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ATTACHMENT 1 <br /> CHAPTER 3 <br /> Project Description <br /> This chapter describes the(1) EDZ location and boundaries; (2)characteristics of the EDZ area; <br /> (3) characteristics of the EDZ itself, including proposed development assumptions; (4) EDZ <br /> objectives; and (5)approval/intended uses of the SEIR. <br /> A. Introduction <br /> The City has identified the EDZ, which comprises 12 parcels in the northwestern part of the City, <br /> as a pilot economic development zone, designed to establish a vision and policy framework for <br /> the area with the purpose of encouraging investment in a highly-visible part of the City. The EDZ <br /> would replace or supplement current policies that apply within the EDZ area,and is intended to <br /> serve as a guide for future development in the EDZ area. To ensure consistency across the City's <br /> planning documents,the EDZ includes a proposed General Plan amendment, rezoning, and other <br /> entitlement approvals. <br /> B. Regulatory Context <br /> The EDZ area is currently designated Business Park in the City's General Plan, which is <br /> "Intended primarily to accommodate high-quality, campus like development, including <br /> administrative, professional office, and research uses. Retail commercial uses are limited to those <br /> primarily serving business park employees. Floor-area-ratios(FARs) are not to exceed 0.6" <br /> (City of Pleasanton 2009). Properties within the EDZ area are currently zoned General Industrial <br /> (1-G-40), Planned Unit Development-General and Light Industrial(PUD-G&LI), or Planned Unit <br /> Development Industrial/Commercial-Office(PUD-1/C-O). <br /> C. Regional Location and Boundaries of EDZ Area <br /> Regional Context <br /> Pleasanton is located within Alameda County.one of nine Bay Area counties bordering the <br /> San Francisco Bay (see Figure 3-1). The city is generally bounded to the west by the Pleasanton <br /> ridgelands, to the north by Interstate 580(1-580)and the city of Dublin,to the east by the city of <br /> Livermore and unincorporated Alameda County, and to the south by San Francisco Water <br /> Department lands and other rangelands. Interstate 680(1-680)bisects the western portion of the <br /> City, intersecting 1-580 in the northwestern part of the city. The EDZ area is located southeast of <br /> the intersection of 1-680 and 1-580, a major regional transportation node. <br /> Johnson Dnve Economic Development Zone 3-1 ESA/140421 <br /> Draft Supplemental EIR September 2015 <br />