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residences in the Downtown area that have been converted to small/limited commercial or office uses, some of which also include residential units above the ground floor. Staff and the current property owner worked closely to develop the proposed list of uses to ensure that they would be compatible with and minimize impacts to the surrounding uses. The list is primarily limited to office uses and a few commercial uses that generate relatively low vehicular traffic (both in the peak hours and throughout the day) and that generate relatively little noise. Additionally, modest hours of operation are being proposed for the new uses to further lessen potential traffic and noise impacts on the surrounding area/existing uses, as well as to ensure no parking or noise conflicts arise between the on-site uses and the potential residential unit on the second floor. The expanded range of uses would be consistent with development in the surrounding area and traffic and noise impacts would be negligible. Therefore, staff believes rezoning the site to the PUD-C-O District subject to the uses listed in Exhibit A is appropriate. Parking Seven parking spaces would be provided for the subject site (Exhibit B) and staff believes this would be adequate for the proposed uses, which would require five to seven spaces depending on whether the building is all commercial or commercial on the first floor and residential on the second floor (based on one space/300 sq. ft. of floor area plus two spaces for residential use) under traditional zoning requirements. PUBLIC COMMENT Notices of these applications were sent to surrounding property owners and tenants within a 1,000-foot radius of the site. Staff has provided the location and noticing maps as Exhibit D for reference. At the time this report was published, staff had not received public comments regarding these applications. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT On January 4, 2012, the City Council certified a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) and adopted the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Housing Element Update and Climate Action Plan General Plan Amendment and Rezonings. This SEIR was a supplement to the EIR prepared for the Pleasanton 2005-2025 General Plan which was certified in July 2009. The subject site was one of 21 potential housing sites analyzed in the SEIR. A total of 54 multi- family housing units were analyzed in the SEIR for the entire project area at 4202 Stanley Boulevard. Ultimately, PUD-97 approved a much less intensive use on the site consisting of 12 new single-family homes and the retention of the existing home, which is the subject of this proposal. City staff considered three potential options for meeting CEQA requirements: 1) prepare a Subsequent or Supplemental EIR; 2) prepare an Addendum; or 3) conclude that the current application fits within the parameters of the "project" analyzed in the Housing Element Update P14-0419/P14-0420/P14-0421 Planning Commission 8 of 10