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2005 Pleasanton Plan 2025 2.0 Land Use Element <br />2-20 Adopted 07 21 09 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />area in order to support the proposed development. <br /> <br />2. The proposed annexation should be a logical extension of an <br />existing planned or developed area. <br /> <br />3. The land should not be under an agricultural preserve or open- <br />space contract. <br /> <br />4. The quality of the development proposed for the area to be <br />annexed should enhance the existing community. <br />LAND-USE CONCEPTS <br />As a result of past planning efforts, Pleasanton today is a community <br />with attractive and well-kept neighborhoods, abundant and well- <br />maintained public facilities, a thriving economy, and a high quality of <br />life for its residents. Providing a range of housing choices and <br />managing traffic congestion have been major challenges in the past <br />and will continue into the future. This General Plan seeks to maintain <br />and enhance the community’s high quality of life and to incorporate <br />innovative “smart growth” planning strategies such as mixed-use and <br />transit-oriented development (TOD) to address challenges such as <br />housing choice and traffic congestion, and to further the goal of <br />creating a more sustainable and energy efficient city. <br />Smart growth, mixed-use development, and transit-oriented <br />development all have the potential to result in a more efficient use of <br />land and other resources, and therefore a more sustainable <br />community compared to conventional development. For example, <br />multifamily residential development utilizes land and construction <br />materials more efficiently, and can result in heating, cooling, and <br />water-use efficiencies compared to single-family construction. <br />Mixed-use development adjacent to transit can encourage walking <br />and bicycling, and increased transit trips resulting in reduced energy <br />use and better air quality. <br />Smart Growth <br />Policies that integrate transportation and land-use decisions by <br />encouraging more compact, mixed-use development within existing <br />urban areas and that discourage dispersed, automobile-dependent <br />development at the urban fringe make up the concept of smart <br />growth. A main concept of smart growth is the decentralization of <br />services so that people may access local services – retail, service <br />industry, schools, recreation, etc. – through alternative modes of <br />travel – i.e., walking, bicycling, and taking the bus. As a result, a land <br />use pattern is established that is more fine-grained where public <br />facilities, retail, and other commercial services are generally local, <br />relatively small, and distributed throughout neighborhoods. Streets <br />are designed to accommodate non-automobile traffic and are safer <br />and slower than streets designed mainly to move automobile traffic <br />or to transport people to larger, centralized services and businesses. <br /> <br />Wheels bus serving the Downtown area