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Objective Design Standards for Multifamily Housing in R-M, C-C, and M-U Zoning Districts City of Pleasanton - 9 - December 14, 2022 - DRAFT B2. BUILDING ORIENTATION The intent of building orientation standards is to ensure building frontages are activated with entries, storefronts, and living spaces along streets, pedestrian paseos, and common open spaces, to provide activity, safety and security through informal surveillance (“eyes on the street”) in these areas. Design Standards All Sites B2.1 All Development shall be located to orient the building Primary Entrance or to the public street. B2.2 Developments larger than one half acre and proposing more than five units shall comply with the following (see Diagram A, following page): a. A minimum of 75 percent of the frontage along public streets, Paseos, and Open Spaces shall be lined with building frontage. b. Mid-block access shall be provided by means of Paseos, driveway, or Alley, such that each building frontage shall cumulatively equal or exceed 75 percent of the remaining site frontage. c. A minimum of 75 percent of the total combined number of building and unit entrances shall face onto public streets, Paseos, or Open Spaces. d. 75 percent of the length of each building frontage located on public streets, Paseos, and Open Spaces shall incorporate at least one of the following: a. Residential uses with a minimum depth of 12 feet. This shall not apply in areas where residential uses are not permitted on the ground floor. b. Where permitted and/or required by zoning, mixed-uses with ground floor commercial development with a minimum depth of 50 feet. c. Where permitted by zoning, Live/work Uses with a minimum depth of 25 feet. B2.3 Building corners abutting public right of ways shall be activated with residential, live/work, or mixed- use commercial uses at the ground floor; garages, parking entries, and utility rooms shall be prohibited within 30 feet of building corners. B2.4 Site plans shall comply with the dimensional standards illustrated in the following Site Circulation and Building Orientation diagram. Design Guidelines All Sites B2.a Public Streets, Internal Streets, and Paseos should be named to provide clearly identifiable addresses for units.