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b. When the public uses in Phase II aze being formulated for the currently unplanned public space, site planning and project design will also be incorporated to minimize this impact, as set forth in Specific Plan band Use Policy 1, Guideline 1.6. In addition, further environmental review will occur prior to approval of any uses in Phase II. c. Other City land use regulations and development controls applicable to the GHCBI Project which will minimize conflicts between different uses include the following: constructing noise barriers such as soundwalls or berms; regulating potentially disruptive commercial activities when adjacent to residences; enforcing the noise ordinance; requiring further planning entitlements for potential nuisance-causing uses, including the retail use; and enforcing the Zoning Code to ensure that commercial uses do not adversely afl'ect residences. d. West Parcel: The development adjacent to the GHCBI Project's western boundary is protected from on-site uses (which include a neighborhood park, residential units, and unplanned public space), by the Arroyo and its vegetated corridor. On [he northern border, off-site land uses consist of the Laguna Oaks PUD and a residential development. Adjacent on-site land uses consist of a currently unplanned public space, neighborhood park, and residential development. Because the type and scale of on-site and off-site uses aze fairly similaz, conflicts will be minimal. Implementation of regulations and development controls will ensure that any potential conflicts are further minimized. e. Central Parcel: On the northem border of the Central Parcel, the Bemal Corporate Center and the Alameda County Fairgrounds are located across Bernal Avenue. Adjacent on-site land uses include Commercial/Office, future retail, future fire station site, currently unplanned public space, and residential. Concern for minimizing conflicts between the Alameda County Fairgrounds and the GHCB[ Project influenced siting of these uses along the GHCBI Project border. The Commercial /Office development use experiences its busiest times during the day on weekdays, which is when the Fairgrounds, even during the fair, is less heavily used. The future retail site will require subsequent planning entitlements, which will include land use regulations and development controls which will minimize conflicts. The residential uses will be sitcd so that the front yards of the homes face a buffer (of currently unplanned public space or the fire station site) sepazating the homes from Bernal Avenue. The remaining portion of [he northem border is currently unplanned public space. As between uses within Phase I, Valley Avenue and the 0.9 acre Village Commons separates the commercial uses from the residential. The residential area also transitions from the more dense apartments, [o less dense 4,000 square foot lots. (And in Altema[ives C and C 1, the transition of densities further occurs with the 5,000 square foot lots sited beyond the 4,000 squaze foot lots.)