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Pleasanton is developing guidelines for private outdoor sports courts, including rules for their location, setbacks, fencing and screening.
The Planning Commission on Wednesday will review proposed changes to the city’s municipal code to establish the objective standards for residential sport courts, which include basketball, tennis, pickleball and bocce courts.
Those home courts often include tall fencing, rebound walls, lighting and other components that can result in noise and privacy impacts on neighbors, but the city’s existing development standards don’t specifically address those uses, “leading to conflicts between neighbors when they are installed,” according to a staff report prepared for the meeting.
The proposed changes would establish objective design and development standards for the private courts, as well as a standard procedure for site-specific reviews of court location, lighting and other impacts through the city’s existing design review process.
At the same meeting, the Planning Commission will review proposed municipal code changes that would create specific standards for canopy signage, illumination and corporate branding. The staff report notes that canopies can be found at service stations, commercial and retail sites, drive-thru restaurants and other places and that, depending on size, design and illumination, their features can become “visually prominent and potentially incompatible with surrounding development.”
The City Council previously expressed concerns regarding the visual impacts of canopies, the staff report notes, highlighting the need for “clearer, more consistent standards.”
The Planning Commission’s recommendations on the changes would be forwarded to the City Council for final approval.
The commission is set to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 28) in the City Council Chamber at 200 Old Bernal Ave. The meeting will also be livestreamed. The full agenda is here.
