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Objective Design Standards for Housing Sites City of Pleasanton - 27 - Adopted January 26, 2023 A3. Streets The design of the public and private frontages of each project will vary depending on location and character of the street. The following are objective minimum standards for all projects, but applicants should strive to relate to adjacent conditions as appropriate. Fig. 6: Public Street Frontage Standards Development Standards: All Housing Site Development A3.1 Streets shall have a minimum six-foot-wide tree planting strip and a six foot wide sidewalk on each side of the street. Where a meandering sidewalk is proposed, the planting strip shall be allowed to meet an average six-foot width. Internal streets shall have a minimum 4-foot wide planter strip and 5-foot wide sidewalk (see Figure 9). Collector streets shall have a 5-foot-6-inch wide planter strip and 6-foot wide sidewalk (see Figure 8). A3.2 Low landscape walls or fences, not to exceed three feet in height, shall be allowed to encroach within Street setbacks to a maximum of two feet from back of sidewalk. Residential porches and terraces shall be allowed to encroach up to five feet into any setback. A3.3 Streets shall be designed to include planned improvements in the Pleasanton Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan. A3.4 Street trees shall be planted at an average spacing of 25 feet with no individual spacing exceeding 40 feet. A3.5 A minimum of two internal street segments shall provide direct connection to development landmarks or site amenities such as designated open spaces, parks, or community buildings. A3.6 Parallel parking shall be required at a minimum of 50 percent of each Internal Street length. This may be accommodated by providing parallel parking on one or both sides of the street. For locations that have parallel parking adjacent to landscape strips, a pedestrian pathway from the curb through the landscape strip is required at every second parking space.