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City of Pleasanton–10x Genomics Project Introduction Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 2 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480024/ISMND/wp/21480024 10x Genomics Project Full Screencheck ISMND.docx The elevation of the project site ranges from 340 to 350 feet above mean sea level, with a gentle slope from west to east. The project site is located on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Dublin 7.5-minute Topographic Quadrangle map. 1.3.1 - Surrounding Land Uses The project site is bound on the north by Stoneridge Mall Road, parking lots, office buildings, and the Stoneridge Shopping Center. Beyond the Stoneridge Shopping Center to the north is the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. To the south, the project site is bound by Stoneridge Drive and multi-family residential communities. To the east, the project site is bound by Stoneridge Mall Road, the Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD) Fire Station No. 2, multi-family residential housing, the Pleasanton Commons Business Center, and beyond this area to the east is I-680. To the west, the project site is bound by Springdale Avenue, parking lots, and a Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. 1.3.2 - General Plan and Zoning The General Plan Land Use Map designates the site “Commercial and Offices (retail, highway, and service; commercial business and professional offices)” within the Industrial, Commercial, and Office designation (Exhibit 3). Lands with this designation are intended to have a floor area ratio (FAR) not to exceed 60 percent (with certain exceptions). Certain uses such as warehouses, where employee density and traffic generation are minimal, may be allowed with higher FARs provided that they meet the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance as well as all other City requirements. General Plan Land Use Program 15.5 further stipulates that industrial, retail and office projects should generally conform to the average densities assumed in General Plan Table 2-3 (in this case 35 percent). However, projects proposing intensities greater than this average may be allowed up to the maximum indicated, provided that sufficient amenities and mitigations are incorporated into the proposed project to justify the increased density.1 According to the Pleasanton General Plan, the project site is also within the Stoneridge Mall Road Periphery sub-area.2 The intended land uses of the Stoneridge Mall Road Periphery sub-area include office, retail, hotel, and medical uses. The City’s Zoning Ordinance further defines land-use types and densities, building height, parking, and other requirements of development. Zoning designations are consistent with the General Plan and the General Plan Map. Zoning designations include a specific list of uses allowed within a particular zone. As shown in Exhibit 4, the project site is zoned C-R (p) (Regional Commercial – Peripheral Area). Uses that are permitted within the C-R (p) zone include retail and office uses.3 The zoning designation does not include R&D, or light laboratory manufacturing uses. Therefore, the implementation of the proposed project would rezone to the site to Planned Unit Development (PUD) Commercial-Office (PUD-C-O). 1 City of Pleasanton. 2005. Pleasanton General Plan 2005-2025, Chapter 2 – Land Use Element. Website: https://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=23896. Accessed December 17, 2020. 2 Ibid. 3 City of Pleasanton. 2020. Pleasanton Municipal Code 18.44.080 Permitted and Conditional Uses. Website: http://qcode.us/codes/pleasanton/view.php?topic=18-18_44-18_44_080&frames=on. Accessed December 17, 2020.