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Objective Design Standards for Housing Sites <br />City of Pleasanton - 24 - DRAFT: January 4, 2023 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />A2. BUILDING ORIENTATION <br />The intent of building orientation standards is to locate active building frontages with entries, active <br />storefronts, and living spaces along streets, pedestrian paseos, and common open spaces, to provide <br />activity, safety and security through informal surveillance (“eyes on the street”) in these areas. <br />Design Standards <br />Multifamily Development <br />A2.1 For sites ranging from one half acre to three acres (see Diagram A, following page): <br />a. A minimum of 75 percent of the site frontage along Public Streets, Paseos, and Open Spaces <br />shall be lined with building frontage. <br />b. Mid-block access shall be provided by means of Paseos, driveway, Internal Street or Alley, <br />such that each building frontage shall cumulatively equal or exceed 75 percent of the <br />remaining site frontage. <br />A2.2 For sites ranging from three to seven acres (see Diagram B, following page): <br />a. Mid-block access shall be provided for each site dimension along Public Streets, Paseos, and <br />Open Spaces, by means of Paseos, driveway, Internal Street or Alley, such that each <br />continuous site dimension is less than 400 feet. <br />b. A minimum of 75 percent of the site dimension along Public Streets, Paseos, and Open <br />Spaces shall be lined with building frontage. <br />c. If only one building is located along a site dimension, its building frontage shall equal or <br />exceed 75 percent of that site dimension. If multiple buildings are located along a site <br />dimension, building frontages shall cumulatively equal or exceed 75 percent of that <br />continuous site dimension. <br />A2.3 For sites larger than seven acres (see Diagram C, following page): <br />a. Mid-block access by means of Paseos, driveways, Internal Streets or Alleys, common open <br />spaces, and centralized publicly accessible open spaces shall be provided for each site <br />dimension along Public Streets, Paseos, and Open Spaces such that each continuous site <br />dimension is no greater than 400 feet. <br />b. A minimum of 75 percent of the site dimension along Public Streets, Paseos, and Open <br />Spaces shall be lined with any combination of building frontage and designated Open Space. <br />A2.4 A minimum of 75 percent of the total combined number of building and unit entrances shall face <br />onto Public Streets, Internal Streets, Paseos, or Open Spaces. <br /> <br />A2.5 75 percent of the length of each building frontage located on Public Streets, Internal Streets, <br />Paseos, and Open Spaces shall incorporate at least one of the following: <br />a. Residential Uses with a minimum depth of 12 feet. <br />b. Where permitted by zoning, mixed-uses with ground floor commercial development with a <br />minimum depth of 50 feet. <br />c. Where permitted by zoning, Live/work Uses with a minimum depth of 25 feet. <br />A2.6 Building corners shall be activated with residential, live/work, or mixed-use commercial uses; <br />garages, parking entries, and utility rooms shall be prohibited on building ends facing Public <br />Streets and active open spaces. <br />A2.7 Site plans shall comply with the dimensional standards illustrated in the following Site <br />Circulation and Building Orientation diagrams.