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Hana Japan Restaurant Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 16 May 2025 of a combination of trees, shrubs, and groundcover between the restaurant building and Dublin Canyon Road. Such landscaping would screen the parking lot from the street consistent with Design Guideline A7.b. Design Review would also ensure that the aesthetic and architectural design of the development would be compatible with surrounding development. Based on the above, the proposed project would not conflict with applicable zoning and other regulations governing scenic quality, and a less-than-significant impact would occur. d. The project site is currently located in an urbanized area surrounded by urbanized uses, including commercial hotel uses to the north, offices and commercial uses to the east, and single-family residences to the south and west. In addition, Dublin Canyon Road borders the project site to the north. As such, the project site is subject to light and glare from passing vehicles, as well as spillover from surrounding uses. Development of the project site with the proposed restaurant would involve sources of light associated with interior light spilling through windows, vehicle headlights entering and exiting the project site, exterior lighting on the proposed building, parking lot lighting, and light reflected off windows. However, such sources of light and glare would be consistent with the type of lighting anticipated for the project site by the City’s General Plan land use and zoning designations for the site, and the proposed project would not create new sources of light or glare that would be substantially greater than existing sources. Furthermore, Section A10, Lighting, of the City’s Design Guidelines specifies that Adequate lighting shall be provided along sidewalks, streets, driveways, and parking areas for the safety and security of residents and visitors, and that site lighting shall not produce glare or be of an inappropriate intensity.4 Through the City’s Design Review process, the proposed project would be reviewed for consistency with the City’s Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines, and compliance with all applicable lighting standards would be ensured. Lighting from the proposed project would not be directed off-site, and would not adversely affect existing uses in the project vicinity. Thus, implementation of the project would result in a less-than-significant impact with respect to creating a new source of substantial light or glare which would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area. 4 City of Pleasanton. Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines. Adopted August 21, 2011.