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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update <br />Final EIR Errata <br /> <br /> <br />FirstCarbon Solutions 3-13 <br />https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/EIR/4 - Final EIR/21480022 Sec03-00 Errata.docx <br />reviewed to ensure it reflects a proper relationship to the site and surrounding areas and <br />consistency with the Municipal Code, approved plans and/or guidelines, and City <br />policies/standards. The design review process allows the City to review all aspects of a <br />project, including the layout, landscaping, parking, building massing and architecture, colors <br />and/or materials, illumination, amenities, and community impacts.1 As stated in the <br />Municipal Code, the design review process specifically analyzes whether a proposed <br />development would preserve the natural beauty of the city and views enjoyed by residents, <br />workers within the city, and passersby throughout the community. This process would <br />ensure that all proposed development would not significantly impact views of available <br />scenic resources. Chapter 18.78 of the Municipal Code implements the goals and policies of <br />the General Plan as they relate to the rural and open space areas of the Pleasanton <br />Ridgelines. Though none of the potential sites for housing are within the West Foothill Road <br />Corridor Overlay District, Site 22 (Merritt) shares a frontage with Foothill Road. Section <br />18.78.070 provides regulations for any frontage road adjacent to Foothill Road. The City <br />would review and future development projects, including Site 22 (Merritt), to ensure they <br />abide by the regulations set forth in Chapter 18.78, as applicable, which would serve to <br />protect views of the Pleasanton Ridgelines. None of the potential sites for housing are within <br />the West Foothill Road Corridor Overlay District, and it would not apply. <br />Page 3.1-19, First Full Paragraph <br />To provide clarification, the following paragraph has been revised: <br />Site 27 (PUSD-Vineyard) is located within the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan area. <br />Therefore, all future development at that site would be consistent with Land Use Objective <br />8, which ensures that all future development is designed to emphasize the rural character <br />through careful siting of buildings, minimal disruption to the physical terrain, and sensitive <br />architectural and landscape treatments. Further, specific plans would be amended to ensure <br />consistency across planning documents, as applicable. <br />Page 3.1-20, Third Paragraph <br />In response to FOOTHILL-3, the following paragraph has been revised: <br />Of the potential sites for housing, Site 22 (Merritt) is located directly adjacent to and west of <br />I-680 and future development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be fully <br />visible from the highway. There is a 10-foot-tall sound wall on the eastern property line of <br />Site 22 (Merritt) shared with I-680 that would partially obstruct development on Site 22 <br />(Merritt), therefore development would be partially visible from I-680. Sites 1 (Lester) and 2 <br />(Stoneridge Mall) are located west of I-680 between the highway and the Pleasanton <br />Ridgelands, and Pleasanton Ridgelands are partially visible from the highway. Therefore, <br />development on Sites 1 (Lester) and 2 (Stoneridge Shopping Center, Mall) that is consistent <br />with the Housing Element Update could partially obstruct views from this officially <br />designated State Scenic Highway. As previously discussed, both Sites 1 (Lester) and 22 <br />(Merritt) would be designated as low-density sites and Site 2 (Stoneridge Shopping Center, <br /> <br />1 City of Pleasanton. 2022. Pleasanton Municipal Code, Chapter 18.20 Design Review.