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AGFUO - Public comments <br />Shweta Bonn <br />Senior Planner, Community Development Department <br />D:925-931-5611 <br />F: 925-931-5483 <br />sho n n (a)citvofq le asa nton ca. aov <br />City of Pleasanton P.O. Box 520, Pleasanton, CA 94566 <br />Adopted DSP Policies <br />Active Ground Floor Use Definition <br />"Active ground floor use" in the DSP is defined as, "a use that promotes an active pedestrian <br />environment on the ground floor of a commercial building, and includes retail establishments, <br />restaurants, bars and brew pubs, art and crafts studios, and other uses determined by the director of <br />community development to be substantially similar to the foregoing, or to have unique characteristics <br />such that the objectives of the overlay district would be met." <br />DSP Policies <br />LD -P.17, Active Ground Floor Use Requirements for Multi -Tenant Buildings <br />"For buildings that have multiple tenant spaces, apply the requirements of the Active Ground Floor Use <br />Overlay to tenant spaces with frontage on Main Street, and certain streets within portions of the Mixed - <br />Use -Downtown District "designated active streets." Exceptions to this requirement may be granted in <br />accordance with LD -P.19." <br />LD -P.18, Active Ground Floor Use Requirements for Multi -Use Spaces <br />"For tenant spaces accommodating multiple uses, a minimum of the first 25 percent of the depth of <br />tenant space (measured perpendicular to the fagade fronting a designated active street) must be <br />occupied with an active use. Exceptions to this requirement may be granted, in accordance with LD - <br />P.19,11 <br />LD -P. 19, Exceptions to the Active Ground Floor Use Requirement <br />"The director of community development may grant an exception to the requirements of the Active <br />Ground Floor Use Overlay district for uses meeting any of the following criteria: <br />• The tenant space has been vacant for a period of at least 6 months. Evidence of attempts to <br />lease space shall be provided to the director of community development upon request. <br />• The configuration of the tenant space is such that it would have a storefront frontage of less <br />than 10 feet (as determined by the director of community development) on a designated <br />active street. <br />The tenant is located in an existing, purpose-built building containing a bank or financial <br />institution as its primary tenant/occupant. <br />Notice of the determination of the director of community development shall be provided to the Planning <br />Commission, and any appeal of the decision shall be referred to the Planning Commission in accordance <br />with the provisions of Chapter 18.44 of the PMC. In cases where an exception to the active ground floor <br />use requirement is granted, the provisions of Chapter 18.120 of the PMC with respect to non -conforming <br />Distributed to City Council for the September 7, 2021, meeting Page 2 <br />