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PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. PC-2006-27 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON FOR DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AS FILED UNDER CASE PDR-520/PCUP-162 WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton has applied for: (1) design review approval for a City water tank to be constructed on a portion of a 20-acre site located at 5 Windy Oaks Drive (formerly 1680 Vineyard Avenue) in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan; and (2) conditional use permit to allow the temporary stockpiling of approximately 7,000 cubic yards of excess soil from the City water tank project on the upper portions of 5 Windy Oaks Drive; and WHEREAS, zoning for the property is PUD-HR/OS (Planned Unit Development -Hillside Residential/Open Space) District; and WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of May 24, 2006, the Planning Commission considered all public testimony, relevant exhibits, and recommendations of the City staff concerning this application; and WHEREAS, the environmental review for this project was undertaken with the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) approved by the City Council for the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan in conformance with the standards of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); further, there are no substantial changes to the project or to the circumstances under which the project is being undertaken that involve new significant environmental effects or that substantially increase the severity of previously identified effects; and any other previously identified effects or impacts are mitigated to a level of insignificance, with the mitigation measures incorporated into the project's design or imposed on the project pursuant to the conditions of approval; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission made the following findings for the conditional use permit: 1. The location of the proposed conditional use is in accordance with the objectives of the zoning ordinance and the purpose of the district in which the site is located. The objectives of the zoning ordinance include protecting existing land uses from inharmonious influences and harmful intrusions; fostering harmonious, convenient, workable relationships among land uses; and ensuring that public and private lands ultimately are used for the purposes which are most appropriate and beneficial to the City as a whole. As conditioned, the proposed temporary stockpile would be consistent with these objectives.