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7. The Johnson Drive EDZ traffic impacts and related air quality impacts will significantly reduce <br /> the suitability of the area for uses such as administrative, professional office, research, and general <br /> and limited industry. <br /> Section 3. Purpose and Intent. <br /> In enacting this Act, the people of the City do hereby declare it is their purpose and intent to: <br /> 1. Encourage the development of business and professional offices, small scale retail, highway <br /> and service commercial uses in the Johnson Drive EDZ by preserving the area for such uses and <br /> prohibiting large scale retail uses, which would cause traffic and environmental impacts that would <br /> detract from the attractiveness of the zone for business and professional office, small scale retail, <br /> highway and service commercial uses. <br /> 2. Ensure that citizens of Pleasanton have diverse job opportunities close to home, not just entry <br /> level retail jobs. <br /> 3. Encourage large-scale retail uses in locations within the City that meet the General Plan goal of <br /> achieving a coordinated, efficient and environmentally sensitive pattern of development within the <br /> Tri-Valley area. <br /> Section 4. Pleasanton General Plan Amendment <br /> A new Program 15.6 shall be added to Policy 15 of Section 2.0 (Land Use Element) of the <br /> Pleasanton General Plan 2005-2025 to read as follows: <br /> Program 15.6: <br /> (a) Encourage retail uses of less than 50,000 square feet, highway and service commercial, <br /> business and professional offices in the Johnson Drive EDZ; and <br /> (b) Prohibit retail uses (including club retail) of 50,000 square feet or more in the Johnson Drive <br /> EDZ. <br /> For purposes of Program 15.6, the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report identifies the <br /> Johnson Drive EDZ as twelve parcels of land covering approximately 40 acres. The Johnson <br /> Drive EDZ is generally located in the southeast corner of the intersection of Interstate 680 and <br /> Interstate 580. Eleven of the parcels front Johnson Drive and one parcel fronts Commerce Circle. <br /> The precise location of the Johnson Drive EDZ is shown on Figure 3-2 (Johnson Drive Economic <br /> Development Zone-Project Location Map) and Figure 3-3 (Parcel Subdivision) attached hereto as <br /> Exhibit A and incorporated herein as part of this initiative. <br /> Section 5. Exemptions for Certain Projects. <br /> A. Section 4 of this initiative shall not apply to any development project or ongoing activity that <br /> 020689.0002\4383116.1 2 <br />