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Objective Design Standards for Multifamily Housing in R-M, C-C, and M-U Zoning Districts <br />City of Pleasanton - 19 - Adopted January 26, 2023 <br /> <br /> <br />B6. Open Space <br />Open space is key to creating a livable community and it is essential that multifamily developments <br />provide an open space amenity proportional to site area and unit count. <br />Required Usable Open Space may be provided as either Group Usable Open Space or Private Usable <br />Space. Proposed open space complying with the following standards will be allowed to qualify as Usable <br />Open Space. <br />Development Standards <br />All Sites <br />B6.1 All The total Group Usable Open Space required for a development shall be provided as one <br />space or divided into multiple spaces, each of which shall comply with minimum dimensional <br />and area requirements: <br />a. 0-6 units proposed <br />• No requirement for Group Usable Open Space <br />b. Projects proposing 7-24 units on sites less than 0.5 acre in gross area <br />• Minimum of one Group Usable Open Space at ground or on structure <br />o Smallest dimension: 20 feet <br />o Minimum area: 400 square feet <br />o Exception: Projects proposing 12 or fewer units on sites with <br />cumulative public right of way frontage less than 100 feet shall be <br />exempt from the requirement for one Group Usable Open Space <br />c. Projects proposing 25 or more units on sites less than 0.5 acre in gross area <br />• Minimum of one Group Usable Open Space at ground or on structure <br />o Smallest dimension: 20 feet <br />o Minimum area: 600 square feet <br />d. Projects proposing 7-24 units or more on sites from 0.5 acre to 1.0 acre in gross area <br />• Minimum of one Group Usable Open Space at ground <br />o Smallest dimension: 40 feet <br />o Minimum area: 2000 square feet <br />e. Projects proposing 25 units or more on sites from 0.5 acre to 1.0 acre in gross area <br />• Minimum of one Group Usable Open Space at ground or on structure <br />o Smallest dimension: 30 feet <br />o Minimum area: 3000 square feet <br />f. Projects proposing 7 units or more on sites exceeding 1.0 acres in gross area <br />• Minimum of two Group Usable Open Spaces at ground, each providing: <br />o Smallest dimension: 50 feet <br />o Minimum area: 4000 square feet <br /> <br />B6.2 The edges of Group Usable Open Spaces shall be bordered by building Active Frontages, Public <br />Streets, or Paseos.