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