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and driveways will be designed and constructed to City standards. Adequate access would be provided to the structure for police, fire, and other emergency response vehicles. The building would be designed to meet the requirements of the Uniform Building Code and other applicable City codes. Most stormwater run -off from the site will be treated before leaving the site. Construction hour limits and dust suppression requirements will minimize construction impacts on the surrounding residents and tenants. Therefore, staff believes that the proposed plan is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general welfare, and that this finding can be made. 2. Whether the plan is consistent with the City's General Plan: The proposed commercial building conforms to the "Retail, IIighway, and Service Commercial /Business and Professional Offices" band Use Element designation for the project site. The commercial building would help the City maintain a strong economic base and would be consistent with Goal Number 1 of the General Plan Land Use Element. In addition, the proposed project would provide additional space for commercial businesses to serve residents and businesses of Pleasanton and its market area and would be consistent with Policy 4 of the General Plan's Land Use Element. Therefore, staff feels proposed development plan is consistent with the City's General Plan, and staff believes that this finding can be made. 3. Whether the plan is compatible with previously developed properties in the vicinity and the natural, topographic features of the site: The site currently contains an approximately 500- square -foot, single -story drive - through bank building, paved parking lot and drive aisles, and site landscaping. The existing building would be demolished and the proposed building, parking lot, and landscape areas would replace portions of the existing paved parking lot and landscaped areas. The subject property is bordered on the west, north, and east by the IIopyard Village Shopping Center. The Gene's Fine Foods Shopping Center and Steve's Valero Service Station border the property to the south, opposite Valley Avenue. The nearest residences are located on Longspur Way, approximately 245 feet to the east, and on Corte Mente, approximately 320 feet to the south on the opposite side of the Valley Avenue /IIopyard Road intersection. The proposed commercial uses for the site would be compatible with the surrounding commercial uses that surround the property. Adequate setbacks would be provided between the new building and the existing structures on the adjacent properties. The subject building would be separated from the closest residences to the east by existing Page - 9