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ANALYSIS Land Use Conformance with General Plan The General Plan land use designation for the subject property is "Retail/Highway/Service Commercial/Business and Professional Offices." The maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for this land use designation is 60%. The proposed FAR is 43.6%, which conforms to this standard. The proposed commercial use is consistent with this land use designation and the General Plan. Below are some of the General Plan Goals, Programs, and Policies that the project is consistent with or would promote: • Land Use Element Program 2.2: Encourage the reuse of vacant and underutilized parcels and buildings within existing urban areas. • Land Use Element Policy 4: Allow development consistent with the General Plan Land Use Map. • Land Use Element Policy 13: Ensure that neighborhood, community, and regional commercial centers provide goods and services needed by residents and businesses of Pleasanton and its market area. • Economic and Fiscal Element Goal 2: Sustain the community's quality of life with a vigorous and diverse economy. • Economic and Fiscal Element Policy 5: Focus City efforts on supporting and assisting Pleasanton businesses success. The project is consistent with these goals, policies, and programs and the retail/commercial uses on the site are consistent with the land use designation. Zoning and Development Agreement The subject site is zoned C-R(M) — (Regional Commercial — Mall). The Development Agreement allows for up to 380,000 square feet of retail uses consistent with the C-R(M) District and allows for flexibility in the composition of uses to be determined through the Design Review process. The applicant anticipates a variety of retail uses as well as a grocery, cinema, and specialty lifestyle health club uses; however, the uses are considered by the applicant to be tentative, to the extent that they will not be finalized until lease agreements with the applicant are executed. All of the tentative uses currently identified, except for the lifestyle fitness use, are permitted uses in the C-R(M) District. The lifestyle fitness use is subject to a Minor Conditional Use Permit, which would be required to be obtained if the applicant is able to finalize tenancy with a lifestyle fitness use. In addition, although not part of the current design proposal, the applicant has indicated their interest in the option to establish a future hotel at this location if they are unable to find a tenant/operator for the lifestyle fitness club facility. At this time, hotels are not permitted within the C-R(M) District and would require a future Zoning Code Amendment to allow for this use. A Zoning Code Amendment would require future Planning Commission and City Council review and approval. Site Design, Access, and Circulation The entire parking area on the subject parcel will be redesigned and rebuilt in the project area. Access from Stoneridge Mall Road will be provided by three driveway openings, reduced from the nine existing driveway openings that currently serve Sears and the parking structure. P18-0340, Stoneridge Shopping Center Planning Commission 7 of 17 t, and agreed with the points of discussion that staff presented including refinements to improve P18-0340, Stoneridge Shopping Center Planning Commission 2 of 17