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MINUTES <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Pleasanton Council Chambers <br />30 West Angela Street <br />May 3, 1977 <br />4:30 PM <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The special meeting of the Planning Commission was called to order <br />at 4:35 P.M. <br />ROLL CALL <br />Commissioners Present: Doherty, Jamieson, Wood, Chiarman Butler. <br />Commissioners Absent: Shepherd. <br />Staff Members Present: Robert J. Harris, Director of Planning; Harvey <br />Levine, Deputy City Attorney; Yvonne McFadden, Recording Secretary. <br />OLD BUSINESS. <br />RZ-77-4, Planning Commission - application for an amendment to Sec. <br />2-7.17(1) and 2-7.20(1)(a) of Article 9, Chapter 2, Title II of the <br />Ordinance Code of the City of Pleasanton. to delete the requirement <br />that "regional administrative offices" must be in excess of 5,000 sq. <br />ft. of usable space in size and to allow office uses generally as a <br />permitted use in the I-P (Industrial Park) and I-G (General Industrial) <br />Districts. <br />In accordance with the request of the Planning Commission at the last <br />meeting on April 13, 1977, Secretary Harris indicated that he had <br />surveyed several owners/developers of office zoned property in town <br />and learned from these individuals that it is less costly to construct <br />industrially zoned property than office zoned property. Staff recom- <br />mendation, after reviewing all available data is to amend the ordinance <br />to allow office uses in industrial districts if the office space is <br />no less than 2,000 sq. ft., which hopefully, would not create a dele- <br />terious effect on other owners of office zoned property in the city. <br />Secretary Harris, upon inquiry from the Commissioners, stated that his <br />survey covered office sizes of more than 1,000 sq. ft. Commissioner <br />Wood then wished to verify that if the Commission adopts staff recom- <br />mendation, the change would not affect availability of existing office <br />space in town. Secretary Harris could think of only two places in <br />town which may have similar amount of office space as the Reynolds <br />Johnson building, those being a building owned by Vic Lund on Main <br />Street and by Ted Meyers on Santa Rita Road. He did not check into <br />the telephone company building or the former MacKay & Somps office <br />facilities on Spring Street. Other sources checked were the Chamber <br />of Commerce and Citizens Savings and Loan, who indicated they may <br />consider adding more office space, but that it would be for themselves. <br />Mr. Harris further stated that all persons contacted expressed the <br />feeling that any reduction in the square footage of office space al- <br /> <br />