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Architectural Design "Pad B" is highly visible from Rosewood Drive. Accordingly, in discussing a potential design, staff provided a number of comments intended to ensure that the proposed restaurant would be reflective of the design character and quality typically seen in Pleasanton. The proposed restaurant includes modern architectural elements and is reflective of the current Taco Bell corporate design scheme which has been strongly discouraged by staff. Additionally, the proposed restaurant fails to provide "four-sided" architectural detailing and with the exception of minor details (smooth stucco). Accordingly, staff suggested the project incorporate traditional architectural elements into the overall design and to ensure the same level of detail is replicated on all four sides of the proposed restaurant. In addition, staff indicated franchise and/or prototype architecture would not be supported. As a reference, staff encouraged the applicant to consider modeling their design based on the new and recently implemented architectural styles/materials for Phases I and II of the Rose Pavilion Shopping Center across Rosewood Drive, and to be compatible with the upgraded building design. Should the City Council support the requested Major Modification to allow for the proposed restaurant with a drive-through component, staff has suggested several modifications would be needed to the building design, including • The east elevation should be redesigned to include windows/storefront facing Rosewood Drive, which, although being the restaurant's "back of house" would be highly visible. • The windows should have trim and sills appropriate to the architectural style of the building. Staff notes various architectural styles require different window details (i.e., windows on stucco exteriors should be recessed). • Stucco should have a smooth texture. Should the City Council elect to support the proposed restaurant, staff recommends the applicant be required to redesign the building to reflect the above direction and be subject to the DR process. PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of this application was sent to surrounding property owners and tenants within a 1,000-foot radius of the site and published in the newspaper. The noticing map is included as Attachment 7. At the time this report was published, staff received one public comment in support of the Major Modification (Attachment 6). Page 12 of 13