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EXHIBIT "B" PROPOSED LAND USE AND CIRCULATION ELEMENT CHANGES PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY STANDARDS To be inserted as first full paragraph on page 3a The dwelling unit per acre standards specified for the residential density categories are intended to establish the following general population density standards for the areas placed into these categories: Low Density Residential, not exceeding 9.0 persons per acre; Medium Density, from 5.4 to 36.0 persons per acre; High Density Residential, more than 18.0 persons per acre~ and averaging 45 persons per acre. These population density standards are based upon an assumed household size of 3.6 persons per dwelling unit for Low and Medium Density Residential and 3.0 persons per dwelling unit for Nigh Density Residential. The actual population density in terms of persons per acre is the product of the number of dwelling units per acre and the number of persons per dwelling unit. Since the latter number'varies from household to household and may change over time, the population density standards expressed in terms of persons per acre must be considered fairly general and flexible. The City's approval of residential developments will be stated in terms of dwelling units per acre~ but the number of dwelling units per acre approved within the ranges specified for each residential density category should consider up-to-date information on average numbers of persons per dwelling unit in various types of h',.using in Ple~santon. PROVIDING NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING INTENSITY STANDARDS To be inserted after the second paragraph on page 8. The intensity of land use for commercial and industrial development is best expressed, for general plan purposes, in terms of maximum building square foo~age of floor area per acre~ known as "floor area ratio" (FAR). For general plan purposes, all General Plan FAR limitations are based on gross area; the zoning ordinance re<ulations are based on net area. Although the intensity of use - in terms of employees, activity, etc. - may vary from one building to another of equal floor area, the FAR'provides an adequate method for d~termining intensity for such general plan purposes as coordinating circulation network requirements and so forth. The zoning ordinance contains not only FAR limita- tions for most commercial and industrial zoning districts, but also regulations concerning building height and setbacks, off-street parking, landscaping, and other concerns which affect the actual size and type of building possible to construct. The General Plan will establish certain maximum limitations on FAR. Through the zoning process, however, the City will establish the city-wide average intensity of commercial and industrial development by allocating the intensity of development to individual areas. Applicable zoning district regulations will govern the actual intensity of development, subject to the maximum limitations set forth in the General Plan. The areas designated for commercial and industrial development are intended to supply a full range of intensities, ranging from low intensity neighborhood shopping centers and garden offices to relatively intense development in the central business district core and the regional shopping center areas and from park-like research and development facilities to more intense manufacturing facilities. -1- ·