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P23-0599, 5976 & 5994 W. Las Positas Blvd. Planning Commission 6 of 8 Figure 7: Vesting Tentative Map ANALYSIS Design Review Application Under the City’s Design Review provisions (Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC) Chapter 18.20), the Planning Commission has the power and duty to make sure that projects conform to the goals and policies of the general plan, and relevant specific plan, and/or the purposes and objectives of the zoning district. (PMC § 18.20.020.) The Planning Commission must review applications to ensure the preservation and enhancement of the City's aesthetic values and the preservation of public health, safety and general welfare. (PMC § 18.20.030.) Zoning is a fundamental aspect of the public health, safety and general welfare of the City.2 The subject property is located within the Hacienda Business Park (“Hacienda”) zoned PUD- I/C-O (Planned Unit Development) – Industrial/Commercial and Office District and with the General Plan Designation of Mixed Use/Business Park. Development within Hacienda, which includes the subject property, is regulated by the Hacienda Design Guidelines, Hacienda’s Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions, the Development Plan, and Pleasanton municipal codes and ordinances. The Hacienda PUD development plan includes a Land Use Plan (also shown in the Design Guidelines) that illustrates the variety and locations of land uses intended to occupy Hacienda, referred to as “planning districts.” The planning districts include Retail/Commercial Centers, Garden Office, Midrise Office, General Office, Research and Development, Light Manufacturing, High Density Residential, Mixed Office/Industrial, Mixed Commercial/Office/Industrial and Mixed Use. The subject property is Lot 20 within Hacienda’s Land Use Plan, which is subject to the Garden Office District (“OGPD”). Per the Land Use Plan, the permitted and conditionally permitted uses for a property in the Garden Office District are those specified in the O (“Office”) District, as set forth in Section 18.44.080 of the PMC. In PMC Table 18.44.080 Permitted and Conditional Uses, the only permitted and conditionally permitted residential uses are shown in Table 18.44.080 below: 2 See Miller v. Board of Public Works (1925) 477 Cal. 477, 495 (“Obviously, the purpose of comprehensive zoning is the attainment of unity in the construction and development of a city, along lines of reasonable regulations which tend to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the community . . . .”)