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Objective Design Standards for Housing Sites <br />City of Pleasanton - Page 12 - DRAFT: January 4, 2023 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />APPENDIX B <br />GLOSSARY <br /> <br />Active Frontage: Frontage of a building incorporating features that promote an active pedestrian <br />environment on the ground floor of a building and provide activity and visual interest to the people in the <br />space and building. Active frontage requirements may be met in a number of ways including <br />conformance to the design requirements of these Objective Design Standards, and in mixed use buildings <br />incorporating ground floor uses that attract walk-in customers such as retail shops, eating and drinking <br />establishments, etc., or by locating primary building lobbies and active residential common spaces with <br />direct access from the sidewalk such as fitness rooms and community rooms. <br />Alley/Parking Area: Public or private vehicular drive that is used to access private garages, structured <br />parking, and/or surface parking. Any access roads on site that are not internal streets/drives are also <br />considered alleys. Alleys are required to comply with the standards in Section A5. <br />Class 1 Bicycle Parking: Bike parking spaces in secure, weather-protected facilities intended for use as <br />long-term, overnight, and work-day bicycle storage. Primarily used by dwelling unit residents, <br />nonresidential occupants, and employees. Can include lockers or racks in locked or attended facilities. <br />Class 2 Bicycle Parking: Bike parking spaces located in a publicly-accessible, highly visible location <br />intended for transient or short-term use by visitors, guests, and patrons to the building or use. Usually in <br />the form of racks. <br />Glazing: The infill material, usually transparent or translucent glass, or combination thereof, used in a <br />framed window or door assembly to provide transparency to the exterior or admit views to the interior. <br />Internal Street/Drive: Private streets or drives that provide vehicular and pedestrian access within a <br />site, to buildings not directly accessed off existing or future public streets. Internal Street frontages are <br />required to comply the standards in Section A4. <br />Paseo (Pedestrian walk): A public or private pedestrian right of way that provides access through a site <br />or to building(s) entrances. Paseos are required to comply with the standards in Section A6. <br />Primary building entrance/entry: A single entrance to a building that provides access to the use with <br />the maximum area in the building. A building can have several uses and more than one separate entrance <br />for each of those uses, but a building can have only one primary entrance; all others are secondary <br />building entrances. <br />Public Street: A public owned right of way that provides pedestrian, vehicular, and/or bike access. <br />Public Street frontages are required to comply with Section A3. <br />Segment (street/drive): A portion of a street or a drive located between two intersections or an <br />intersection and a dead-end. <br />Significant Architectural Element: <br />a. A corner tower or elevated corner roof volume that is at least 5 feet taller than the adjacent <br />building elements. <br />b. An open space plaza dedicated for public use that is sized such each dimension is at least 10 feet. <br />c. A change in architectural features, including but not limited to change in materials, window <br />patterns, building façade plane. <br />