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The application would also create the allowable uses for the subject property. The applicants are requesting that the permitted and conditionally permitted uses for the subject property be those of the C -C (Central Commercial) zoning district of the Pleasanton Municipal Code (please see Attachment #7 for a list of the C -C uses). IV. ANALYSIS General Plan and Zoning The General Plan designates the subject property as "Retail, Highway, and Service Commercial/Business and Professional Offices." The proposed commercial project is consistent with this land use designation and, additionally, would provide 2,530 additional square feet of retail space to serve Pleasanton and its market area. The General Plan allows a range of intensity from 0 -60 percent floor area ratio (FAR) for the "Retail, Highway, and Service Commercial /Business and Professional Offices" land use designation, with a midpoint density of 35 percent. Projects proposing development intensities greater than the midpoint may be allowed up to the maximum of the range, provided that sufficient amenities and mitigations are incorporated into the project to justify the increased density (e.g., exceptional design to mitigate the mass of the building, higher landscape ratio, low traffic generation and employee density, etc.). The proposed 2,530 square feet of building area would result in a 21.7 percent FAR for the 11,669 - square -foot site, which meets the FAR limit for commercial properties stipulated by the Pleasanton General Plan. The site is zoned PUD -C -C (Planned Unit Development — Central - Commercial) District. Since the bank use existed at the time of the PUD zoning, other uses were not established for the bank site. Therefore, the applicants need to establish the allowed uses for the site. The applicants are requesting that the permitted and conditionally permitted uses for the subject property be those of the City's C -C (Central Commercial) District, which are the same uses allowed for the adjacent Hopyard Village Shopping Center, although Hopyard Village has additional use restrictions for second -floor uses and for the 5737 Valley Avenue building located adjacent to the Longspur Way residents. The C -C District allows a wide variety of retail uses. The proposed Peet's Coffee use is permitted in the C -C District. Examples of other C -C zones include most of the Downtown, the Mission Plaza Shopping Center, and the eastern portion of the Rose Pavilion Shopping Center. Additionally, many of the City's commercial PUDs are tied to the uses of the C -C district. Staff believes that the proposed C -C District uses are acceptable for the subject site and would be compatible with the surrounding uses. Site Plan The proposed building would be positioned towards the front of the site. PUD zoning districts do not have specific site development standards with respect to setbacks, building coverage, Page - 4