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City of Pleasanton—Stoneridge Mall Residential Project CEQA Checklist Section 15183 Checklist/15164 Addendum 136 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480017/Consistency Checklist/21480017 Stoneridge Mall Residential Project Checklist Addendum_Updated.docx individual development projects would be integrated into the established local communities, rather than creating divisions. In addition, the Prior EIR highlighted Policy 35 and Program 35.1 of the Housing Element as components that would prevent community division. Therefore, the Prior EIR found there to be a less than significant impact regarding the division of established communities. Analysis of Proposed Project The types of barriers or physical features that can divide a community include roads, freeways, railroads, transit lines, and open space that is not developed for recreational use. The project site is currently developed with an asphalt park and is surrounded by commercial uses. Therefore, the proposed project would not interfere with any existing residential community. Additionally, the redevelopment of the project site would not divide an established community. The Housing Element originally planned for the project site to hold up to 400 units on the entirety of Site 3. The proposed project would develop 360 units on approximately 6 acres of Site 3 in compliance with the applicable density bonus. Therefore, the proposed project would match the Housing Element’s intended land use intensity for the site. As such, impacts would continue to be less than significant, and no mitigation is necessary, consistent with the Prior EIR. There are no proposed changes, new circumstances, or new information that would cause new or more severe impacts. Therefore, there are no environmental effects that are peculiar to the proposed project or the parcels on which the proposed project would be located. Impacts would be less than significant and the proposed project would not result in a new or more severe adverse impact that was not previously identified in the Prior EIR. b) Land Use Plan, Policy, or Regulation Prior EIR Conclusions The Prior EIR concluded that the Housing Element is consistent with General Plan policies that encourage infill, mixed-use, and transit-oriented development as well as higher density residential development that supports affordable housing near transit and transportation corridors and downtown. It also determined consistency with Program 18.2 of the General Plan, which encourages land use flexibility for the Hacienda Business Park and Stoneridge Mall to help accommodate the Regional Housing Needs Allocation requirements. The Housing Element envisioned up to 400 units at Site 3, which includes the project site. Based on this information, the Prior EIR concluded that impacts would be less than significant. Analysis of Proposed Project The project site is in the PUD–Mixed-Use land use and zoning designation. The Mixed-Use designation allows any combination of business park, office, retail, hotel and other commercial uses, community facilities, research and development, and residential uses in a single building, on a single site, or on adjacent sites where the uses are integrated and include a functional interrelationship and