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City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project <br />Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist <br /> <br />26 <br /> <br />would the project conflict with applicable zoning and other <br />regulations governing scenic quality? <br />Summary of Housing Element Update FEIR <br />Consistency with Scenic Quality Regulations <br />The potential sites for housing, aside from Site 1 (Lester), are located in <br />urbanized areas. The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that the <br />potential sites for housing are mostly vacant or underutilized parcels, currently <br />developed with a mix of uses including surface parking lots, restaurants, <br />hotels, office buildings, retail, industrial, and warehouse and distribution. The <br />existing land use designations for these sites include residential, commercial, <br />industrial, office, mixed use, community facilities, agriculture, public health <br />and safety, parks and recreation, and public and institutional. The existing <br />zoning designations include agriculture, residential, commercial, office, <br />mixed use, industrial, and public and institutional. <br />Several of the sites are within the Planned Unit Development (PUD) district, or <br />not otherwise zoned for residential use. As part of the Housing Element <br />Update, the potential sites for rezoning would be rezoned to allow for <br />residential development. To the extent any projects may be subject to review <br />through the PUD process, the PUD zoning would provide flexibility in <br />residential development standards and housing types, in conjunction with <br />the applicable design standards established by the City with the intent of <br />ensuring well-designed and attractive projects that minimize aesthetics <br />impacts. <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that compliance with the <br />applicable goals, policies, and programs included as part of the General <br />Plan, zoning requirements, design guidelines, Objective Design and <br />Development Standards, the design review process, the Vineyard Avenue <br />Corridor Specific Plan, and Measures PP and QQ would ensure that future <br />development projects consistent with the Housing Element Update are <br />cohesive, appropriately designed in terms of potential aesthetic impacts, <br />and reflect the character of the City. <br />On a programmatic level, development consistent with the Housing Element <br />Update would have a less than significant impact related to scenic quality <br />regulations.