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Staff <br />Comment <br />Short-term bicycle parking is located on the east side of the property, where units A, B, and <br />C may have to travel more than 100 feet. The project needs to demonstrate that the path of <br />travel is within 100 feet of the main entry doors. <br />B6.3 Private Usable Open Space shall be provided at a quantity of 75 square feet per unit; or 50 <br />square feet per bedroom, whichever is greater. On sites less than 0.5 acre in size, no private <br />usable open space shall be required if group usable open space is required. <br />Staff <br />Comment <br />Group usable open space is not required per ODS B6.1. The project proposes 15 bedrooms <br />(all-inclusive of units). In result, the project is required to provide 750 square feet of <br />Private Open Space. The studio units do not provide conforming private open space. Please <br />provide private open space per ODS B6.5 and B6.6. <br />B6.5 <br />Staff <br />Comment <br />B6.6 <br />Staff <br />Comment <br />B7.1 <br />Staff <br />Comment <br />B7.2 <br />Staff <br />Comment <br />B7.6 <br />Staff <br />Comment <br />B9.1 <br />Staff <br />Comment <br />C1 <br />Staff <br />Comment <br />C1.3 <br />Where provided, Private Usable Open Space including, but not limited to, balconies, <br />porches, stoops and terraces, shall provide a minimum dimension: <br />a.Private Useable Open Space at grade shall have an unobstructed minimum dimension of <br />ten feet. <br />b. Private Useable Open Space above grade shall have an unobstructed minimum <br />dimension of five feet. <br />Project plans are inconsistent if private open space is being provided (see comment #e (5) <br />in letter. Ground floor private open space does not meet the minimum dimension of 10-feet <br />and the inclusion of balconies, porches, stoops, etc. <br />Private Usable Open Space shall be located directly adjacent to unit interiors and shall be <br />directly accessible from the unit. <br />Project plans are inconsistent if private open space is being provided (see comment #e (5) <br />in letter. As proposed, units A, B, and C are not provided with conforming private open <br />space per ODS B6.5. <br />All landscaped areas shall comply with the City of Pleasanton Water Efficient Landscape <br />Ordinance (WELO). <br />Water use calculations require modification. Kurapia is not to be considered a low water <br />use plant. <br />All applicants shall qualify at the minimum threshold of the Bay Friendly (BF) scorecard. <br />Bay Friendly scorecard has not been provided. <br />A minimum six-foot landscape buffer shall be provided between buildings and walkways <br />and between buildings and parking lots. <br />Less than a 6-foot landscape buffer is provided between the west adjacent building and <br />walkway along units A, B, and ะก. <br />Utility and Service Areas shall be located to comply with all of the following standards: <br />b.Exterior refuse areas shall be located outside of a 50 feet radius centered on the Primary <br />Building Entrance and shall be screened by opaque, roofed enclosures built of durable <br />materials and designed to harmonize with the proposed architecture: <br />The project proposed to locate refuse areas within a 50-foot radius of the primary building <br />entrance. <br />Buildings should be designed to break down large building volumes into comprehensible <br />parts. <br />The Old Bernal Ave. elevation proposes a vertical design with the second floor not setback <br />from the first, which creates a large building volume. <br />No structure abutting existing residential development shall exceed the height of a sloping <br />plane 15 feet in height at the interior of the minimum required side yard required by the <br />PMC and sloping away from the side property line five feet for each additional 15 feet in <br />height. <br />Page 327 of 373