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Fact: All fire code requirements (sprinklers, <br /> fire-retardant materials, clear zones) <br /> will be met. <br /> <br /> Fact: A homeowners' open space management and <br /> fire management zone minimizes risks to <br /> the project as a whole. <br /> <br /> Fact: The revised project avoids placing <br /> houses in woodland areas of highest fire <br /> hazard. <br /> <br /> 6.a.2. Findinq: The "No Project" alternative is <br /> infeasible and other project alternatives would <br /> have similar effects. <br /> <br /> Fact: See 1.a.2. <br /> <br /> 6.B. Siunificant EffeCt: Emergency access roads are dirt <br /> and dangerously steep. <br /> <br /> 6.b.1. Finding: The revised project and project <br /> conditions substantially lessen this effect. <br /> <br /> Fact: Emergency access roads are required to <br /> be all-weather design with grades not <br /> exceeding 20%. <br /> <br /> POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS REMAINING AND/OR NOT MITIGATED <br /> TO A LEVEL OF INSIGNIFICANCE <br /> <br />Despite the measures adopted to avoid or substantially lessen <br />the potentially significant effects, certain effects would <br />occur which would remain significant, including: <br /> <br />1. alteration of existing land use and loss of rural fringe <br /> along Foothill Road~ <br /> <br />2. change in views of minor ridge through introduction of <br /> houses~ <br /> <br />3. short-ten visual impact of grading; <br /> <br />4. removal of heritage-sized and other trees; <br /> <br />5. introduction of night lighting on lower Pleasanton Ridge; <br /> and <br /> <br />6. introduction of 22 new residences in an area of geologic <br /> risk due to slopes/natural instabilities. <br /> <br /> <br />