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5. CONSENT CALENDAR 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS a. PDR-804/PCUP-233, Tom Kubo/William Wood Architects, Hana Japan Application for design review approval to construct an approximately 6,000-square-foot building at 11991 Dublin Canyon Road for Hana Japan Steak House and for a conditional use permit to serve alcoholic beverages after 10:00 p.m. Zoning for the property is C-C and PUD-O (Central Commercial and Planned Unit Development- Office) District. Also consider a Negative Declaration for the project. Ms. Soo presented the staff report and described the scope, layout, and key elements of the application. Assistant City Attorney Larissa Seto noted that the staff report outlines issues about both Measures PP and QQ which were passed in November 2008. She stated that staff is recommending that the Commission find the application consistent with Measures PP and QQ, as those provisions have been incorporated into the General Plan by the voters’ actions. Ms. Seto explained that while Measure PP has restrictions about structures being placed on areas with a slope of 25-percent or greater or grading on slopes of 25 percent or greater, this project has unique circumstances, based on the Caltrans drawings of the 1970’s which shows that the property had a slope that averaged about 10 percent. She noted that the construction of Dublin Canyon Road effectively piled dirt onto the lot creating areas sloping greater than 25 percent. Ms. Seto continued that the structure is proposed for a knoll on the property; an area that is less than 25-percent slope, and the 25-percent manmade slope that would need to be graded is for the parking lot to support the restaurant. She stated that this also raises the issue of the fact that someone could say a light pole in a parking lot is a structure. Ms. Seto stated that staff is recommending that the Commission make the determination that this project complies with Measure PP because the 25-percent slope is a man-made feature, it does not impact open space areas, it is not near a ridgeline, and it is in an area of the community that is already served by municipal services. With respect to Measure QQ, Ms. Seto stated that it refers to preserving open space areas and not impacting the ridge and the Pleasanton East and South hills. She noted that this project does not implicate those, and, therefore, staff also recommends the project as being consistent with Measure QQ. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 11, 2009 Page 2 of 9