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Pleasant Hill BART

Specific Plan

CONDITIONAL USE CRITERIA

The Land Use Matrix (Figure 6) distinguishes between permitted uses and uses requiring approval by the County Zoning Administrator. Approval for the latter may be given by the Zoning Administrator only if the following findings can be made:

  1. For residential uses: the use would not reduce the potential office/public use space capacity of the Station Area to a level that would create the potential for land use incompatibilities or impair the achievement of a reasonable jobs/housing balance in the Specific Plan area.

  2. For retail sales uses: the use (a) would be located on a designated retail/service frontage as specified in Figure 7.5; and (b) would not detract from the market and economic feasibility of existing or proposed retail uses in the area. Applicants may be required to submit marketing and/or economic studies reflecting conditions in the subregion to provide a basis for these findings.

  3. For business and personal service uses: (a) the use would primarily serve firms and households located within the Station Area or immediate environs and BART riders; (b) the use, if occupying more than 5 percent of the permitted floor area of the subarea within which it is located, would provide for an intensity of use, as measured in square feet per employee, that is equivalent to administrative and professional office uses or provide a complementary use that enhances the competitiveness of the administrative and professional office uses; (c) the use would not occupy space on a designated primary retail/service frontage; (d) the use would not detract from the appearance and vitality of designated secondary retail/service frontages and the public spaces to which they relate; and (e) if the proposal includes an athletic club, the applicant has demonstrated market capacity through market studies.

  4. For lodging: (a) adequate market capacity is demonstrated for the hotel space, and (b) the use would provide facilities that are designed and constructed as an integrated, rather than self-contained and isolated, element of the Station Area.

  5. For temporary parking: (a) the parking would be constructed with surfaces and landscaping that would not detract from the appearance of the Station Area; (b) ingress and egress would not interfere with the overall vehicular and pedestrian circulation of the station area; and (c) the use would be limited (by conditions of approval) so as not to constitute a long term use. The current use of Areas 6 and 13 for temporary parking use shall terminate at completion of the I-680/SR 24 reconstruction, at which time the asphalt parking surface shall be removed and landscaping installed (except on that portion reserved for the Iron Horse Trail).

  6. For interim uses: (a) the use and style of development would not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Specific Plan, and (b) the use and style of development would not preclude permanent development pursuant to the Specific Plan in the future.

  7. No uses on the three subareas 6, 13 and 16 should preclude future development of a future fixed guideway.

  8. For Cultural and Entertainment Uses involving theaters there shall be no more than one theater per parcel and no more than two theaters within the Specific Plan Area.

  9. For conference centers in excess of 60,000 sq. ft: (a) adequate market capacity is demonstrated for the conference space; (b) the style and scale of the use is consistent with the site; (c) there is demonstrated adequate parking for the use on site. Any land use permit approved by the Zoning Administrator may be administratively reviewed annually for a maximum time of seven years. At each annual review conditions may be added, deleted or modified, subject to public hearing.