Community and Economic Development
The Community and Economic Development Department plays a central role in shaping the city’s future through innovative planning, streamlined permitting, and strategic economic development.
The department is responsible for current and long-range planning, sustainability initiatives, zoning and policy administration, permitting and inspection services, code enforcement, traffic engineering, housing programs, and economic development. Its work is essential to maintaining Pleasanton’s balance of thoughtful growth, community character, and economic vitality.
Codes, Guidelines and Plans
Pleasanton Municipal Code
California Building Code
General Plan 2005-2025
The General Plan guides long-range land development and resource conservation, bridging the community’s values and the City’s development decision-making. It is the key document with which all other city ordinances and policies must be consistent.
Specific Plans
Specific plans function as tools for implementing the City’s General Plan.
- Bernal Property
- Downtown
- East Pleasanton
- Happy Valley
- North Sycamore
- Stoneridge Drive
- Tri-Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan
- Vineyard Avenue
Guidelines & Standards
- Downtown Design Guidelines – amended August 20, 2019
- Downtown Hospitality Guidelines – amended August 20, 2019
- Estates on Oak Ridge Design Guidelines
- Hacienda TOD Standards & Design Guidelines
- Housing Site Development Standards & Design Guidelines
- Landscape Ordinance
- Objective Design Standards
The City of Pleasanton has adopted objective design standards (ODS) for residential development, including:
Zoning Information
- Identify Property Zoning via Search or Map
- To identify the zoning on a property, enter an assessor parcel number, a street name, or click on the map below.
View Parcel Zoning Map
Disclaimer: The City of Pleasanton does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, completeness or usefulness of any information, and provides this information on an “as is” basis without any warranty of any kind, including but not limited to warranties of merchantibility or fitness for a particular purpose, and assumes no responsibility for use of the information.
- To identify the zoning on a property, enter an assessor parcel number, a street name, or click on the map below.
- Site Development Standards
- New Business License
Ellen Clark
Director of Community Development
Ellen Clark has been with the City of Pleasanton since 2017 as Planning Manager/Deputy Director of Community Development and was named as Director of Community Development in 2019. She oversees the Planning, Building, Code Enforcement, Traffic and Housing Divisions with Community Development, which collectively work to maintain and implement the City’s General Plan and other key long-range planning documents, manage land use and development permitting activity, ensure a well-operating transportation system and provide affordable housing programs and services.
Ellen holds a BA (Honors) in Geography from the University of Cambridge, England and is accredited by the American institute of Certified Planners. She has worked in the community development and planning field for 23 years, including 16 years working for California municipalities. Her career has focused on development and implementation of numerous comprehensive and community plans, management of major development project entitlements and oversight of a broad range of community development-related projects and initiatives, all with high value placed on community engagement, application of sound planning and design principles and above all, a focus on creating great communities that she brings to her work for the City of Pleasanton.
Administration Hours
Community Development
200 Old Bernal Avenue
Pleasanton, CA 94566
Phone: (925) 931-5630
Permit Center In-Person Hours – Effective 6/9/2025
| Monday | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. |
| Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
| Friday | Closed |
Phone and Email Services:
Available Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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