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City of Pleasanton—Hidden Canyon Residences and Preserve Air Quality Draft EIR 3.2-16 FirstCarbon Solutions https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480016/EIR/3 - Draft EIR/21480016 Sec03-02 Air Quality.docx Program 3.2 Locate new sensitive receptors, such as residences (including residential care and assisted living facilities for the elderly), child care centers, schools, playgrounds, and medical facilities away from point sources of air pollution and busy traffic corridors following the California Air Resource Board’s recommendations. Require site specific studies of air quality health risk for development that would place sensitive receptors closer than 500 feet from the edge of a freeway or close to a significant point source of air pollution. Policy 4 Reduce air pollution from motor vehicle trips and Vehicle Miles Traveled. Program 4.1 Develop standards for the design and use of new drive-through businesses to minimize adverse impacts on air quality. Public education and the use of new technologies should be considered as part of this program. To reduce vehicle miles traveled with commensurate reductions in air pollution and climate change, implement Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs from the Circulation Element, including the addition of local and regional bicycle lanes. Also implement Circulation Element measures to facilitate the free flow of vehicular traffic, including continually updating computer-control technology for traffic lights. In order to shorten the distance of worker commutes, also implement programs from the Housing Element to provide mixed-use development and to provide housing opportunities for Pleasanton workers of all socioeconomic levels. Policy 5 Review proposed projects for their potential to impact air quality conditions. Program 5.1 Include air quality as a factor in the City’s environmental review process. Encourage development plans which minimize negative impacts on air quality. Program 5.2 Require projects which generate high levels of air pollutants, such as manufacturing facilities and hazardous waste handling operations, to incorporate air quality mitigations in their design. Program 5.3 Adopt an ordinance regulating burning indoors and outdoors, including fireplaces, wood-burning stoves, and fire pits. The ordinance may consider allowable hours and setbacks from neighbors. Policy 6 Reduce air pollution and the production of greenhouse gases by increasing energy efficiency, conservation, and the use of renewable resources. Program 6.1 Develop a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reduction Plan and/or Climate Action Plan for the City to control and reduce net GHG emissions and the effects of climate change. Development of this plan(s) shall include the following steps: (1) conduct a baseline analysis (GHG emissions inventory): (2) adopt an emissions reduction target; (3) develop strategies and actions for reducing emissions; (4) develop strategies and actions for adapting to climate change; (5) implement strategies and