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or conditioned to meet the applicable Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan policies for the Hillside Residential and Open Space land use designations. The site will be developed with seven single-family lots and a City water tank lot, consistent with Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan. Additionally, the development would be limited to only a small portion of the site, leaving the majority of land as natural open space. Staff believes that the proposed PUD development plan is consistent with the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan, as conditioned. By conforming to the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan, the proposed project also conforms to the General Plan. Thus, staff concludes that the proposed development plan is consistent with the City's General Plan and Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan, and staff believes that this finding can be made. 3. Whether the plan is compatible with previously developed properties in the vicinity and the natural, topographic features of the site: Surrounding properties include undeveloped/open space properties and large lot properties with single-family residences and outbuildings. As conditioned, staff believes that the proposed residential lots and future buildings would be compatible with the surrounding uses. The proposed building envelopes, site development standards, and design guidelines will ensure that the future homes are sited to minimize impacts on neighboring properties and be designed to reduce their mass and visual impacts as viewed from the adjacent properties and streets. Future structures will also be subject to the City's design review process to insure compatibility with adjacent uses. Grading of the lots has been limited to the creation of the pads for the future homes and future grading by homeowners would be limited to the Designated Development Areas. Therefore, staff feels that the PUD development plan is compatible with the previously developed properties and the natural, topographic features of the site, and staff believes that this finding can be made. 4. Whether grading takes into account environmental characteristics and is designed in keeping with the best engineering practices to avoid erosion, slides, or flooding to have as minimal an effect upon the environment as possible. Graded areas have been minimized to preserve the natural topography of the site and reduce tree removal. In addition, rounded landform grading techniques are used to achieve a natural transition between graded areas and existing terrain. Parallel retaining walls have been used in order to minimize large cut slopes. Grading for the building pads is proposed or has been conditioned to be set back at least 100 feet from the intermittent drainage swale on the adjacent property. Erosion control and dust suppression measures will be documented in the improvement plans and will be administered by the City's Page - 19