Pleasant Hill BART

Specific Plan

Specific Land Uses

While the broad land use pattern is shown in Figure 5, Figure 6 (Land Use Matrix) details the specific land use types that are permitted within each development area. The definitions that follow for each land use type are intended to identify broad use types with a detailed description and examples of uses included and excluded. These use types represent categories of land uses that have similar characteristics rather than comprehensive lists of permitted uses. In this way, the land use provisions of the plan can be flexible enough to allow administrative review of individual projects or changes in marketing patterns that can make exhaustive lists quickly obsolete. Consistent with the County General Plan, childcare and preschool facilities are consistent with residential and commercial land use designations where safe vehicular access and effective buffering of neighborhood residences can be achieved.

Figure 6 identifies the specific range of permitted use types for each development area and indicates whether the use is permitted unconditionally or upon conditional approval by the zoning administrator of the planning agency. Conditional approval is required for a variety of use types so that as the area develops, the major concentration of retail sales establishments and business and personal services will be concentrated along the major pedestrian routes. Secondary concentration of such uses, as provided for in the Urban Design Policy Diagram, Figure 7.5, are intended to provide convenience, enhance the public outdoor spaces, but not adversely compete with the major concentration of such use types.

The specific land uses identified in Figure 6 are grouped into four major categories: Residential Use, Commercial/Office Use, Community Use, and Mixed Use.