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Objective Design Standards for Housing Sites <br />City of Pleasanton - 12 - DRAFT: December 14, 2022 <br /> <br /> <br />PART 3 <br />DESIGN STANDARDS <br />A. SITE DESIGN AND PLANNING <br />The intent of these standards is to provide a quality entry experience for visitors and residents. Sites shall <br />provide a distinct hierarchy of circulation including Public Streets, Internal "Streets" or drives, Pedestrian <br />walks/paseos, Bicycle paths and alleys / parking areas (see definitions in Glossary of this document). These <br />should be arranged so that visitors and residents use the primary circulation of public streets, internal streets <br />and drives and pedestrian walks / paseos and bike paths for their primary circulation and addressing of the <br />units and building orientation. <br /> <br />A1. SITE CIRCULATION <br />Site circulation should facilitate pedestrian and bicycle use and will link housing, workplaces, schools, transit, <br />parks and other facilities essential to the daily life of Pleasanton residents. <br />Design Standards <br />All Housing Site Development <br />A1.1 Where provided, Internal Streets shall be designed similar to Public Streets and shall provide <br />sidewalks, street trees, and pedestrian-scale lighting. <br />A1.2 Alleys and parking areas should not be used for primary circulation to the building entries and <br />through the site. If individual unit entries are provided, a maximum of 25 percent of individual unit <br />entries in each building shall be allowed to front Alleys and Parking Areas in each project. Alleys <br />shall only be allowed at multifamily development. <br />A1.3 Pedestrian circulation shall not be routed directly through parking areas, parking drive aisles, or alleys <br />and shall comply with the Standards in Section A7 though use of a fence or low wall and landscaping. <br />Pedestrian circulation shall be required to be separated from the following areas by a minimum four- <br />foot-wide planting strip: <br />• Surface parking areas <br />• Surface parking drive aisles <br />• Alleys, service courts, or other loading areas <br />A1.4 Pedestrian circulation shall be accommodated on sidewalks built to a minimum width of five feet and <br />include shall include decorative paving at crossings, landscaping/trees, and lighting. <br />A1.5 Pedestrian circulation shall be accommodated on sidewalks built to a minimum width of five feet and <br />include shall include decorative paving at crossings, landscaping/trees, and lighting. Pedestrian <br />circulation shall comply with the dimensional standards set forth in these Objective Design Standards: <br />• Pedestrian circulation abutting Public Streets shall comply with the standards in Section A3. <br />• Pedestrian circulation abutting Internal Streets shall comply with the standards in Section A4. <br />• Pedestrian circulation abutting buildings shall comply with the standards in Section A6. <br />• Pedestrian circulation abutting parking lots shall comply with the standards in Section A7. <br />A1.6 Developments adjacent to city public trail system shall provide private resident access to the public <br />trail system. <br />A1.7 Where street connections to adjacent neighborhoods are infeasible due to demonstrated topographic <br />constraints, existing infrastructure, or jurisdictional restrictions, pedestrian or bicycle connections