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ground floor neighborhood retail or personal services. These uses are consistent with surrounding uses and do not pose a negative impact on the residential living environment. Goal BE-3: Encourage high‐quality design in all new and modified housing. - Policy BE-3.1: Provide high‐quality public streetscapes in all neighborhoods, particularly in locations where new investment in historic property renovation and infill development are desired. The project provides improvements to the public streetscape, including widened sidewalks with street trees, pedestrian lighting, bike parking, and plantings as prescribed in the DTPP. Diller Street would incorporate traffic calming features, including bulb-outs and ADA crosswalks at El Camino Real and Franklin, and diagonal parking instead of the existing parallel parking to effectively narrow the lane widths, consistent with the DTPP. The project removes a number of existing driveways and curb cuts, which results in less disruptions to pedestrians using the sidewalks, and more on-street parking. Sidewalk improvements, including street trees and pedestrian lighting would also be installed on Franklin Street adjacent to the AT&T parking lot to the north of the project. - Policy BE-3.3: Require new development to provide engaging, well‐landscaped outdoor spaces that invite and support outdoor activities for residents, especially areas viewed or accessible by the public. The project includes common open spaces on the first floor (11,300 sq. ft. terrace oriented toward the rear yard), and eighth floor (~3,000 sq. ft. rooftop terrace with swimming pool oriented toward El Camino Real) and feature dining areas, lounge areas, recreation areas, and plantings. In addition, private balconies, entry stoops, and decks are provided for selected units. These open spaces include trees, planters, lighting, furnishings, ping-pong table, and outdoor cooking facilities to support outdoor activities for the residents. In addition, the El Camino Real main lobby entry is recessed to allow furnishing and plantings which are visible and accessible by the public. - Policy BE-3.5: Require building and site frontages that define public streets with high‐quality architectural and landscape design, including small‐scale architectural elements and plane changes. The project’s frontages define the public streets and provide high quality design and uses for an engaging pedestrian experience. The El Camino Real frontage is architecturally and programmatically broken up into short modules containing a leasing office, lobby, activity room, residential units with entry stoops, and retail spaces. Ground floor transparency allows viewing into and out of the spaces. On the side streets, ground floor units with recessed entry stoops and climbing vines relate to the more residential character of the area. Varied materials create a 8.A. - Page 57