Planning Commission Agenda Packet 102225 (1)

Pleasanton BART Existing Physical Site Conditions Opportunities and Constraints Evaluation Oct 16, 2025 12 In December 2016, the BART Board adopted Performance Measures with targets to help evaluate how BART is doing in implementing the Station Access Policy. A key performance measure is the home-based access mode share target, which seeks to increase active access (access by walking and bicycling) systemwide from 44% to 52%. BART’s 2015 Station Profile Study revealed that 20% of riders walk or bike from home to access the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station. That data is currently being updated with a 2024 Station Profile Survey that is still being processed. ii. Multimodal Access Design Guidelines (“MADG”) BART’s MADG is focused on the rider experience with the goal of prioritizing active and high- occupancy modes to ensure that the station areas contribute to the community fabric and encourage BART ridership. By prioritizing human activity, the MADG encourages station area design to: • Reduce conflicts between modes; • Enable direct, efficient access and seamless connectivity between multiple modes; and • Make station areas easy to navigate. Internal circulation within the Project will be expected to comply with these guidelines and other best practices in pedestrian- and bicycle-centered street design. iii. General Plan Housing Element and Objective Design Standards The City of Pleasanton adopted its 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element in 2023. The project site has been consistently inventoried as a Housing Element site since the 4th Cycle Housing Element. in the Housing Element inventory. The 4th Cycle Housing Element also notes the range of units that can be developed here (447-555 units). As a high-density housing site1, the Housing Element inventory counts this location as suitable for the construction of lower-income units. The site is not required to be rezoned for housing development. Along with the Housing Element, the City also adopted objective design standards (ODS) for the housing sites consistent with State law. All standards and guidelines that apply to all housing sites and/or apply specifically to multifamily development (including mixed-use), located in Part 3 of the Objective Design Standards for Housing Sites document are applicable to the project site. The ODS helps to shape development by setting standards for buildings and open spaces- specifically focusing on building massing and articulation, the ground-floor interface of buildings (with respect to building entrances, stoops, active uses etc.), and the size and treatment of open spaces. iv. Site Zoning The site is currently zoned PUD-MU (Planned Unit Development - Mixed Use). Previously zoned PUD-I/C-O (Planned Unit Development - Industrial/Commercial-Offices), it was rezoned in 2012 to allow housing development on the site. The most recent rezoning ordinance (O.2026) identifies the requirements for the minimum number of units to be developed on site and by extension, the minimum density (75 DU/Ac). 1 High-density as defined by the State (i.e., being more than 30 DU/Ac), which allows it to count units towards the low-income category for purposes of RHNA (regional housing needs allocation). DRA F T