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Resolution No. PC-2020-03 <br /> Page Two <br /> potentially increase vehicular trips and VMT, thereby reducing the number of <br /> customers walking or bicycling to "Pad B" and increasing fuel consumption from <br /> those trips and/or from idling vehicles waiting in the drive-through queueing lane. <br /> A traditional (non-drive-through) restaurant would also be more consistent with <br /> General Plan and CAP goals to encourage pedestrian-oriented development. For <br /> example, it could improve pedestrian-friendliness, by allowing additional space to <br /> be dedicated to pedestrian circulation and seating areas, and for more generous <br /> landscaping throughout "Pad B," along Rosewood Drive and along the adjacent <br /> driveway located immediately to the south side of "Pad B." Although alternative <br /> site plans without a drive-through have not been developed by the applicant, <br /> eliminating the need for a drive-through aisle may also open up other possible <br /> site plan configurations, such as a design that would orient the building closer to <br /> Rosewood Drive and the corner, versus being placed toward the center of"Pad <br /> B," presenting a more positive and pedestrian-friendly streetscape look and feel. <br /> Based on the foregoing, the Planning Commission cannot make this finding. <br /> 2. Whether the plan is consistent with the City's General Plan and any <br /> applicable specific plan: <br /> "Pad B" has a General Plan Land Use designation of "Retail/Highway/Service <br /> Commercial; Business and Professional Offices." This land use designation <br /> allows for commercial uses; therefore, a restaurant on "Pad B," as proposed, <br /> would be consistent with this land use designation. "Pad B" is located on the <br /> south side of Rosewood Drive and is surrounded by commercial uses. A <br /> proposed restaurant at this location would be compatible with the surrounding <br /> uses. The General Plan requires a maximum FAR of 60%. Based on the <br /> proposed site plan, a future drive-through restaurant would be well below this <br /> maximum, at under 11% FAR. The proposed amendment would not therefore, in <br /> and of itself, conflict with these applicable General Plan land use policies. The <br /> location is not within a specific plan area. <br /> While the proposed restaurant conforms from a General Plan land use <br /> designation standpoint, in accordance with the Global Warming Solutions Act of <br /> 2006 (Assembly Bill 32 or AB 32) and the Sustainable Communities and Climate <br /> Protection Act of 2008 (Senate Bill 375 or SB 375) and the goals, policies, and <br /> programs of the General Plan and the goals and strategies of the CAP, the City <br /> is also required to evaluate a proposal's potential impacts on Air Quality and <br /> GHG Emissions. These goals, policies, programs and strategies include: <br /> Land Use Element- Sustainability <br /> Program 2.1: Reduce the need for vehicular traffic by locating employment, <br /> residential, and service activities close together, and plan development so it is <br /> easily accessible by transit, bicycle, and on foot. <br />f the relative loudness of sounds in air as perceived by the human ear. <br /> 3 The day-night average sound level is the average noise level over a 24-hour period. <br /> PUD-89-06-08M, 4210 Rosewood Drive Planning Commission <br /> 13 of 15 <br />sign revisions and/or conditions of approval. Some potential <br /> examples include: <br /> • The ordering speaker shall not be audible above the ambient noise levels beyond the <br /> property boundaries; and <br /> PUD-89-06-08M, 4210 Rosewood Drive Planning Commission <br /> 12 of 15 <br /> 2 of 15 <br />