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Assessment Report each identified various measures that should be implemented to avoid impacts related to on-site biological resources and local sources of air pollution (e.g., vehicles on 1-580). These measures have been incorporated as conditions of approval. The Noise Assessment Report concluded that the interior and exterior noise exposures of the site will be within the limits of the General Plan Noise Element. In addition, the City normally allows construction to occur from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with Saturday construction allowed if there are no nearby residents that could be affected by construction noise or activities. Since there are existing residences in close proximity of the proposed project site, staff is not recommending that Saturday construction be allowed. PUD DEVELOPMENT PLAN FINDINGS The Pleasanton Municipal Code sets forth the purposes of the PUD District and the considerations to be addressed in reviewing a PUD Development Plan proposal. The Planning Commission must make the following findings that the proposed PUD Development Plan conforms to the purposes of the PUD District before making its recommendation. 1. Whether the proposed development plan is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general welfare: The proposed project, as conditioned, meets all applicable City standards concerning public health, safety, and welfare. The subject development would include the installation of all required on-site utilities, with connections to municipal systems in order to serve the new lots. The project will not generate volumes of traffic that cannot be accommodated by existing City streets and intersections in the area. The structures would be designed to meet the requirements of the California Building Code, California Fire Code, and other applicable City codes. The proposed development is compatible with the adjacent uses and would be generally consistent with the existing scale of development and rural character of the area. Adequate setbacks would be provided between the new dwellings and adjacent properties, including Dublin Creek, and approximately 9 acres of the site would be preserved as permanent open space. This open space would help protect biological resources and the aesthetic character of the site. Therefore, staff believes that the proposed PUD development plan is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general welfare, and that this finding can be made. 2. Whether the proposed development plan is consistent with the Pleasanton General Plan and any applicable specific plan: The proposed development includes the construction of three new residential lots on an approximately 4.3-acre portion of the 16-acre site. (The second units would not count towards the overall residential density of the site.) The proposed density of approximately one dwelling unit per 5 acres conforms to the General Plan Rural Density Residential land use designation, with the remaining agricultural parcel with Open Space conservation easement to be protected. The proposed project would promote General Plan Programs and Policies encouraging new housing to be developed in infill and peripheral areas that are adjacent to existing residential development as well as promote the creation of second units on single-family residential lots. In addition, the project would include the permanent protection of open space including riparian areas. PUD-114, 11300 Dublin Canyon Road Planning Commission Page 12 of 15