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P23-0480 & Tract 8680, 3300 Busch Road Planning Commission 4 of 29 State law separately defines “waivers or reductions of development standards” as a further form of assistance available to developers with eligible density bonus projects. Under SDBL, the City cannot apply a development standard that would physically preclude the construction of the project at its permitted density; accordingly, a developer may request such standards to be modified or “waived.” For most projects, there is no limit on the number of waivers or reductions of development standards that may be requested. Under these provisions, the applicant has requested 19 waivers to deviate from the requirements. Note that SDBL does not require a project to propose density above the maximum allowed in order to apply for concessions or waivers. Site Description and Current Uses The approximately 51.62-acre, roughly triangular-shaped site is located at the southeast corner of Busch Road and Valley Avenue , known as 3300 Busch Road. The site is currently occupied by a construction equipment storage company operating under a short -term lease and through the approval of the city’s temporary use permit process. The neighboring PGS facility also leases space for parking/storage of trucks and vehicles on the site. The site is bounded to the north by Busch Road, with the Village at Ironwood senior residential community and City Public Works Department (formerly Operation Services Department) facility across Busch Road to the north. The east side of the site abuts the Pleasanton Garbage Service transfer station facility and a large vacant lot. A self-storage facility and light industrial uses are located to the south and across Valley Avenue to the west. Please refer to Figure 1 for Project location. Due to decades of industrial uses on the Project site and the presence of petroleum hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in the soil, in October 2023, the applicant engaged the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to initiate a Removal Action Workplan (RAW) for site cleanup. Site cleanup has been completed as of the publication of this report. Please see additional discussion later in the agenda report.