Planning Commission meeting agenda packet 7-9-25

City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project CEQA Guidelines Section 15183: Projects Consistent 15183 Consistency Checklist with a Community Plan or Zoning 19 SECTION 3: CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15183: PROJECTS CONSISTENT WITH A COMMUNITY PLAN OR ZONING CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 establishes that projects that are consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an FEIR was certified shall not require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project-specific significant effects that are peculiar to the proposed project or its site. Section 15183 streamlines the review process by providing a statutory exemption for consistent projects and reduces the need to prepare repetitive environmental studies. Proposed Project Qualifies for No Further Environmental Review Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 CEQA Section 15183 applies to the proposed project since it is consistent with the General Plan, as amended in conjunction with the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update, for which an EIR has been certified. The City of Pleasanton adopted the Housing Element Update and certified the Housing Element Update FEIR on January 26, 2023. The southern seven acres of the project site is included in the Housing Element Update FEIR as PUSD-Vineyard (Site 27). The General Plan designates the project site Other Public Institutional with an HEO, which allows a maximum of three to four du/acre. The project site is approximately 10.64 acres, of which approximately 7.64 acres would be developed with a total of 27 single-family residences. As a result, the proposed project’s 3.6 du/acre density is within the allowable use of the Other Public Institutional with an HEO designation. The project site is zoned PUD – Elementary School. While the project site was not rezoned as part of the Housing Element Update, because the proposed residential development would occur within the HEO area, the proposed project would be consistent with the City’s anticipated on-site development.