3 - Laserfiche WebLink

Staff believes the proposed private school will not adversely impact the surrounding uses as it would operate inside the building mostly within standard business hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, all students would have unique schedules which would be staggered throughout the day and week, and therefore would not generate traffic detrimental to the surrounding uses. 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 approximately 1,350 parking spaces for the three buildings totaling 299,710 square feet; these spaces are shared between the tenants of the building. The overall parking ratio of the site is one parking space for every 222 square feet of floor area. Based on this ratio, there are approximately 24 parking spaces allocated to the subject suite (5,354 square feet multiplied by 1 parking space/222 square feet = 24 parking spaces). However, there are no assigned parking spaces in this development. The Pleasanton Municipal Code requires private schools to provide one space for each employee, including teachers and administrators, and one additional space for each four students 16 years or older. Using this parking requirement, the private school requires 4 parking spaces for its 17 driving age students, and 15 spaces for its 15 teachers/administrative staff members, for a total of 19 parking spaces. Based on the above parking analysis and recommended conditions of approval, staff concludes the proposed use would not adversely affect parking at the subject site or surrounding properties and adequate parking exists on-site to accommodate all existing and proposed uses. However, should parking problems occur, staff has recommended a condition of approval that allows the Director of Community Development to refer the use permit back to the Planning Commission for possible additional mitigation measures which could include a reduction in the number of students/employees on-site at any one time or alternative hours of operation. Traffic and Circulation The Traffic Engineering Division has reviewed the project narrative and plan and determined the proposed private school would not have significant impacts on the existing traffic levels, circulation, and parking. Therefore, a traffic or parking study was not required for this project. However, the applicant would be required to pay the City Traffic Impact Fee for increasing the number of students within the private school. If unanticipated impacts are observed, then the application may be brought back to the Planning Commission to impose additional mitigation measures. ALTERNATIVES As outlined above, staff believes the use, as proposed and conditioned, would be compatible with the surrounding businesses and would not detrimentally affect the surrounding uses or properties and recommends the Planning Commission approve the project. However, alternatives to the proposal that could be considered by the Planning Commission include: 1. Denial of the application. Such an action would preclude the applicant from increasing the number of students in the private school; or P20-0992, 4301 Hacienda Drive, Suite 120 Planning Commission 6 of 7 uite 120 Planning Commission 6of7