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check to make sure that these Design Guidelines represent the current issue. The most current adopted edition of the Design Guidelines at the time of project submittal shall regulate the proposal.Projects and design features previously approved by the Hacienda Owners Association and the City of Pleasanton in compliance with the version of the Guidelines current at the time of approval shall not be subject to changes included in future editions of the Design Guidelines unless the project proposes modifications exceeding the Improvement Threshold standards defined below.Developers and their consultants shall be responsible for ongoing compliance with all applicable current municipal,state,and federal laws. 3. Improvement Thresholds The Improvement Thresholds are designed to protect minor improvements and regular maintenance operations from required compliance with Design Guidelines revisions made subsequent to a project approval. New construction, or renovation projects exceeding the following thresholds shall require compliance with the current Design Guidelines at the time of modification: a. Building Construction Improvement or Addition Threshold All new, permanent, enclosed building construction of any size shall be subject to the currently adopted Design Guidelines at the date of project approval. b. Parking Improvement Threshold Any Building Construction or Building Addition exceeding 30,000 square feet in area shall be subject to the parking, striping, and preferential parking standards in the newest adopted version of the Design Guidelines at the date of project approval. c. Drives,Circulation, and Sidewalk Thresholds All Building Construction or Building Additions exceeding 75% of existing gross square footage shall be subject to the standards for driveways, site circulation, and sidewalks in the newest adopted version of the Design Guidelines. d. Landscape Improvement Threshold (1) Interior Zone(refer to Section 3.4) Any Interior Zone improvement exceeding 20%of the Interior Zone site area shall require renovation of the entirety of that Interior Zone landscape section(defined as a contiguous area of landscaping or area,such as a parking lot,with a consistent and homogeneous landscape theme) and applicable adjoining Streetscape Zone landscaping (refer to Section 1.1A.3.(d).(2))using the landscape standards in the currently adopted version of the Design Guidelines at the date of project approval. (2) Streetscape Zone(refer to Section 3.3) (a) The Streetscape Zone landscaping shall be delineated into Continuous Segments. These Continuous Segments shall define the Streetscape Zone as follows: 17