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use permit, and a convenience store and gas station have been operating simultaneously, on immediately adjacent sites, for several decades. The proposed re-zoning from C-N to PUD-C would specify that a gas station combined with a convenience store and car wash would be a conditionally permitted use, to ensure the operation of the convenience market, self-service station and carwash would not cause adverse impacts to the community when operated in conjunction with one another. The applicant has accordingly applied for a conditional use permit, which as outlined below, would allow the City to condition the project so as to mitigate any potential future problems. Based on the above, staff believes that rezoning the site from the existing C-N District to PUD-C District is appropriate for this location. Operations The convenience store and self-service station would continue to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the same as the existing hours, with the sale of alcoholic beverages (beer and wine) to be among the merchandise sold in the store. However, State law prohibits alcohol from being sold between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. (per California Business and Professions Code Section 25631). As proposed, approximately 12-14 percent of the floor area would be devoted to the sale of alcohol. The drive-through carwash would be open from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. The proposed service station and convenience store with alcoholic beverage sales on the same site is not the first proposed or approved in the City. There are five existing service stations with convenience stores on the same site in the City offering beer and wine for sale: the Shell station located at 5251 Hopyard Road; the Chevron station located at 1797 Santa Rita Road; the Chevron station at Bernal Corners located at 1875 Valley Avenue; the American Gas station located at 3121 Bernal Avenue; and the Valero station located at 3912 Santa Rita Road. All of these service stations are located in PUD zoning districts and the PUD approvals allowed the operation of a service station and a convenience store with the sale of beer and wine on the same site. The Pleasanton Police Department confirmed with staff that these existing businesses have not generated significant issues related to the combination of alcohol sales and service stations on the same site. Staff believes that the proposed combined uses on the project site would also not create issues. Furthermore, the existing 7-Eleven convenience store with alcohol sales and the Shell station have been operating adjacent to each other for several decades. Having both uses on one site would not substantially differ from the existing condition. Therefore, staff believes having the proposed uses on one site is supportable. However, if the sale of alcohol from the convenience store were to become problematic, the Director of Community Development can refer the Conditional Use Permit to the Planning Commission for subsequent review at a public hearing. Staff has added conditions to the Conditional Use Permit addressing the sale of beer and wine from the convenience market (e.g., conformance to State law regarding alcohol sales hours and training for the convenience store operators in dealing with inebriated drivers). The applicant concurs with these requirements. Case Nos. PUD-134/P18-0334/P18-0332 Planning Commission Page 16 of 24