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PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. PC-98-05 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPLICATION OF PAUL AND CATHERINE DE DOOD FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AS FILED UNDER CASE UP-97-105 WHEREAS, Paul and Catherine de Dood has applied for a conditional use permit for a secondary unit in a 675 square foot game room with a full kitchen and bath within a new two-story home to be constructed at 2965 Bottini Court; and WHEREAS, zoning for the property is PUD-AlOSILDR (Planned Unit Development- Agriculture/Open SpacelLow Density Residential) District; and WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of January 28,1998, the Planning Commission considered all public testimony, relevant exhibits, and recommendations of the City staff concerning this application; and WHEREAS, projects of this nature are categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Enviromnental Quality Act (CEQA); therefore, no enviromnental document was prepared for this project; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission made the following findings: A. The proposed location of the 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 request to construct an attached secondary unit conforms with the objectives and purposes of the zoning ordinance and the purpose of the Ruby Hill PUD. State law considers secondary units as a single-family use. The proposal would maintain the existing single-family character of the Ruby Hill development because the unit appears and would function as an integral room of the house. Although the game room has a separate access and is not accessible from the interior of the main house, its doors are oriented to the rear yard and are not visible from the street or adjacent neighbors. In addition, a condition of approval requires that either the primary residence or the secondary unit be owner-occupied and that a maximum oftwo adults shall be allowed to reside in the unit. The applicants intend to live in the main structure with the secondary unit functioning only as a game room. Nonetheless, approval of this use permit would allow the structure to be used as a secondary unit by the applicants or other property-owners in the future.