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Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Changes to the Original Project Addendum to the City of Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report 49 retain a residential land use designation. The Final EIR concludes that impacts related to displacement of people and housing would be less than significant. Impacts of the Barone’s Project The project site currently has a General Plan land use designation of Commercial and Offices, and Public Health and Safety with a Wildland Overlay. The project site currently has a DSP land use designation of Downtown Commercial and Open Space Arroyo. The project site is currently zoned as Central Commercial and Downtown Revitalization District. The project would involve changing the zoning of the project site to a Planned Unit Development. As summarized in Table 1, the project would be generally consistent with the City’s Downtown Development Guidelines, but would require rezoning to allow for the construction of 14 residential units. With completion of a PUD mixed-use application and approval from the City, the project would not conflict with zoning requirements or the site’s zoning classification. Additionally, the project would be consistent with the overarching goals of the DSP. Chapter 4, Land Use and Design, of the DSP encourages developing the downtown area as a dynamic mixed use destination with commercial, residential and other mixed land uses, and Goal LD-G.1 of the Land Use and Design chapter encourages improving the downtown’s commercial and residential viability. Policy LD-P.15, Map Annotations, of the DSP also states that the project site (475/493 St. John Street) may redevelop to a mixed use project, which allows for residential with approval of a PUD application. The project would not physically divide an established community. A physical division of an established community typically refers to the construction of a physical feature (such as a wall, roadway, or railroad tracks) or the removal of a means of access (such as a local roadway or bridge) that would impair mobility within an existing community or between communities. The project site is two contiguous private parcels; there are currently no means of access across the project site; and the project would not impair mobility or close an existing street. For these reasons, the project would not physically divide an established community and there would be no impact. The project would be required to conform with applicable existing General Plan and DSP policies and to comply with the PMC and Pleasanton standard conditions approval that have been adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect. These policies include but are not limited to General Plan Conservation and Open Space Element policies and DSP policies that pertain to enhancement and protection of Arroyo del Valle and other environmental resources within the DSP area, as well as PMC regulations and Pleasanton COAs that pertain to stormwater management, tree protection, cultural resources, and other environmental resources within the city. Therefore, the project would not conflict with policies adopted for this purpose and impacts would be less than significant. The project would involve demolition of a single-story accessory dwelling unit. The existing single- family residence would remain, and no other residential structures are proposed for demolition. Therefore, the project would not displace a significant number of people or housing units. The project would include construction of 14 attached single-family residences and one ADU. The average number of persons per household in Pleasanton is 2.62 (California Department of Finance 2024a); assuming each proposed residential unit is occupied by an average number of persons per household, and assuming a maximum growth scenario in which all residents would relocate to Pleasanton from elsewhere, the project would generate a population increase of approximately 37 people. As summarized in Table 1, the DSP is anticipated to facilitate an increase of 370 housing units and 1,000 people; the 15 housing units and 40 people associated with the proposed project would represent approximately 4 percent of the anticipated increase in housing units and