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CITY of PLEASANTON Planning Commission MINU~'E8 ~OF REGULAR MEETING. QQte : September 12, 1973 T11'118: 8:02 P. M. Place; Pleasanton Recreation Center Chairman Pereira clarified that according to State law, zoning must be substantially in conformance with the General Plan. The re- zoning and General Plan amendment procedures may not be handled concurrently. Either the land needs to be rezoned and then amended on the Plan to meet conformity; or the opposite procedure - amend the Plan and then rezone the land - must be completed... In essence, i the requested rezoning will not revise the existing zoning by more than fifty percent, it is left to the discretion of the Planning Commission to decide if it is substantially in conformance with the General Plan. The Public Hearing was opened. Mr. Jack Bras, representing Pico Investors, was present. It was his interpretation that, the required procedural steps plus infor- mation to be submitted was a matter of dis- cretion on the part of the Planning Director. He indicated that of the 2.06 acres, they would like .67 ac, zoned to C-N to allow for a convenience market and allied retail uses. There is sufficient population in the area to support such a use. He cited some advan- tages which would result from having some retail there, such as reduced traffic on Vineyard Avenue. As pointed out in the staff report, the staf: did not feel the allied retail facilities attached to the convenience market could be supported. The main concern here is that no detrimental competition to the neighbor- Ihood shopping center site should be allowed. i,A further concern was the ingress/egress Ito the proposed site on Concord Street. (Discussion followed. Mr. Bras further told the Commission that it ;is the applicant's intention to keep the architecture compatible with the neighborhoc and that he would be happy to present to the r~ \\\\ ,, -4-