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c. Other City land use regulations and development controls applicable to the 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 ordii~ance; 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 affect residences. d. West Parcel: The development adjacent to the 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 the 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 are fairly similar, conflicts will be minimal. Implementation of regulations and development controls will ensure that any potential conflicts are further minimized. e. Central Parcel: On the northern border oftbe Central Parcel, the Bernal 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 Project influenced siting of these uses along the 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 sited so that the front yards of the homes face a buffer (of currently unplanned public space or the fire station site) separating the homes from Bernal Avenue. The remaining portion of the northern 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, to less dense 4,000 square foot lots. (And in Alternative C, the transition of densities further occurs with the 5,000 square foot lots sited~ beyond the 4,000 square foot lots.) f. East Parcel: For Alternative A and Alternative B, potential land use conflicts on the eastern boundary are minimized in several ways. First, the Alameda County Transportation Corridor (ACTC) functions as a 100-foot buffer between the East Parcel and lands to the east. Second, the PUD grading plans show the elevation difference between lands east and west of the ACTC (residential and currently unplanned public space on the Bernal Property site, office and light industrial off-site). 3