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P23-0556, 1024 Serpentine Lane Planning Commission 4 of 6 Church at 1035 and 1055 Serpentine Lane, the Islamic Center of Zahra at 1059 Serpentine Lane, the Graceway Church at 1183 Quarry Lane, St. Innocent Church of Fremont at 1047 Serpentine Lane, the Jain Temple at 1069 Serpentine and Sri Sai Temple at 3490 Valley Avenue. These existing religious facilities have been operating for a number of years and staff is not aware of any reported issues related to these facilities. Therefore, if the CUP were granted, staff believes the use would be compatible with the surrounding uses. Should future problems arise with the proposed use, the City would have the ability to bring the application back to the Planning Commission for mitigation, or possible permit revocation, if necessary. Based on the discussion above, staff believes such an action would be unlikely. In addition, staff has included conditions of approval to ensure the proposed use would not generate noise, traffic, or parking shortages such that surrounding uses would be adversely affected. Therefore, from a land use perspective, staff finds the proposed use to be acceptable on the site, as conditioned. Traffic and Circulation The Traffic Engineering Division has reviewed the project narrative and plan prepared for the proposed religious facility, and has determined the proposed hours of operation, planned activities and the associated number of congregants and staff would not have a significant impact on existing traffic levels. Additionally, the activities for the proposed religious facility would not coincide with the AM/PM peak hour traffic levels for the other uses at the subject site and the surrounding area. However, should the applicant wish to increase the proposed congregant numbers for the planned activities and/or alter the hours stated in its narrative, review by the City’s Traffic Engineer would be required to assess whether a traffic study would be required and whether payment of traffic fees and implementation of other mitigation measures would be warranted. Parking There are 20 formally allocated parking spaces and 38 shared parking spaces on the subject site. With a combined floor area of approximately 15,500 square feet, the approximate parking ratio at the subject site is one space for every 275 square feet of floor area. With the proposed religious facility occupying approximately 1,910 square-feet of total floor area, with 630 square feet dedicated to the worship space and 1,280 square feet of office space, 10 parking spaces would, theoretically, be allocated to the proposed religious facility. However, there are no records of any City-approved parking allocation agreements; therefore, all on-site parking would be shared among all building tenants on the subject site. Pursuant to Section 18.88.030 (D)(1) of the Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC), Schedule of off-street parking space requirements, religious facilities require one parking space for each six fixed seats or one space for each 60 square feet of floor area useable for seating if seats are not fixed. Based on the square footage of the proposed prayer room, the minimum number of parking spaces required by the PMC would be 10 spaces (630 square foot prayer area / 60 = ten spaces). Additionally, the building has approximately 1,000 square feet of office space that has a parking ratio of one space per 300 square feet, requiring three spaces. In total, the Kalatmika Temple requires 12 parking spaces. Four spaces are formally allocated to the use, and staff finds there would be adequate parking available on -site for all existing uses and the proposed religious facility.