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PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. PC-96-69 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPLICATION OF BRANAGH DEVELOPMENT FOR A VARIANCE, AS FILED UNDER CASE V-96-13 WHEREAS, Branagh Development has applied for a variance from the Municipal Code to allow the construction of three apartment dwelling units without the required private open space located at 349 Main Street; and WHEREAS, zoning for the property is C-C (Central Commercial), Downtown Revitalization, Core Area Overlay District; and WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of September II, 1996, the Planning Commission, after considering all public testimony, relevant exhibits, and recommendations of the City staff concerning this application, approved the negative declaration for this project; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission made the following variance findings: 1. Because of special circumstances applicable to the property, including size, shape, topography, location or surroundings, the strict application of the provisions of this chapter deprives the property of privileges enjoyed by other properties in the vicinity and under identical zoning classification. At approximately 133 ft. in width, 130 ft. in depth, and 17,432 sq. ft.. in area, the subject lot is comparable with lots in the area under the same zoning district. The lot is regularly-shaped and is relatively level. In this particular case, the regulations of the Downtown Design Guidelines is at odds with the zoning ordinance requirement to provide open space for apartment units. The design of the building would suffer and would be inconsistent with the design of other Downtown buildings if the required open space were provided on the three units facing Main Street. This constitutes a special circumstance unique to the property.