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Additions are to be architecturally compatible with the original structure. <br />Maintain the integrity of existing building elements such as roof forms, windows, <br />porches, and entries. <br />Maintain existing trees. Replace diseased or dying trees. <br />Locate parking in rear yards. <br />Entrances for disabled persons located at the front of the building should be carefully <br />designed and landscaped to be visually unobtrusive. <br /> <br />Staffbelieves that the proposed project complies with the Downtown Design Guidelines. The <br />location of the new entrance and the ADA ramp reflects the existing entrance. <br /> <br />Site Plan and Density <br /> <br />The site development standards of the C-C (Central Commercial) allow structures to be built to <br />the property line on all sides, a maximum 300% FAR (floor area ratio) and a 40 ft. height limit <br />(height measured from the average grade that the building intersects to the mean height between <br />the roof ridge and its corresponding eave). <br /> <br />The site is also located within the Core Area Overlay District. The Core Overlay District was <br />established in 1981 for the purpose of facilitating the development of smaller (10 units or less) <br />multi-family rental housing or mixed-use multi-family rental housing/commercial and office <br />projects in the Downtown area. The Core Area Overlay District has modified standards which <br />relax the standard requirements for setbacks (for multiple-family zoned properties), parking, and <br />open space in order to accomplish this objective. <br /> <br />The narrow, long lots prevalent in the Downtown are sometimes difficult to develop in a manner <br />which produces a satisfactory living environment, and/or retail, and which minimizes negative <br />effects on neighbors. Nevertheless, in adopting the Core Area Overlay District, the City <br />recognized that additional development could occur, and should be encouraged, on such lots. <br />The modified development standards were designed to allow development on these types of lots <br />which would not be forced into a rigid mold, yielding unsatisfactory results to neighboring <br />properties and to the "old town" image of Downtown Pleasanton, but rather which could relate <br />more sensitively to the nearby neighborhood. <br /> <br />PDR-414 <br /> <br /> Planning Commission Staff Report <br />Page- 5 <br /> <br /> <br />