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Hana Japan Restaurant Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 9 May 2025 Surrounding existing land uses include commercial hotel uses to the north, across Dublin Canyon Road; offices and commercial uses, including the Stonebridge Shopping Center, to the east, across Foothill Road; and single-family residences to the south and west. The project site is designated Retail/Highway/Service Commercial and Business and Professional Offices in the City of Pleasanton General Plan, and zoned Central Commercial (C-C) District and Planned Unit Development-Commercial-Office (PUD-C-O) by the City. Project Components The proposed project would include the development of a single-story 6,445-sf teppanyaki restaurant with seating available for a total of 136 individuals (see Figure 3 and Figure 4). The restaurant would include a kitchen, bar, and dining room with nine cooking stations, as well as a lobby, office, bathrooms, and utility room. The proposed project would also include cuts up to 21 feet and fills up to five feet at the on-site hillside, which was created when Dublin Canyon Road was constructed, the removal of the existing paved roadway, the concrete drainage ditch, and the on-site oak tree, and the installation of retaining walls. The existing private roadway along the western project site boundary would be modified to serve the proposed project. Access to the project site would be provided by the driveway, which would connect to a new paved road within the project site. A total of 43 stalls located in front of the restaurant would be provided for staff and customers. The parking lot would generally occupy the portion of the site not covered by the proposed restaurant building. It should be noted that a new sidewalk along Dublin Canyon Road would be constructed as part of the proposed project, and that the proposed off-site improvements would include an emergency vehicle turnaround behind the proposed restaurant building. Landscaping improvements would be implemented throughout the project site, including the sidewalk. Such improvements would include, but are not limited to, a six-foot-minimum landscape buffer between the sidewalk and Dublin Canyon Road, reeds and grasses within filtration areas, clinging vines on the proposed retaining walls, and shade trees within the parking lot (see Figure 5). All landscaping improvements would be consistent with Chapter 17.14, Water Efficient Landscaping, of the City’s Municipal Code, and thus, would comply with the State’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) and the Bay Friendly Basics Landscape Guidelines of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority. Water and sanitary sewer service for the proposed development would be provided by the City of Pleasanton. Both utilities would be provided through new connections to existing utility lines within the project site or vicinity. New on-site storm drainage facilities would include a drainage ditch that extends along the site’s eastern, southern, and western project site boundaries, as well as a new bioretention area along the northern site boundary. Stormwater runoff within the project site would flow to the landscaped areas located throughout the project site, which would provide treatment and detention of the on- site stormwater runoff (see Figure 6). As discussed above, the project would include various other landscaping elements that would allow for stormwater infiltration. The filtration areas would consist primarily of pervious landscaping, which would treat stormwater by filtering runoff slowly through an active layer of soil, allowing for removal of pollutants. The proposed project would include a series of new on-site pipes which would collect the treated stormwater from the bio- treatment planters and convey the discharged water to the existing City system.