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Foothill Road, backed by the Pleasanton Ridge, and adjoining opcn space land. They provide detailed and comprehensive landscape and building design standards - diagrams, photographs, and drawings - addressing materials, massing, architecturc, planting, etc., for clear guidance to future owners regarding their custom home designs. Public Improvements and Traffic Mitigation A northbound lcft turn pocket will be constructed in Foothill Road to Old Foothill Road with thc proposed project. The location of the devclopment's access from Old Foothill Road will be co- ordinated with the driveway opcning to the Alviso Adobc Park. The central portion of Old Foothill Road will bc closed, either with bollards or cul-de-sacs, so as to integrate the Alviso Adobe Park site with the proposed open space arca and to prevent through traffic on Old Foot- hill Road. Construction Phasing The proposed project will be constructed in two phascs. Phase One will include the public in- frastructure including thc street and cul-de-sac, mass grading for the lots, bio-retention pond/swalcs, perimeter landscaping in the open space area, and the shared access driveways. Phasc Two will includc the custom homes, individually lot-by-Iot or mass developed by a single developer, VII. ANALYSIS General Plan The Pleasanton Gencral Plan designates the Austin property for Rural Dcnsity Residential land uses, with a maximum and midpoint dcnsity of 1.0 dulS.O acres equaling 6 units for the subject property. However, the proposed gross density for this development is 8 dwelling units, requir- ing an amendment to the Pleasanton General Plan changing the land usc designation from the Rural Density Residcntial land usc designation to Low Density Residential (< 2 dulac) on 8 acres, with a maximum of 8 units, and Agriculturc and Grazing on the remaining 22 acres. Fig- ure 7 on the following page shows thc proposed land usc changes superimposed on the devclop- ment plan. Staff notes that the Planning Commission should makc the finding that the proposed amendment to the Pleasanton General Plan conforms to thc applicable policies and standards of the Pleasan- ton General Plan for hillside development. The cluster concept of the proposcd development plan fulfills the applicable policies and standards of the Pleasanton General Plan for hillside dc- velopment for the following reasons: . Although the Low Density Residential land use designation would allow for a maximum density of 16 dwelling units, this land use dcsignation will be limited to a density of 8 dwclling units. Thcrefore, any changes of density - for example, increasing the density Item 6.c., PUD-58 and PGPA-ll Page 12 of34 August 23, 2006