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Resolution No. PC-99-20 Page 2 2. The plan is consistent with the City's General Plan. The proposed project's land use conforms to the "Retail, Highway, and Service Commercial; Business and Professional Offices" Land Use Element designation for the project site. The building would help provide additional space for businesses to serve residents and businesses of Pleasanton and its market area and would be consistent with Policy 4 of the General Plan's Land Use Element. The proposed project is in conformance with the Downtown Specific Plan's "Office" land use designation for the site. The Specific Plan encourages office space which would provide daytime patronage of retail stores, services, and restaurants in the Downtown. The plan is compatible with previously developed properties in the vicinity and the natural, topographic features of the site. The Downtown project site is surrounded by a variety of uses: single- and multi-family residential, office, and public and institutional uses. As conditioned, the proposed office building would be compatible with the mixed-use character of the area and has been sensitively designed. As conditioned, the proposed setbacks, landscaping, fence design, and land use restrictions will reduce or avoid the potential impacts on adjacent properties. The site is relatively flat, and minimal grading operations will be needed in order to achieve proper drainage of stormwater from the site. Grading conducted on the site will be subject to engineering and building standards prior to any development. The 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. The subject property is relatively flat. Surrounding properties generally are at a similar elevation and the project will generally maintain these elevations. City building code requirements would ensure that building foundations, on-site driveways, and parking areas are constructed on properly prepared surfaces. Erosion control and dust suppression measures will be documented in the building permit plan sets and will be administered by the City's Building and Public Works Departments. Urban clean water runoffmeasures will be incorporated into the project through conditions of approval. The property is not be located in the Alquist-Priolo Study Zone. The flood hazard maps of the Federal