be widened by approximately six feet to accommodate one 14-foot wide entry lane and two 11-foot wide exit lanes. The existing Owens Drive median break for the western driveway would remain and a new median break would be installed for the eastern driveway. Two drive aisles from the apartment site would connect to the existing office parking lots, making it possible for the apartment residents to access the property through the office parking lots (and vise versa). Two new driveways would be installed to serve the retail buildings: one on Rosewood Drive and one on Owens Drive. The Pleasanton General Plan requires site-specific traffic studies for all major developments which have the potential to exceed Level of Service (LOS) D at major intersections and requires developers to implement the mitigation measures identified in these studies in order to maintain LOS D or better. Exceptions are made for the Downtown and "Gateway Intersections" where the LOS D or better standard may be exceeded. A traffic study was prepared by Fehr and Peers, acting as the City's traffic consultant, to analyze the traffic and circulation for this project. The traffic study analyzed the near-term and cumulative/long-term traffic scenarios with and without the project. The near-term scenario includes the existing traffic plus anticipated traffic from approved but not yet built projects. The cumulative/long-term (or build-out) scenario consists of development that has not received final plan approval from the City but has been identified to be completed in the long term with the build out of the Pleasanton General Plan. Regional traffic growth is also considered in the cumulative/long-term scenario. Ten intersections were analyzed in the traffic study as they provide access to the project site and are likely to be affected by the project based on the number of trips that the project adds to the intersections. P UD-85-08-1 D-4M Page - 14 - March 27, 2013