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Objective Design Standards for Multifamily Housing in R-M. C-C. and M-U Zoning Districts PART 2 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES A. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS The intent of these objective standards is to provide clear, concise, and actionable baselines to ensure an acceptable quality of residential development within Downtown Pleasanton and sites with R-M and C-C District outside of downtown. Al. FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS Design Standards All Sites A1.1 Development shall provide street trees or replace diseased or damaged trees to achieve a maximum average spacing of 35 feet on center for the length of the project frontage. A1.2 Overhead utility lines shall be undergrounded for all projects except those containing fewer than five units, and less than 50 feet of cumulative street frontage. A1.3 Development shall locate all electrical transformers in underground vaults or in electrical rooms within the building except where there would be fewer than five units,and less than 50 feet of cumulative street frontage. Downtown Sites A1.4 Development shall extend the sidewalk network by improving public sidewalks to eliminate gaps at street frontages as defined in Figure 5-1 of the Downtown Specific Plan. A1.5 Development proposed for Main Street, First Street, Division Street, and Peters Avenue shall provide public sidewalks and streetscape design in compliance with section 4-4 of the Downtown Specific Plan Design Guidelines Downtown Sites A l.a Tree cell or suspended pavement systems are strongly encouraged for street tree plantings in paved sidewalk and amenity areas. A2. GENERAL SITE STANDARDS FOR DOWNTOWN SITES Design Standards Downtown Sites A2.1 Proposed Development within the designated Downtown area shall conform to the uses described in the Downtown Specific Plan A2.2 Standardized exterior architecture(franchise architecture)shall be prohibited at the building and tenant scale. Exterior design and signage shall be modified as necessary to comply with these Design Standards. A2.3 Tents or other temporary structures are prohibited from front yards, side yards,and locations visible from any public street. Parklets submitted through the Parklet permitting process and found to be in conformance with the Pleasanton Parklet Design Guidelines shall be exempt from this standard. City of Pleasanton -7- December 14, 2022 - DRAFT