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<br />Housing Constraints City of Pleasanton | C-7 <br />Table C-2: Zoning Districts that Allow Residential Development <br />Zoning District Description <br />Agricultural (A) Allows certain agricultural activities and ensures <br />adequate light, air, and privacy for each dwelling unit. <br />One-Family Residential (R-1) Allows one-family dwellings while preserving hillsides and <br />protecting residential properties from hazards. <br />Multi-Family Residential (RM) Allows a variety of types of dwellings while protecting <br />residential properties from hazards. <br />Mixed Use-Transitional (MU-T) Accommodates a range of lower-intensity commercial <br />uses that are compatible with residential uses. <br />Mixed Use-Downtown (MU-D) <br />Supports a balanced mix of uses and is intended to foster <br />a dynamic missed use destination at the southern end of <br />the downtown that complements and extends the vitality <br />of the existing Central-Commercial District. <br />Central Commercial (C-C) Maintains a compact and more intensive central business <br />district with an attractive pedestrian shopping area. <br />Source: City of Pleasanton Zoning Ordinance <br /> <br />Development Standards <br />Development standards can constrain new residential development if the standards make it <br />economically unfeasible or physically impractical to develop a particular lot, or when it is difficult <br />to find suitable parcels to accommodate development meeting the criteria for building form, <br />massing, height, and density in a particular zoning district. <br />Through its Zoning Ordinance, the City enforces minimum site development standards for new <br />residential uses. Table C-3 summarizes the basic standards for the City’s zoning districts that <br />allow residential development.