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Draft Transit-Oriented Development 2.0 Land Use Element Transit-oriented development is focused around transit stations such as BART, other rail, and bus lines. These are walkable communities with mixed-use development that include shops, public services, schools, and a variety of housing types and prices within each neighborhood. These areas are often job centers. Transit-oriented communities axe designed for walking and bicycling, with attractive sidewalk conditions and with good street connectivity and traffic-calming features. Thus people may live a higher quality life without depending on single-occupancy vehicles, while also reducing traffic congestion and vehicle accidents, along with resulting injuries. Cities may also relax minimum parking requirements and/or limit maximum parking. Such development not only can reduce traffic and narking compared to conventional development, but can also lead to other benefits: increased foot traffic and customers for local businesses, a healthier lifestyle reduced household spending on transportation, less energy usage and reduced air pollution. GENERAL PLAN LAND USES The General Plan establishes ter-sixteen land use categories e~~and Tthe General Plan Map illustrates the ger~er~la~nr~ximate locations where the General Plan allows these uses ~°~ °'-within the Planning Area. All proposed projects must conform to the land use-designation(s) shown on the General Plan Map. Those ro~ects which do not conform require the City Council to designate an appropriate General Plan Amendment te-xr~ in order to develop a different use. The land-use designations are designed to recognize existing development while providing flexibility for future owth. Per State law. Aa city may amendmexts~e each General Plan £element °°~ °'o~up to four times per years However, State law allows an exception to this rule for affordable housing~ro~jects. Portions of the General Plan enacted by voter initiatives (for example, the Urban Growth Boundary, Ridgelands area, and land uses in the Bernal Property) may only be amended by a vote of Pleasanton citizenry. The City's Zoning Ordinance further defines land=use types and densities, building height, parking, and other requirements of development. Zoning designations must be consistent with the General Plan incl_ u~din~ the General Plan Map. Zoning designations include a specific list of uses allowed within a particular zone. These frequently include uses compatible with the main use but different in type, such as religious institutionswithin industrial zones. The General Plan intent is to incorporate the variety of compatible uses which are generally allowed by the zoning districts within each General Plan designation. Accordingly, "permitted and conditional" land uses allowed within the various City LU element 082107 redline 2-22