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associated site improvements including new fencing, landscaping, vehicular access to Nevada Street. and mitigations/amenities as described further below. Design Review and Conditional Use Permit applications are required due to the external modifications and size of the storage facility. The Planning Commission is the hearing body for the Design Review and Conditional Use Permit applications. The Planning Commission discussed this project in a workshop on August 12, 2020. The project has been modified slightly since that workshop as described further in the report. Changes include removing the orange color from the north elevation of the three-story building and increasing upper-story step backs of the three-story building on the south elevation. BACKGROUND Zoning and General Plan The subject lot is zoned Service Commercial (C-S) and has a General Plan Land Use designation of Retail/Highway/Service Commercial Business and Professional Offices. Self- storage facilities are considered a "warehouse" use in the Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC). While warehouses are permitted in the C-S District, the PMC requires a Conditional Use Permit for warehouses greater than 75,000 gross square feet. The General Plan indicates the average allowable development density/intensity, expressed as Floor Area Ratio (FAR), is 35-percent with a maximum FAR of 60-percent. Program 15.5 of the Land Use Element in the General Plan indicates, industrial, retail, and office projects should conform to the average density assumed (i.e., 35-percent FAR). However, projects may be allowed up to the maximum (i.e., 60-percent FAR) provided sufficient amenities and mitigations are incorporated into the project to justify the increased density. Additionally, page 24 of the Land Use Element notes that for certain uses, such as warehouses, where employee density and traffic generation are minimal, a higher FAR may be allowed beyond the 60-percent maximum provided the use meets the requirements in the Zoning Ordinance and other City requirements. The C-S zoning district allows up to 100-percent FAR. As such, this site may have up to a 100-percent FAR for the subject use if sufficient amenities and mitigations are incorporated and if the employee density and traffic generation are minimal. Site Description The 6.59-acre subject site is relatively flat with an existing Public Storage facility, comprising of 14 single-story storage buildings and a small office building totaling 83,904-square-feet, as seen on Sheet AD.1 of Exhibit B and Figures 1 and 2 below. The self-storage facility has been operating at this location since the 1970s. P19-0128/P19-0129 Public Storage Planning Commission 2 of 15