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IV. DISCUSSION General Plan The Civic Square Apartment site is designated by the Land Use Element of the Pleasanton General Plan as High Density Residential (8+ dwelling units per acre). The proposed project will increase the density from 262 units, or 19.4 dwelling units per acre (dwelling units per acre), to 274 units, or 20.3 dwelling units per acre, consistent with the Pleasanton General Plan. The proposal will also implement Policy 2 of the Land Use Element of the General Plan: "Develop new housing infill sites and peripheral areas which are adjacent to existing residential development." Traffic, Circulation, and Parking Traffic The proposed project will generate approximately —80 daily trips or —8 trips during the a.m. /p.m. peak hour times. A traffic analysis of the Bernal Avenue /Case Avenue intersection and the Bernal Avenue /First Street/Sunol Boulevard intersection was not required by this application given its relative low trip generation and because these intersections are exempt from the City's Level -Of Service policy as Downtown intersections by the Pleasanton General Plan. Staff notes that the Civic Square Apartments are within walking distance of the Pleasanton downtown, the Route 8 bus stops on Case Avenue for the Livermore Alameda Valley Transit Agency (Monday through Sunday service to BART), and the Alameda County Express train thereby reducing the number of vehicle trips between this development and these amenities and public transit modes. Public /Private Circulation Staff is satisfied that the driveway locations and configurations will continue to efficiently serve the overall development with the additional density. The driveway aisle on the immediate west side of Building Three will be narrowed to 24 feet in order to increase this building's closest setback from Bernal Avenue to 16 feet from the stairs. This change will still pass emergency service vehicles. Note that the existing building setback from Bernal Avenue varies from approximately 15 feet to 55 feet to the corners of patios and buildings. Parking The project will delete five open parking spaces and will convert 15 open parking spaces to 14 carport parking spaces for the 12 new units and to replace two existing carport parking spaces removed by the proposed construction, and to convert an open parking space to a trash enclosure that will also be removed for the proposed construction. Overall, the proposed project will provide 274 carport parking spaces and 313 open parking spaces for a total of 585 parking spaces an overall parking ratio of 2.13 parking spaces per dwelling unit. (Note that the development plan states 272 carport parking spaces which is an error. The staff narrative is accurate.) Item 6.c., PUDM- 84- 21 -04M Page 6 of 12 March 25, 2009