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IV. ANALYSIS 1. Land Use o Conformance with the General Plan The 2005-2025 Pleasanton General Plan land use designation of the subject property is Mixed Use/Business Park. The General Plan states that projects may use the Mixed Use Floor Area Ratio (FAR) and density ranges only if they include uses that are authorized by the Mixed Use land use designation. Policy 17 states that the specific location of land uses, appropriate FARs, and residential densities in mixed-use areas will be determined by the City Council through the planned unit development process or through the preparation of specific plans. Program 18.2 seeks to provide land use flexibility for the Hacienda Business Park, portions of Stoneridge Mall area, and other areas through the Mixed Use/Business Park, and Mixed Use land use designations. The intent is to plan for a mixed use area sufficient to accommodate the City's RHNA obligations. The proposed development is a Planned Unit Development. Its proposed density of 15.9 dwelling units/acre is comparable to the maximum 12.5 dwelling units/acre density requirement to the site to the immediate east. With the City Council's approval of the proposed PUD, the project will be consistent with the General Plan. Below are some of the General Plan Goals, Programs, and Policies in addition to the policy and program stated above, that the project is consistent with or would promote: o Land Use Element Sustainability Program 2.1: Reduce the need for vehicular traffic by locating employment, residential, and service activities close together, and plan development so it is easily accessible by transit, bicycle, and on foot. Program 2.2: Encourage the reuse of vacant and underutilized parcels and buildings within existing urban areas. Program 2.3: Require transit-compatible development near BART stations, along transportation corridors, in business parks and the Downtown, and at other activity centers, where feasible. Program 2.6: Require design features in new development and redevelopment areas to encourage transit, bicycle, and pedestrian access, such as connections between activity centers and residential areas, and road design that accommodates transit vehicles, where feasible. Program 2.8: Require land development that is compatible with alternative transportation modes and the use of trails, where feasible. Summerhill Housing Group Planning Commission Page 10 of 28