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PUD-80-6, Golden Gate Racquetball Courts Application of Golden Gate Racquetball Courts for development plan approval of a 33,920 sq. ft. racquetball facility on a 1.23 acre site at Old Hopyard Road just south of I-580. Zoning for the property is PUD (Planned Unit Development) District. A negative declaration of environmental impacts will also be considered. Mr. Harris presented the staff report. Commissioner Getty stated she has a problem with cars going through Burger King parking lot. Mr. Harris stated that the Old Hopyard Road driveway will probably be the main point of access. Commissioner Lindsey asked that when the facilities are full, if 60 parking spaces would be sufficient. Mr. Harris stated that 63 spaces may not be enough for cars but that the shortfall shouldn't be great and there is quite a lot of street parking and will be parking avail- able in adjacent lots at night. Commissioner Jamieson asked what kind of parking there should be. Mr. Harris stated there are no standards for this type of use. Mr. Harris gave the numbers of cars at various hours for other facilities of Golden Gate Racquetball. He stated the peak hours are 6:OOpm-9:OOpm. Chairperson Wilson addressed the possibility of using the building for other business and possible parking consequences should the racquetball club be terminated. The public hearing was opened. Howard Wasserteil, 294 Junipero Common, Fremont (the applicant), stated that they probably would need no more than 40 spaces for parking from 6:OOam-4:OOpm with their peak hours being 6:OOpm-10:00pm. He stated that occasionally there is a tournament but that they are on the weekends and not during the weekday. Commissioner Getty asked if the 1000 racquetball memberships were interchangeable with their other facilities. Mr. Wasserteil stated that the facilities are 30-45 minutes apart and generally members did not exercise this privilege. He stated they plan to draw members from Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon and Livermore. Commissioner Lindsey asked if Mr. Wasserteil had any problems with the conditions and Mr. Wasserteil stated only with a portion of condition #1 concerning the width of the planter on the north side. He stated he would prefer some latitude in this regard because of space limitations. Mr. Harris inquired about membership of the Fremont facility. Mr. Wasserteil explained there are about 900 racquetball members and the cut off would probably be about 950. Mr. Harris inquired about the health club membership and Mr. Wasserteil stated it is about 50o to capacity. Mr. Harris then inquired as to the maximum Pleasanton would -6-