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Pleasant Hill BART

Specific Plan

LAND USE

The Specific Plan's land use provisions include controls on the permitted uses, space and site requirements.

The area wide development pattern recognizes five major areas (see Figure 4): (1) the Station Core Area, i.e., those areas directly abutting the station, (2) the area north of Las Juntas, (3) the Buskirk/Oak frontage area, (4) the area south of Treat, and (5) the area west of the Station Core Area. These functional areas are defined by differences in accessibility, adjacent land uses, and existing utility locations. To integrate the five areas, the Specific Plan provides for improved circulation patterns and greater infrastructure capacity to support increased development intensity. The basic land use concept provides for the greatest activity near the northwest side of the station, with gradually decreasing activity further away from the station. This gradient recognizes:

  • The need to establish an identifiable center for the Station Area at the northwest side of the station in order to provide community identity and a sense of place important to the creation of a new center of commercial and community activity.

  • The need to rely on BART as a significant regional transportation access to the Station Area and therefore to provide greater intensity conveniently located within close pedestrian proximity to the station platform.

The following policies form the basis for this distinction:

Policy 1. The Station Core Area shall provide the center of focus for development in the Station Area by permitting a greater land intensification for developments abutting the station platform.

Policy 2. The area north of Las Juntas Way shall be developed as a residential neighborhood with substantial housing opportunities at higher densities in close proximity to the BART Station.

Policy 3. The Buskirk frontage shall maintain a lower intensity, unified face to I-680 in response to the access limitations due to the one-way direction of Buskirk.

Policy 4. The area south of Treat together with the Station Core Area shall be encouraged to develop as an area designated for mixed use which may include commercial/office; including hotel and sports club and/or residential uses because of its close proximity to the BART station. The area west of the Station Core Area, together with the Station Core Area, may also include retail uses.