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SCOPE OF PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION Design Review Pleasanton Municipal Code ("PMC") Section 18.20.030 outlines the scope of design review, indicating that the reviewing body shall review "site plans, landscape plans, building architecture, and other such plans as may be required to preserve and enhance the city's aesthetic values and to ensure the preservation of the public health, safety, and general welfare." Note that, even though a proposed project may comply with applicable zoning standards (e.g. setbacks, height limits) the design review process allows the reviewing body to approve conditions which may be more restrictive than normal Code standards, to ensure that the above objectives are met. As outlined in Section 18.20.030, the reviewing body's scope of review shall include (but not be limited to) the following design criteria: 1. Preservation of the natural beauty of the city and the project site's relationship to it. 2. Appropriate relationship of the proposed building to its site, including transition with streetscape, public views of the buildings, and scale of buildings within its site and adjoining buildings. 3. Appropriate relationship of the proposed building and its site to adjoining areas, including compatibility of architectural styles, harmony in adjoining buildings, attractive landscape transitions, and consistency with neighborhood character. 4. Preservation of views enjoyed by residents, workers within the city, and passersby through the community. 5. Landscaping designed to enhance architectural features, strengthen vistas, provide shade, and conform to established streetscape. 6. Relationship of exterior lighting to its surroundings and to the building and adjoining landscape. 7. Architectural style, as a function of its quality of design and relationship to its surroundings; the relationship of building components to one another/the building's colors and materials. Conditional Use Permit PMC Chapter 18.124 describes the purposes, procedures and findings for issuance of a CUP, with the intent of the regulations to allow for special consideration of certain uses due to their unique characteristics "so that they may be located properly with respect to the objectives of [the Zoning Ordinance] and with respect to their effects on surrounding property." As such, the Planning Commission may grant or deny applications for use permits, and impose "reasonable conditions" upon the granting of the permit. Specific Findings for granting of a CUP include the following: 1. That 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. 2. That the proposed location of the conditional use and the conditions under which it would be operated or maintained will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare, or materially injurious to the properties or improvements in the vicinity. 3. That the proposed conditional use will comply with each of the applicable provisions of the Municipal Code which apply to conditional uses. P16-0288 and P16-1833; 3370 Hopyard Road Planning Commission Page 9 of 18