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ANALYSIS The applicant is seeking entitlements to construct and operate a convenience market with the sale of alcoholic beverages and a drive-through carwash in conjunction with the existing gas station. The following sections evaluate the proposed project with respect to land use, the PUD rezoning and development plan, architectural design and other considerations such as the proposed use and hours of operation, parking and circulation, traffic, noise, landscaping, criminal activity, and signage. Land Use • Conformance with the General Plan The project site has a General Plan Land Use Designation of "Retail/Highway/Service Commercial; Business and Professional Offices" which permits commercial and service uses. The current zoning of the project site, C-N District, does not allow the proposed convenience market with the sale of alcoholic beverages and carwash uses in conjunction with a gas station. The site would be rezoned to Planned Unit Development — Commercial to conditionally allow these uses. The proposed convenience market would have a floor area of 2,471 square feet, lower than the Municipal Code's maximum allowable square footage for a convenience market of 2,500 square feet located on the same site as a gas station. The square footage of the proposed convenience market and drive-through carwash building would be compatible the surrounding uses. The proposed FAR of 9.5% conforms to the 60% maximum FAR limit in the General Plan. The proposed project conforms to the following General Plan policies and programs: Policy 13: Ensure that neighborhood, community, and regional commercial centers provide goods and services needed by residents and businesses of Pleasanton and its market area. Program 13.1: Zone sufficient land for neighborhood, community, and regional commercial uses to support Pleasanton's increasing business activity. Policy 14: Provide adequate neighborhood commercial acreage to serve the future needs of each neighborhood at buildout. Program 14.1: Locate appropriately-scaled commercial centers with reasonable access to the residential neighborhoods they serve. Rezoning and Development Plan Section 18.44 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC) includes six commercial districts. One of the purposes of having various commercial districts is to provide appropriately located areas for retail stores, offices, service establishments, amusement establishments, and wholesale businesses offering commodities and services required by residents of the City and its surrounding market area. As such, some uses may be permitted in one commercial district but not in another commercial district. The applicant is seeking specific uses that are not allowed by the existing C-N District. Also, the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a gas station is not allowed in any of the commercial zoning districts. As such, rezoning the subject site from the current C-N District to PUD-102/P14-0014 Planning Commission Page 11 of 26