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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br /> 37 <br />projects may be subject to review through the PUD process, such as the <br />project site due to the need for legislative annexation, the PUD zoning would <br />provide flexibility in residential development standards and housing types, in <br />conjunction with the applicable design standards established by the City, <br />with the intent of ensuring well-designed and attractive projects that <br />minimize aesthetics impacts. <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that compliance with the <br />applicable goals, policies, and programs included as part of the General <br />Plan, zoning requirements, Design Guidelines, Objective Design and <br />Development Standards, the design review process, Measures PP and QQ <br />would ensure that future development projects consistent with the Housing <br />Element Update are cohesive, appropriately designed in terms of potential <br />aesthetic impacts, and reflect the character of the City. <br />On a programmatic level, development consistent with the Housing Element <br />Update would have a less than significant impact related to scenic quality <br />regulations. <br />Visual Character <br />Site 22 (Merritt) is generally vacant except for two existing single-family homes <br />and two nonresidential outbuildings. Introduction of new residential uses <br />would have the potential to alter the visual character of this site. <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that compliance with General <br />Plan policies and programs and adherence to development and design <br />standards in the Municipal Code would ensure that future development <br />projects consistent with the Housing Element Update are cohesive, <br />appropriately designed in terms of potential aesthetic impacts, and reflect <br />the character of the City. At the programmatic level, aesthetic impacts to <br />the quality of public views in non-urbanized areas would be less than <br />significant. <br />Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion <br />The project site is one of the sites identified in the Housing Element FEIR for <br />which development could result in aesthetic impact as the project site is <br />largely vacant, with the exception of two single-family homes, a barn, and <br />scattered outbuildings. As identified in the Housing Element Update FEIR, <br />introduction of new residential uses would have the potential to alter the <br />visual character of these housing sites. Views of scenic resources from the <br />project site, including Mount Diablo to the north, the Pleasanton Ridge west