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limiting them to the 3,300 feet that's the size of suite A5, that does not mean that restaurants would be limited to that space, only that that was the basis for the size limitation in Condition No. 7. He asked if there were other uses that still could be impactful in the restaurant envelope that the Commission should be evaluating. City Traffic Engineer Mike Tassano said until 10 or 15 years ago, fast food restaurants were inclusive of coffee and bagel shops, but then people started going to these coffee shops every morning. Now, traffic engineers all over the country are no longer using fast food as a marker for the coffee/bagel shops because the trips are significantly different, and therefore broken out as a separate category. Each time traffic engineers find a new use that is significantly different they break that out as a separate marker. For similar reasons they break out fast food separately from fast food with a drive-thru because they are in fact different. They break out coffee shops from coffee shops with a drive-thru because those are also different. The highest generators or the difference in the morning peak trips are coffee/bagel shops; they are different, and they have a much larger number of a.m. peak trips. As far as the difference between an Arby's and a Carl's Jr. or whichever fast food restaurant, that does not have a drive-thru associated with it, they are pretty much the same. These are lumped together and although there are some variations in that use, he would not be concerned with which fast food chain came in as a tenant. The exception might be Chick Fil-A which has an unusually high trip generation. Commissioner Balch said while Mr. Tassano's description is exactly what he is asking, the Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC) for a permitted use, which is what the Commission is being asked to go in per the revised schedule, restaurants are permitted. However, staff's memo suggests that coffee shops be a conditional use. He asked if he was correct in saying that there was no other limitation on restaurant uses that would be recommended based on the traffic study, other than Condition No. 7 which is limiting the total square footage allotted to a restaurant use. He asked if this was a correct interpretation. Ms. Clark confirmed, stating there is a limitation on the total square footage for restaurants. In order to exceed that limit, an applicant would have to go through an additional analysis to determine they were not generating more trips than were analyzed in the TIA. Commissioner Balch asked, and Mr. Tassano confirmed, that the use within the restaurant category that has the highest traffic generator is fast food, as was used in the Traffic Engineer's study, and staff analysis, and in the TIA. Commissioner Brown asked if outdoor dining areas would be excluded from the square footage limitation. Mr. Luchini confirmed that the outdoor dining area is assumed to be included with the restaurant uses inside the building and is not counted separately. Commissioner Balch stated his biggest concern is traffic on Hopyard Road turning right onto Owens Drive and then onto Johnson Court; the agenda report indicates there will be such a significant delay that the western driveway of this parcel will be both the entrance and the exit. He voiced concern that they do not drop below level of service (LOS) E. Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 of 19 September 25, 2019 ce in the media. He expressed the desire to see a limitation set around alcohol consumption during the time of play, perhaps limiting consumption to two drinks per player for the duration of play. He also Planning Commission Minutes Page 7 of 9 August 14, 2019