4 - Laserfiche WebLink

Parking, Circulation, and Driveways Parking Similar to other development standards, the PUD zoning allows flexibility in the application of the parking requirements for a project. For comparison and discussion purposes, the Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC) requires self-service stations to provide one space per employee on the maximum shift plus one extra parking space. Convenience stores are required to provide one parking space for each 150 square feet of gross floor area. The applicant stated that there would be not be an employee dedicated to the fuel station — i.e. that the convenience store's employee would also be responsible for the operation of the fuel station. Based on one employee for both the convenience store and the fuel station, and proposed 3,034 square foot convenience store, a total of 21 parking spaces would generally be required by the PMC. The proposal would provide 17 on-site parking spaces, which is four spaces less than the PMC requirements. The applicant has stated since the convenience store and fuel station would be located on the same parcel, it is typical for some of the convenience store customers to also be getting fuel, leaving their vehicle parked at the pump while they visit the store. Therefore, the applicant believes that the car spaces at the pumps should be counted as part of the proposed parking spaces. A maximum of 12 vehicles could be parked at the pumps, resulting in 29 proposed spaces per the applicant's reasoning. While some patrons may visit the convenience store while parked at the fuel pumps, there may be other patrons who would visit the store without getting fuel or choose to move their vehicle rather than leaving it parked at the pump. For the recently constructed 7-Eleven convenience store at the Valero station on Santa Rita Road, which has PUD zoning, the applicant provided 16 spaces where 17 spaces were otherwise required by the PMC. Staff and the Commission supported the proposed parking in that instance. To date, staff has not received any complaints or observed any parking issues at the Valero 7-Eleven since it began operation in August 2016. Staff also supports the number of spaces included in the proposed project due to a low employee count (one per shift) and the likelihood that a proportion of convenience store customers would leave their cars at the pump while paying for gas or making a purchase at the store. Circulation Vehicular access to and from the project site would continue to be from W. Las Positas Boulevard and Hopyard Road via three driveways (a reduction of one driveway from existing conditions). Vehicles would continue to make right-turns into and out of the site from either the W. Las Positas Boulevard or Hopyard Road driveways. The existing internal drive aisle between the project site and the adjoining church property to the south would be eliminated. Pedestrian access from the existing Hopyard Road sidewalk to the convenience store is proposed via a concrete walkway. The proposed walkway is five-feet wide for the first 20 feet from the Hopyard Road sidewalk and then it widens to eight feet. Staff recommends the entire width of the walkway be eight feet to ensure adequate pedestrian access between the landscape area to the south and a truck loading stall to the north. A Condition has been added to address this item. PUD-134/P18-0332/P18-0334 Planning Commission Page 19 of 24 t the existing [1] Calls for Service is a phone call log listing the number of calls that the Police Department receives. The nearest site address may be used to identify the location, which may not be the actual location of the reported incident. PUD-134/P18-0332/P18-0334 Planning Commission Page 16 of 24