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City of Pleasanton—Villages at the Quarry Project <br />Project Description 15183 Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />6 <br />Surrounding Land Uses <br />North: City of Pleasanton General Plan–Other Public and Institutional/General <br />and Limited Industrial/Medium and High Density Residential; East County <br />Area Plan–Medium Density Residential (ECAP-MDR) <br />South: General and Limited Industrial in general <br />East: General and Limited Industrial <br />West: General and Limited Industrial <br />2.2.3 - Land Use Designation and Zoning <br />The project site is designated by the General Plan as Medium Density to High <br />Density Residential (MDR-HDR) with an HESO (Exhibit 3). The Housing Element <br />Update designates the project site as Sites 21a and 21b (collectively referred <br />to as Kiewit Site, project site, or Site 21) and allows for a density range <br />between 8 dwelling units per acre (du/acre) to 30 du/acre. <br />The project site has recently been rezoned to Planned Unit Development <br />(PUD)-MDR-HDR/HOZ Districts as shown on the City’s zoning maps (Exhibit 4). <br />2.3 - Project Background and Previous Environmental Review <br />2.3.1 - General Plan Housing Element <br />Concurrent with the adoption of the Housing Element Update on January 20, <br />2023 (and as further revised in August 2023), the City Council also adopted <br />the other necessary, conforming General Plan amendments to allow <br />residential development on the various identified housing opportunity sites <br />(including the project site) at the prescribed density identified in the Housing <br />Element Update. These sites are each covered by an HESO in the General <br />Plan Land Use Map and development on each of the sites must comply with <br />the site-specific densities set forth in the Housing Element Update. These sites <br />are designated and zoned for residential development, consistent with the <br />applicable Objective Design Standards (ODS) established by the City on May <br />2, 2023, with the intent of ensuring well-designed and attractive projects that <br />feasibly minimize aesthetics and land use impacts, as described more fully <br />below. <br />The City has adopted the ODS to implement development consistent with <br />the Housing Element Update, applicable to each of the housing opportunity <br />sites which, among other components, include standards that regulate