Planning Commission Meeting Agenda Packet 05272026

DMA, Inc. 9 Application Attachment 3-10-26.docx IV. CUP Findings Fusion requests a CUP to expand its existing private school and tutoring facility” with more than 20 students as described herein. The findings required for approval of a CUP (PMC S. 18.124.070) can be made as follows: A. That the proposed location of the conditional use is in accordance with the objectives of the zoning ordinance and the purposes of the district in which the site is located. a. Objectives of the Zoning Ordinance: Applicable objectives of the zoning ordinance particularly relevant to this local-serving educational land use are to: foster a harmonious, convenient, workable relationship among land uses; promote the stability of existing land uses that conform with the general plan and to protect them from inharmonious influences and harmful intrusions; and insure public and private lands ultimately are used for the purposes which are most appropriate and beneficial to the City as a whole (PMC S. 18.04.010). The proposed CUP will entitle the expansion of the existing private school and tutoring educational land use, allowing Fusion to operate at a capacity that meets local demand for degree-matriculating educations for ES, MS, and HS students. Fusion will continue to operate in a way that does not interfere with surrounding uses. b. Non-Impactful Expansion of an Educational Land Use: This Fusion Academy expansion will continue to operate without interfering with surrounding tenants. The teaching activities, increased maximum number of staff and students from 40 to 65 and 15 to 33 any one time, with no change to previously entitled hours of operation, will not generate substantial additional noise. The physical expansion of the educational land use will meet the requirements of the California Building Code, California Fire Code, and codes applicable to the connections and upgrades in both suites for the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. c. Purpose of the Zoning District – Educational Services: The subject site is zoned PUD- I/C-O and is in the OMPD zoning district of the HBP PUD, which permits a variety of commercial, service and office uses (Ord. No. 1325). The expanded educational land use is consistent with the zoning hierarchy of the Planning District, PUD, and Zoning District to provide appropriately located educational services to Pleasanton residents and surrounding areas. Expanding Fusion – a private school and tutoring facility matriculating ES, MS, and HS students for degrees – is fundamentally consistent with the goal of the HBD to be the largest internally aligned, regional- and local-serving community of businesses and residences in California. d. Purpose of the Zoning District – Office Protection: The expansion of the existing educational land use will not be impactful to offices in the subject building or the two additional buildings to the north. The expansion is entirely withing a small suite contiguous to the existing entitled location. There will be no unmitigated impacts to interior areas concerning noise, loitering, and use of common-area elevators or common-area restrooms. The expanded operations of the educational land use do not create unmitigated impacts to traffic circulation, parking availability, pedestrian safety or create intense periods of pickup, drop-off associated with larger private, public, or public charter schools. (PMC S. 18.40.010, PMC. S. 18.44.010). e. As such, the Commission concludes this finding can be made.