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Land Use The subject site, which is within Hacienda, has General Plan designations of Business Park (Industrial/ Commercial and Office) and Mixed Use, is zoned PUD-I/C-O (Planned Unit Development-Industrial/Commercial-Office) district, and is located in the Mixed Retail/ Commercial/Financial, Office, and Research and Development/Light Manufacturing Planning District (MCOIPD) of Hacienda, which conditionally allows trade schools with more than 20 students in the facility at one time. Staff has determined the proposed OSHA training facility is similar to a trade school; hence, the applicant has requested a CUP application. If the CUP is granted, the proposed trade school for OSHA would be consistent with the applicable land use regulations. One of the primary concerns in reviewing a CUP application is the effect of a proposed use on the surrounding uses. When the proposed use is educational, institutional, or recreational, staff evaluates whether that use is compatible with the surrounding uses. The uses on and around the site include residential, professional and medical offices, a fitness facility, and a BART station and parking lot. Staff believes the proposed trade school will not adversely impact the surrounding uses as it would operate inside the building within standard business hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, not all classrooms would be occupied throughout the week, and only two classrooms would operate Monday to Friday, while the other three classrooms would either operate on Wednesdays or the weekends. As the classes are staggered throughout the week and on weekends, staff believes the proposed use would not generate traffic that would be detrimental to the surrounding uses. Additionally, being located across the street from a BART station, some staff or students may use public transit instead of driving. Staff has included conditions of approval to ensure the surrounding uses would not be adversely affected due to parking constraints, noise, traffic, or other impacts. Therefore, from a land-use perspective, staff finds the proposed use to be acceptable for this site, as conditioned. Parking The subject site has 415 parking spaces for the 96,720-square-foot multi-tenant building; these spaces are shared between the tenants of the building. The overall parking ratio of the site is one parking space for every 233 square feet of floor area. Hacienda regulations require a minimum of one space/300 gross square feet for this site, except parking requirements for medical uses require one space/250 gross square feet, and parking for specialized commercial uses are determined on a case-by-case basis. The Pleasanton Municipal Code requires trade schools to provide one space for each employee, including teachers and administrators, and one additional space for each two students 16 years or older. Using the above parking requirements, the OSHA trade school requires 45 parking spaces for its 90 adult students, and 13 spaces for its 13 teachers/administrative staff members, a total of 58 parking spaces. This assumes that all five classrooms and the computer lab are occupied simultaneously with 15 students in each. However, in reality this would not occur due to staggering of the classes. The office spaces on the third floor for Administrative & Fiscal Agency, Apprenticeship, Contract Education, Title IV Childcare and Tri-Valley Career Center require 45 spaces (13,513 square feet/300 gross square feet). A total of 103 spaces will be required for the third floor, which includes 58 spaces for the trade school and 45 spaces for the office space. The medical office on the first-and-second floors requires 195 spaces (48,800 square feet/250 gross square feet) and the office on the fourth floor requires 74 spaces (22,320 square feet/300 gross square feet). P20-0350, 5860 Owens Drive, 3rd Floor Planning Commission 7 of 9