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2005 Pleasanton Plan 2025 2.0 Land Use Element 2-15 Adopted 07 21 09; Amended 10 19 10 Urban Growth Boundary The General Plan Map designates an Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) line around the edge of land planned for urban development at General Plan buildout. Pleasanton voters ratified the Urban Growth Boundary in 1996. The line distinguishes areas generally suitable for urban development where urban public facilities and services are provided from those areas not suitable for urban development. Areas outside the Urban Growth Boundary are generally suitable for the long-term protection of natural resources, large-lot agriculture and grazing, parks and recreation, public health and safety, subregionally significant wildlands, buffers between communities, and scenic ridgeline views. The Urban Growth Boundary is intended to permanently define the line beyond which urban development will not occur, although the initiative also described some circumstance under which the Urban Growth Boundary could be adjusted. Note that one existing development is located outside of the Urban Growth Boundary: the Little Valley Road neighborhood in Alameda County’s jurisdiction south of Pleasanton. This area is designated as Rural Density Residential. Because this neighborhood is an existing partially developed area, the General Plan allows five-acre minimum parcel sizes without the provision of standard urban water and sewer service, subject to public health and safety considerations. Hillside homes In November 2000, the voters of Alameda County approved an Urban Growth Boundary (Measure D) which is co-terminus with the city’s Urban Growth Boundary in Pleasanton and also includes the Cities of Livermore and Dublin. TABLE 2-3: GENERAL PLAN DENSITIES Land Use Designation Allowable Density Range Average Density used for Holding Capacity Rural-Density Residential 0-0.2 du/acre 0.2 du/acre Low-Density Residential 0-2 du/acre 1.0 du/acre Medium-Density Residential 2-8 du/acre 5.0 du/acre High-Density Residential 8+ du/acre 15.0 du/acre Housing Element Sites Overlay See footnote- a Not Applicable a Mixed-Use: Residential Commercial 20+ du/acre ab 0-150 % FAR Not Applicable ab Mixed Use/Business Park See footnote c c See footnote c c Commercial/Office 0-60 % FAR bd 35 % FAR General & Limited Industrial 0-50 % FAR 31 % FAR Business Park 0-60 % FAR 32 % FAR Sand and Gravel Harvesting Not Applicable Not applicable Notes: du = dwelling unit(s), FAR = floor area ratio a Site-specific densities shall be as specified in the adopted 2023-2031 6th Cycle Housing Element. b This will be based on a planned unit development (PUD) or Specific Plan, as either may be amended from time to time, subject to the 150 percent maximum FAR. A minimum density of 75 du/acre and FAR to accommodate at least five stories is permitted on AB 2923 eligible properties (i.e., those owned by BART). c Projects may use the Mixed Use FAR and density ranges only if they include uses that are authorized by the Mixed Use land designation, and as determined by the associated PUD zoning or specific plan. Conventional business park projects shall be subject to the FAR limitations in the Business Park land use designation. bd The FAR maximum for properties for properties within the Downtown Specific Plan area shall be that established in the specific plan. Source: Community Development Department, 2008.