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Fiaure 1: Proposed PUD Development Plan for the Oxsen/Morrison Propert ~Yr~Y 1 y~ _ "\ ~. -. Y~:f .'.c l~ 3t 1 `f ~ J fi, ~: . ~, •~ ,. " f I ~ _ ._ , .~ ti ~ ____ ~ s t i e pp 1 ~ r ~+~. 3. ~ , ill rn ~~ ~~ ~ k= r ~, ... ; J ~ 1f ~~ 1 1 l ., ~ toy ,.. ,~ ~ r r } `Y ~. `ti. ~ ~. // ~ ~ ~\ r- ~ „ aryl. ~ ~ ~ ~. .... ~~, ' {' llryly. 1 I +1r ,~~ ~; t~ ~ ~ .~~~ ~ ~ r~=~ }Subject Property 4~.., ~ i ~ ,. n ,. J~- -~_ _ i, _ ~ la !_ _ Existing Property Lines ~; New Property Line DISCUSSION Both the General Plan land use designation and the Downtown Specific Plan designation for the subject site is High Density Residential (greater than eight dwelling units per gross acre). The proposed project, with two units on approximately 0.23 acres, would result in 8.7 units per acre, consistent with the land use designation. The home at 730 Peters Avenue was originally built as a secondary unit with a deed restriction prohibiting it to be sold, subdivided, or held under different legal ownership from the primary residence. However, staff believes the current proposal is in conformance with the existing High Density Residential land use designation and policies of the Downtown Specific Plan and the General Plan, and is consistent with the pattern of residential development within the High Density Residential portion of the Downtown District. Specifically, the project will create two legal parcels, each with street frontage and each with a home that is no greater than 1,200 square feet in area, which is generally considered "affordable by design." Staff notes that most second units in Pleasanton are developed on lots designated on the General Plan as Medium Density Residential. The restriction on subdividing such properties is to maintain the single-family character and ownership of the property as required by the General Plan while providing opportunities to build small second units. In this case, however, the lot is designated on the Downtown Specific Plan and the General Plan as High Density Residential. As such, the property owners could have proposed up to seven dwelling units under this land use designation. Instead, the owners chose to retain the existing single-family home and to create a small single-family home as a second unit on the property; the second unit was designed with the objective of recreating aCraftsman-style bungalow, reinforcing the Downtown's Page 3 of 5