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Objective Design Standards for Housing Sites <br />City of Pleasanton - 48 - Adopted January 26, 2023 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />B2. Building Entries <br />Building entries should provide welcoming, human-scaled transitions between public and private space. <br /> <br />Development Standards <br />Multifamily Development <br />B2.1 The primary building entrance shall front on Public Streets, Internal Streets, or Common Open <br />Spaces. <br />a. Common entries shall provide a door and an entry feature such as a porch, arcade, or plaza. <br />b. Common entry features shall be scaled to a minimum of ten percent of the frontage width of <br />the building. <br />B2.2 All ground floor units located within four feet of finished sidewalk grade along the unit frontage <br />shall provide individual unit entries directly from Public Streets, Internal Streets, Paseos, or <br />Common Open Spaces that are designed such that: <br />a. Ground floor unit entries shall include stoops, porches, or terraces. <br />b. Ground floor unit entries shall be at least five feet deep with and scaled to be no less than 20 <br />percent of the interior unit width to provide amenity space proportional to unit size. <br />c. Ground floor unit entries shall not encroach in the front setback by more than 50 percent of <br />the required setback depth. <br />d. Ground floor unit entries allowing direct access to pedestrian walks or public sidewalks shall <br />provide a low fence, screen, or landscaping not to exceed three feet in height to transition <br />from public to private areas. <br /> <br />Single Family Tract Development <br />Single Family Homes and Primary Structures of Multiple Single Family Development on the same <br />parcel shall comply with the following standards: <br />B2.13 Front doors shall directly face Public Streets, Internal Streets, Open Spaces or Paseos <br />B2.42 Front doors shall be located in a porch scaled to a minimum of 20% percent of the frontage <br />width of the building. <br />B2.53 Garages accessed from the Public, Frontage, and Internal Sstreets shall be recessed a minimum <br />of 6 feet’ behind the closest fronting building mass fronting on the street. Garages fronting alleys