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ANALYSIS General Plan Consistency The subject parcel has a General Plan Land Use Designation of"Retail/Highway/Service Commercial; Business and Professional Offices," which allows for a wide range of commercial and office uses consistent with the Zoning Ordinance. The proposed project, which would contain a commercial use, is consistent with this land use designation as it would provide a real estate office to serve residents of Pleasanton and its market area. The proposed project satisfies the following General Plan Land Use Policies and Programs listed below. Sustainability Program 2.2: Encourage the reuse of vacant and underutilized parcels and buildings within existing urban areas. Industrial, Commercial and Office Policy 12: Preserve the character of Downtown while improving its commercial and residential viability and preserving the traditions of its small-town character. Policy 13: Ensure that neighborhood, community, and regional commercial centers provide goods and services needed by residents and businesses of Pleasanton and its market area. Downtown Specific Plan The subject site is located within the DSP Area and is therefore subject to policies of the DSP. The subject site is designated Downtown Commercial with the Active Ground-Floor Use Overlay. The Active Ground-Floor Use Overlay applies to tenant spaces with a storefront fronting Main Street. "Active ground floor use" is defined in the DSP as "a use that promotes an active pedestrian environment on the ground floor of a commercial building, and includes retail establishments, restaurants, bars and brew pubs, art and craft studios, and other uses determined by the Director of Community Development to be substantially similar to the foregoing, or to have unique characteristics such that the objectives of the overlay district would be met". LD-P.17— Active Ground Floor Use Requirements for Multi-Tenant Buildings: For buildings that have multiple tenant spaces, apply the requirements of the Active Ground Floor Use Overlay to tenant spaces with frontage on Main Street, and certain streets within portions of the Mixed Use-Downtown District "designated active streets". LD-P.18— Active Ground Floor Use Requirements for Multi-Use Spaces: For tenant spaces accommodating multiple uses, a minimum of the first 25 percent of the depth of tenant space (measured perpendicular to the facade fronting a designated active street) must be occupied with an active use. Exceptions to this requirement may be granted, in accordance with LD-P.19. The Land Use and Design, and Economic Vitality chapters of the DSP encourage "active ground floor uses" within the Active Ground-Floor Use Overlay. Leasing first-floor tenant P21-0033, 550 Main Street Planning Commission 5 of 8