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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of this application was sent to surrounding property owners and tenants within a 1 ,000-foot radius of the subject parcel and published in the newspaper. At the time this report was published, staff has not received any public comments. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT This proposal is simply consideration for removing the condition of approval prohibiting a drive-through restaurant use on "Pad B." Any such proposal would be subject to separate discretionary review by the City, through consideration of a Conditional Use Permit. Since no development would be considered with this proposal, no environmental document accompanies this report. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION Staff believes the proposal to remove the condition of approval prohibiting a drive-through restaurant on "Pad B" is inconsistent with the goals, policies, and programs of the General Plan and the goals and strategies of the CAP. These inconsistencies include greater potential to create adverse Air Quality impacts due to the drive-through component of the proposed restaurant, which fails to meet the stated goals of the General Plan and CAP; as well as being inconsistent with goals to promote a pedestrian-oriented environment to encourage walking and bicycling. In summary, the drive-through component of the proposed restaurant would potentially increase vehicular trips and VMT, thereby reducing the number of customers walking or bicycling to "Pad B" and increasing fuel consumption from those trips and/or from idling vehicles waiting in the drive-through queue. On this basis, staff recommends the Planning Commission recommend denial of the proposal to the City Council. Primary Author: Eric Luchini, Associate Planner, 925-931-5612 or eluchini(a cityofpleasantonca.gov. Reviewed/Approved By: Melinda Denis, Planning and Permit Center Manager Ellen Clark, Director of Community Development PUD-89-06-08M, 4210 Rosewood Drive Planning Commission 15 of 15 NATIVES As noted, staff recommends the Planning Commission recommend denial of the application to remove an existing condition of approval prohibiting a drive-through restaurant on "Pad B." As outlined in the findings in Exhibit A, staff believes the requested PUD Modification would be inconsistent with a number of General Plan goals and policies, and CAP strategies. Alternatively, the Planning Commission could: 1. Recommend the City Council approve the proposal to remove the condition of approval and permit a drive-through restaurant on "Pad B" subject to approval of a Conditional Use Permit and Design Review. Should the Planning Commission support this alternative, staff would recommend the Planning Commission continue the public hearing, with direction to staff to return with an amended Resolution incorporating findings in support of the proposal based on the Planning Commission's input and direction, for final review and action. PUD-89-06-08M, 4210 Rosewood Drive Planning Commission 14 of 15 proposed restaurant, additional consideration should be shown to provide high quality design for this prominent elevation that would be highly visible. 2 A-weighted decibels are an expression of the relative loudness of sounds in air as perceived by the human ear. 3 The day-night average sound level is the average noise level over a 24-hour period. PUD-89-06-08M, 4210 Rosewood Drive Planning Commission 13 of 15 sign revisions and/or conditions of approval. Some potential examples include: • The ordering speaker shall not be audible above the ambient noise levels beyond the property boundaries; and PUD-89-06-08M, 4210 Rosewood Drive Planning Commission 12 of 15 2 of 15