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D. GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM COMPLIANCE All residential development within the Specific Plan Area shall be subject to growth management approval in accordance with the City's Growth Management Ordinance. E. ALAMEDA COUNTY GENERAL PLAN Three Alameda County General Plan policies and one goal relate directly to the Specific Plan. These call for the protection of the County agricultural and quarry lands lying beyond the Specific Plan Area, and read as follows: Policy 77: The County shall require buffers between those areas designated for agricultural use and new non-agricultural uses within agricultural areas or abutting lots. The size, configuration, and design of buffers shall be determined based on the characteristics of the project site and the intensity of the adjacent agricultural uses, and if applicable, the anticipated timing of future urbanization of adjacent agricultural land where such agricultural land is included in a phased growth plan. The buffer shall be located on the lot for which a permit is sought and shall provide for the protection of the maximum amount of arable, pasture, and grazing land feasible. Policy 78: The County shall require that, where conflicts between a new use and existing use are anticipated, the burden of mitigating the conflicts be the responsibility of the new use. Policy 79: The County shall enforce the provisions of the Alameda County Right-to-Farm Ordinance on all lands within and adjacent to agricultural areas. Goal (Quarries and Regionally Significant Aggregate Resource Areas): To recognize the regional value of the County's construction aggregate resources and to ensure compatibility between quarry operations and surrounding land uses. F. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) may assert jurisdiction for drainage, bridge, and road improvements within the Specific Plan Area under the authority of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The Corps' jurisdiction over non-tidal waters extends to the "ordinary high water mark" of creeks, streams, and rivers, plus possible adjacent wetland areas. Wetlands are defined for regulatory purposes as "those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions." Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. 119