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DRAFT PUD-40~ R. J. Wilson/NIardel~ L.L.C. Application for PUD development plan approval to construct an approximately 3,464-square-foot single-story home with a loft on an existing 1.675-acre portion of a 22.28-acre lot located on Vineyard Avenue, west of 2500 Vineyard Avenue, in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan Area. Zoning for the property is PUD-LDR/OS (Planned Unit Development - Low Density Residential/Open Space) and Community Park District. Ms. Kline summarized the staff report and described the proposed project's scope and history. She noted that at this time, them was no plan for the community park; the park would be designed and paid for by the City. As part of the PUD development plan, the Commission would be asked to approve the northern portion of the property for the one-lot development. Pleasanton Garbage Service filed an application to subdivide the property into two, if this current application were to be approved. Ms. Kline noted that the windows to serve the loft would be located on the front of the house so that the back of the house maintained a single-story appearance; the second-story windows would not look onto East Bay Regional Park District's property. The house would be designed in the Craftsman style, and a grading berm would be constructed along Vineyard Avenue to provide the traffic noise attenuation as required by the Specific Plan. The site development standards used for this project meet or exceed those specified in the Specific Plan. Minimal grading would be necessary, except for the berm. Staffasked the developer to do several additional test pits to ensure that there was no debris buried under this portion of the site. The developer complied and found that there was nothing buried that was not mapped. Staff finds the building architecture to be very attractive and is consistent with the other 26 houses in the development. Ms. Kline advised that the developer agreed to include green building measures, similar to its other units under construction. The proposed landscaping is comprised ora mix of both natives and ornamental landscaping; it was designed by the same landscape architect who designed the development to the west of this building. Per the Planning Commission's direction after the initial review PUD for Vineyard View and Vineyard Hill, the fencing would be open to maintain the rural character. There is a small open space area on the northern side of Vineyard Avenue included in this lot at the easternmost end. It contained an underground collection system for leeching from the old landfill, which cannot be used and will be maintained as open space. Ms. Kline advised that a visual analysis was done, per the Specific Plan. She pointed out that View 1 showed solid fencing because the photo montage creator was not apprised of the open fencing that would be used. Staff had not received any comments concerning the project. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval to the City Council for the project. She wished to make a clarification of Condition 36 and stated that a 60 KV high-voltage line went through a portion of the property, running through the Specific Plan area. Staff will not ask the developer to place that line underground and had informed the developer that it was not staff's intent to have him underground the line. The intention of Condition 36 is that the actual 12 KV service line to the residence be placed underground; the developer agreed to that condition. DRAFT EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, December 10, 2004 Page 1 of 4