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<br />Meadowlark Development - Austin Property - Environmental Checklist <br /> <br />ton General Plan and the West Foothill Road Corridor Overlay District and to the proposed Low Density <br />Rcsidential (< 2.0 du/ac)/Open Space land use designations and the PUD - LOR/OS (Planned Unit De- <br />vclopment - Low Density Residcntial/Open Space) district. <br /> <br />Standards of Significance <br /> <br />For purposes of this environmental document, an impact is considered significant if the proposed project <br />would: <br /> <br />· Substantially alter an approved land use plan that would result in physical changc to the envi- <br />ronment. <br /> <br /> Less Than <br /> Potentially Significant Less Than <br /> Significant With Mitigation Significant No <br />Issues Impact Incorporated Impact Impact <br />Land Use Plannine: <br />Would the project: <br />a) Physically divide an established community? D D D [i] <br />b) Conflict with any applicable land use plan, policy or D D ~ D <br /> regulation of an agency with jurisdiction ovcr the pro- <br /> ject (including, but not limited to the gcneral plan, spe- <br /> cific plan, local coastal program, or zoning ordinance) <br /> adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an <br /> environmental effect? <br />c) Conflict with any applicable habitat conservation plan [J D D 00 <br /> or natural community conservation plan? <br />Discussion <br /> <br />a-c) The Pleasanton General Plan designates the Austin property for Rural Density Residential land <br />uses, with a maximum and midpoint density of 1.0 dulS,O acres cqualing 6 units for the subject <br />property, However, the proposed gross density for this development is 8 dwelling units necessi- <br />tating GPA-ll, the rcquest to amend the Pleasanton General Plan to change the land use desig- <br />nation from the Rural Density Residential land use designation to Low Density Residential (< 2 <br />du/ac) land uses on 8 acres, with a maximum density of 8 dwelling units, and Open Space on the <br />remaining 22 acres. <br /> <br />The proposed cluster concept fulfills the applicable policies and standards of the Plcasanton <br />General Plan. Land uses and densities are consistent with thc densities of adjoining and nearby <br />developments including the Jorgensen Lane devclopment of the south side of the subject prop- <br />erty and the Laguna Oaks development on thc east side of Foothill Road and the open space <br />character of the vacant areas surrounding the property, The applicant described the proposal at <br /> <br />POP A-ll/PUD-58/PTR-7813 <br /> <br />Page 26 of 36 <br /> <br />July 19,2006 <br />