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P21-1173, PUD-146 and Tract 8631: 475 & 493 St. John Street Planning Commission 21 of 32 residential would only be allowed behind or above a commercial building 8. These concepts are also addressed in other policies of the DSP, including Policy LD-P.20 for the Downtown Commercial District. City Council did not change the DSP land use designation for the project site, though adopted the updated DSP with a map annotation referencing the following DSP Land Use and Design Policy: LD-P.15: 475/493 St. John is designated Downtown Commercial; The property may redevelop to a mixed-use project, which includes residential with approval of a PUD application, which will rezone the property and evaluate the appropriate density and design (a residential only project is not desirable). The existing residence is required to remain. The existing house would remain, and redevelopment would require PUD development plan and rezoning approval. Policy LD-P.15 does not specify the ultimate zoning for the site, and the applicable zoning district in the Pleasanton Municipal Code would be PUD-Mixed-Use (PUD-MU) for a mixed-use project. In the DSP update discussion, the Council was clear the specific merits of redevelopment of the Barone’s site are to be discussed and evaluated through consideration of the PUD, to provide direction on the type of redevelopment desired at the project site . In other portions of their discussion, the City Council mentione d re-zoning of the site to Mixed Use-Transitional (MU-T). MU-T is the designation that applies to the east side of Peters Avenue and north side of Old Bernal, and it is unclear if the Council’s remarks were intended to suggest the type of development on this site, which in not on Peters but is located where Peters intersects with St. John Street, be more similar to the range of uses; (generally mixed residential and lower-intensity commercial) found along Peters Avenue. Regardless, during the DSP process, including as a discussion point of the public surveys and workshops held early in the process, Peters Avenue was identified as a street that could ultimately transition to have a broader range of commercial uses; and res pondents noted the strong desire for downtown to have more shops and restaurants in commercial areas, in general. 9 Other DSP Policies In addition to Policy LD-P.15, key DSP Land Use and Design Policies relevant to this project include: LD-P.5: Commercial Frontage. Require new development that includes residential in the Downtown Commercial, Mixed Use – Transitional, and Mixed Use – Downtown Districts to also include ground floor commercial uses fronting the street. Ground floor residential uses are subject to Policy LD-P.20 LD-P.6: Protect and enhance the pedestrian-friendly quality of the Downtown Commercial area by locating building facades at the sidewalk’s edge to maintain a defined streetwall and ensuring that building entrances and display windows are frequent and oriented to the street. Incorporate outdoor spaces such as outdoor dining 8 In its 2019 policy discussion about this site, at least some Council members acknowledged that the restaurant would not necessarily be replaced with an identical use. 9 Survey Results report are available upon request or accessible online.