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The four -lot project will preserve the existing trees adjoining Foothill Road by the channel thereby maintaining the appearance of this portion of the site facing Foothill Road. To do this, however, means that the 180 -foot to 200 -foot section of the bicycle lane in this area of the site will not be constructed; the other sections of the bicycle lane will be constructed along the remaining sections of the project's Foothill Road frontage. On the short section of Foothill Road by the channel, bicycles and cars will use the same travel lane. The Planning Commission had directed staff and the applicant to preserve the channel, the trees by the channel, and to extend the bicycle lane along the project's entire Foothill Road frontage. Since the Planning Commission's previous direction could not be completely achieved, staff brought the revised project back to the Planning Commission for the Commission's review and recommendation. Figure 1, below, is a photograph of the channel and the trees adjoining Foothill Road. r 1 Figure 1: Trees and Creek Channel Adjoining Foothill Road As requested by the applicant, the Planning Commission also considered an alternative method to measure the building heights for these lots from the height standard established by the West Foothill Road Corridor Overlay District. SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA Subject Property The Yee property is designated for Low Density Residential 2.0 du /ac) and Rural Density Residential (1 du /5 ac) land uses, and is zoned PUD LDR /RDR /OS (Planned Page 2 of 16