Planning Commission Meeting Agenda Packet (2)

711 Market Street, 2nd Floor | San Francisco, California 94103 | 415.788.6606 | fieldpaoli.com 2 OF 3 (1) additional traditional food truck parking space is available for the occasional on-site visiting food truck provider. Food service will operate only during standard business hours. Forty-five (45) off-street parking spaces are provided with access from the shared ingress/egress easement drive off Utah Street (44 required). Up to (2) company delivery vans, each of which will fit in a standard parking space, may be stored on-site. Deliveries and trash service are accommodated with the service drive along the North property edge with a one-way out on to Wyoming Street. All delivery and distribution activities will occur on the North end of the building, distant from Utah Street to the South, and shielded from Wyoming Street with a visual screen fence and gated enclosure. Anticipated operation-related supply delivery times would fall within these hours: Monday-Saturday: 8:00am to 4:00pm. Extensive tree planting is provided to meet shading requirements and shield the building and outdoor uses from sun exposure. Stormwater is addressed with three bioretention areas, one in the Northwest corner adjacent to the service exit onto Wyoming Street, a second smaller area in the landscape strip in the parking area, and the primary bioretention area serves as a landscape buffer between Utah Street and the outdoor use area and biergarten. A 6’-0” high visual screening fence is placed around the service area to the North (rear yard) and a shorter 4’-0” open fencing visual screening fence is placed along the Wyoming Street edge at the biergarten. Conformance with CUP Findings A. The proposed location of the conditional use is in accordance with the objectives of the zoning ordinance and the purpose of the district in which the site is located. The subject site at 3595 Utah Street is zoned PUD-C (Planned Unit Development – Commercial) District and is located in the Stanley Business Park which permits a variety of commercial uses. Permitted and conditional uses for the Stanley Business Park are defined by the CS Service Commercial District requirements. Restaurants and Microbreweries are permitted uses and through the application and City of Pleasanton approval for a site-specific Planned Unit Development (PUD) Minor Modification to PUD-81-25, adding brewpubs (on- site alcohol consumption) was added to the list of conditionally permitted uses. The proposed operation would be consistent with the uses and activities permitted by the PUD-C District. Some of the objectives of the zoning ordinance are to: provide convenient, workable relationships among land uses, protect existing land uses from inharmonious influences and harmful intrusions, and ensure public and private lands ultimately are used for the purposes which are most appropriate and beneficial to the City. The other uses within the immediate vicinity are varied in nature and include a wide variety of services for City residents including a car wash, fast food and drive-through food services, convenience store, auto service and repair, commercial car parking, and auto rental, to name a few. The proposed brewery and brewpub make a distinctive addition to the District and is compatible with these existing varied uses. It provides a desirable destination for both local business workers and non-commercial residents. The Planning Commission has previously approved a similar brewery and brewpub use in the Downtown Commercial District and, with very few exceptions, it operates without reported issues. Furthermore, the applicant has owned and operated a similar facility in the City of Danville for eight years with no complaints reported. The project would be consistent with the City’s objectives.