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IX. PUD DEVELOPMENT PLAN MODIFICATION FINDINGS The Pleasanton Municipal Code sets forth the purposes of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) District and the considerations to be addressed in reviewing a PUD development plan proposal. These findings also apply to development plan modifications. The Planning Commission must make the following findings that the proposed PUD development plan modification conforms to the purposes of the PUD District, before making its recommendation. 1. Whether the proposed development plan modification to allow neighborhood com- mercial uses on the site is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and gen- eral welfare: ^ The proposed development plan moditication will allow the Longs Drug's store and will permit neighborhood commercial uses in approximately 52,289 square feet of building area -Stores "A", "B", "C", and "Pad" building, and. These uses will aug- ment the uses will provide the availability of goods and services to the Stanley Busi- ness Park tenants and to the nearby residential areas thereby reducing the cross-town trips to these uses from the nearby residential areas. ^ The proposed moditication will allow approximately 52,289 square feet of neighbor- hood commercial uses which have a higher trip generation rate than the uses presently allowed in the business park. 1'he traffic analysis conducted for the overall 193,481 square-foot development included the trips generated by these uses. In conjunction with this development, the project developer will construct improvements to the Stanley Boulevard/Valley Avenue/Bernal Avenue intersection to maintain aLevel- Of-Service "D" for the existing/approved/project development scenario. Staff, therefore, believes that this finding can be made. 2. Whether the proposed development plan modification is compatible with previously developed properties located in the vicinity of the plan: 'fhe Stanley Business Park already permits a limited number of retail and service commercial uses intended to serve the business park tenants. The proposed neighbor- hood commercial uses will augment these uses. Located across Bernal Avenue is a McDonald's restaurant with drive-through, aself-service gasoline service station with a convenience market and a carwash, and a 15,500 square-foot commercial develop- ment now under construction. Staff, therefore, considers the proposed neighborhood uses allowed by this modification to be consistent with the development pattern of Bernal Avenue. Staff, therefore, believes that this finding can be made. PCUP-165/PDR-529/PMOD-81-25-7M Pnge d4 of d7 December 13, 2006