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P21-1173, PUD-146 and Tract 8631: 475 & 493 St. John Street Planning Commission 28 of 32 Relationship to the Arroyo The DSP includes Goal LD-G.10, to “encourage future land use development that enhances the Arroyo del Valle as a riparian habitat resource.” The project, as proposed, would maintain an appropriate setback from the arroyo, and would be required to ensure there would be no adverse impacts to the waterway or adjacent habitat. Although, during the DSP update, the desire to improve public access to the arroyo was noted, the applicant has indicated that attempting to do so would raise significant liability concerns and would offer little public benefit given the lack of connectivity to other parts of the waterway (the main trail is located on the other side of the Arroyo). Staff does not believe there would be a public benefit to providing public access to the Arroyo given it cannot be connected to the main trail. Traffic and Circulation The Downtown Specific Plan EIR analyzed traffic and circulation impacts with buildout of land uses permitted under the specific plan, including an increase of approximately 370 units across the entire Specific Plan area; these impacts were found to be less tha n significant from a traffic impact perspective. The plan proposes to add 14 units which falls under the 370 units analyzed in the Specific Plan area. The proposed project is estimated to generate 58 additional trips during the weekdays, 99 additional trips on Saturday, and 25 additional trips on Sunday compared to the existing uses; in this represents a relatively small increase in trips over existing uses at the site, and well within the projections of the EIR, and would not substantially affect the level of service (LOS) of study intersections in the DSP area. Growth associated with the proposed project was captured in the DSP FEIR’s traffic and transportation analysis, and the project would not result in greater impacts to LOS than those identified in the DSP FEIR. The design of the new project driveway was reviewed by the City Traffic Engineer with respect to safe ingress/egress from the site for residents and commercial visitors, and by the Fire Marshal with respect to emergency vehicle access and determined to provide safe and adequate access. Furthermore, the proposed project would not modify the use of existing bicycle and pedestrian facilities on St. John Street or in the DSP area. Therefore, the project would not conflict with the City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The City’s Traffic Engineer has reviewed the project and addendum to the DSP FEIR and determined no additional traffic analysis would be required and agrees with the findings in the addendum. Finally, the project has been conditioned to pay the applicable City and Tri -Valley Regional traffic impact fees. Parking Standards Single-family homes are required to have two parking spaces per unit (PMC Section 18.88.030), with at least one of the spaces covered in a garage or carport. The applicant is providing two covered spaces per single-family unit, including the existing Barone home, via two-car garages. The driveways for Lots 1-4, and 7-14 have slope percentages of 14 percent, and 15 percent for Lots 5 and 6, which is sufficient to access each lot’s respective two-car garage. The City encourages, and often requires, on-site guest parking for single-family or townhome projects when there isn’t on-street parking provided within the project. During the Work Session, one of the residents of the townhomes on the north side of St. John Street