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6. Improve the formatting of the Code amendment. Staff Comments: The format reflects that currently used by the Code. The City is looking at a change to the format at a future date. 7. Provide history on why the Code amendment is proposed. Staff Comment The development of this Code amendment has been an effort and interest of both staff and fhe Planning Commission to develop a process that could meet the needs of small business owners and to ensure the concerns of the community are addressed. Workshop Discussion The Planning Commission discussed how the Code amendment might impact various PUD and/or straight-zoned project sites that currently had conditional use permits. The Commission requested feedback on what process was used for the Congregation Beth Emek preschool and how the existing conditions of approval might be impacted. Congregation Beth Emek The Conditional Use Permit for Congregation Beth Emek's preschool and religious school is located at 3400 Nevada Court in Stanley Business Park. The overall project was a proposal to modify the PUD to allow a religious facility and school, Design Review for the new building, and a Use Permit for the new uses. The congregation was approved to have a preschool with 15 students in the morning and early afternoon and two religious schools sessions with 20 students each in the late afternoon (with no overlap of sessions) during the afternoon peak hour traffic from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The applicants were proposing to change the PUD requirements to allow a synagogue and school use which required an Initial Environmental Assessment, a Negative Declaration, and a traffic report. Due to the results of the traffic study, a condition was added to the project which stated the following: Unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer and the Planning Director, occupancy of the building shall not occur until a traffic signal has been installed at the intersection of Tawny Drive/Bernal Avenue/Vineyard Avenue or until the applicant has revised the hours of operation of the religious and school facilities such that there are no vehicle trips to and from the site during the p. m. traffic peak in Pleasanton. If the proposed Code amendment would have been adopted before this use was approved, a mitigation measure to address this condition would have been required as part of the negative declaration review process. PRZ-37, Code Amendment Planning Commission Page 4 of 6