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Chair Allen stated that she supports staff's recommendation and echoes Commissioner Nagler's comments that the draw for this project and doing it now and bending on the height and bending on garage doors is the plaza. She indicated that that is the ticket for her if this turned to residential, and she could not support this whole project if this was conditional or if residential was allowed. Commissioner Balch stated that, again, it would be really awkward if they put a coffee shop or a frozen yogurt shop in, and one month someone is there sitting in the plaza and the next month it is someone's house. Commissioner Ritter moved to make the PUD findings for the proposed Development Plan as listed in the staff report, and recommended approval of: (1) Case P14 -0124, a General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation for an approximately 0.15 -acre portion of the site from Retail/ Highway /Service Commercial; Business and Professional Offices to High Density Residential; (2) Case P14 -1025, a Downtown Specific Plan Amendment to change the land use designation from Office to Downtown Commercial and High Density Residential; and (3) PUD -107, Planned Unit Development (PUD) Rezoning and Development Plan to rezone the site from the C -C (Central Commercial), Downtown Revitalization, Core Area Overlay District to the PUD- HDR /C -C (Planned Unit Development — High Density Residential /Central Commercial) District, to convert the existing single - family residence into a commercial use building including site and exterior building modifications, and to construct three new 2,400- square -foot, three -story detached single - family residences, subject to the Conditions of Approval listed in Exhibit A of the staff report, with modifications to Conditions 25, 37, and 60 (Condition 61 on the revised conditions) as stated in staff's memo dated November 17, 2015, and the addition of a condition that the garage doors be carriage - style, as shown on page A.13 of Exhibit B of the staff report. Mr. Weinstein stated that those conditions can be added and suggested that another condition be added as well that would prohibit short term rentals at this location. He noted that it has been an issue at other relatively new residential projects that have been built in the City in the past, and staff has relied on conditions of approval to prohibit short-term rentals because the Code is a little ambiguous regarding short-term rentals. Commissioner Ritter inquired what would be classified as short-term rentals. Mr. Weinstein replied that this would be things like Airbnb or VRBO. He noted that it is not a pervasive problem in Pleasanton, and staff is trying to keep it that way. Commissioner Balch commented that this is a perfect place for that; it is a residential house next to a vibrant Downtown. Commissioner Ritter commented that it would be actually taking the rights away of someone who owns property. Chair Allen noted that it is across the street from single - family residences. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 18, 2015 Page 27 of 34