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go freely is not consistent with the City's sign-in/out policy for these types of uses. Thus, given the proposed scope of operations, the Planning Commission could not make Use Permit Finding Number 2. The appellant did not agree with the Commission's decision and has, therefore, appealed to the City Council. For the Council's convenience, staff has included the Findings section of the Planning Commission staff report in Attachment 6, and the February 13, 2008 Planning Commission meeting Minutes excerpts can be found in Attachment 5. Land Use One of the primary concerns in reviewing a conditional use permit application is the effect of the proposed use on surrounding uses. The Land Use Element of the General Plan designates the subject property as "General and Limited Industrial". The current PUD zoning for the Valley Business Park permits land uses such as offices, printing shops, laboratories, and light manufacturing, and requires conditional use permit (CUP) approval for uses such as gymnasiums and health clubs, indoor recreational sports facilities, trade schools, day care centers, and schools/instructional businesses. The proposed use would be similar to "indoor recreational sports facilities," "instructional business," and day care centers. As a result, a CUP is required. Although the majority of the businesses in Valley Business Park are office/warehouse uses, in recent years, educational and recreational oriented businesses have also located in the Business Park. These uses include tutoring centers, dance studios, day care, music facilities, the Pleasanton Playhouse, and a cheerleading and gymnastic training facility, all of which were businesses required to secure conditional use permits to be located in the Valley Business Park. The proposed use would be similar to these uses. Parking The subject site provides 25 shared parking spaces for the existing 9,936-square-foot building. The three other tenants of the building utilize 20 of the spaces. In order to determine how many parking spaces are required by the Municipal Code for this application, staff looked to Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC) Section 18.88.030(E)(2). Staff considers the martial arts studio similar in nature to those uses listed in Section 18.88.030(E)(2), i.e., business, professional trade, art, craft, music and dancing schools and colleges. Per the PMC, the parking ratio for such uses requires one parking space for each employee/instructor, including teachers and administrators, and one additional space for each two students 16 years or older. The three adjacent tenant uses in the subject building, which do not require conditional use permits, would require a total of 20 spaces, leaving the remaining five spaces for Suite A (the Academy). During the two scheduled pick-up times, there would be 20 students transported by the appellant from their schools to the site in the 14-passenger van and/or the 7-passenger Dodge Durango. Based on the parking ratio stated above, a total of three spaces would be needed for the children's program portion (two parking spaces for the appellant and Page 6 of 8