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Staff recommends this revised condition for the following reasons: · The condition reflects the Pleasanton Municipal Code, which allows up to four, three-day shopping center events meeting specified criteria, and avoids an open- ended condition for seasonal sales that staff believes would be precedent setting to other shopping centers. Staff notes that the tenants may have their own shopping center events in front of their businesses so long as it takes place on the sidewalks in front of their stores. · The revised condition preserves for the majority of the year the availability of the 47 parking spaces in the seasonal sales area, thereby avoiding potential parking shortfalls. Design Site Desiqn The amount and distribution of building, landscape, and hardscape areas for the proposed development is described in Table 7 of the Planning Commission staff report. The project proposes a significant landscape/building setback area along both street frontages, a plaza area located on the Bernal Avenue/Stanley Boulevard intersection providing pedestrian linkage and entry into the site at the corner, a significant number of parking lot trees, vegetative bio-swales for urban storm water runoff measures, and a sidewalk connection from Bernal Avenue to the Home Depot store. The drive-through lanes facing Stanley Boulevard and Bernal Avenue would be screened from view with a combination of low walls, berms, and building features. The separation between the Stores "A" and "B" buildings was increased to provide a visual link from the plaza to the northwest corner of the Home Depot/Stores "C" buildings. Although not shown on the site plan, site amenities including trellises, furniture, etc., would be provided. Loading areas for the Home Depot and Longs Drugs are located behind the buildings facing the P. G. & E property, with the exception of the garden center, which is located at the southeast corner of the center. The Stores "A", "B", and "Pad" buildings would be loaded through the front door. The rear doors for these buildings facing Stanley Boulevard and Bernal Avenue are emergency exit doors only and may not be used for loading purposes. Loading for the Stores "C" is located behind building in the service alley separating Stores "C" from Home Depot. Staff has conditioned screen planting in the Stanley Boulevard landscape areas facing the Longs Drugs loading area. Parkinq Lot Liqht Fixtures and Shoppinq Cart Storaqe Areas As conditioned, the parking lot lighting would be 25- to 28-foot tall light standards. The applicant intends to place decorative "acorn" lighting fixtures along the frontage sidewalks of the satellite buildings and along the sidewalk from Bernal Avenue to the Home Depot. The applicant understands the light pollution concerns and agrees to reduce the number and height as is practicable along with providing for the least Page 16 of 21