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The Foothill Road area is covered by the West Foothill Road Corridor Overlay District and is considered a Special Interest Area by the General Plan and can be viewed from 1 -680. The site design fulfills the applicable policies and standards of the Pleasanton General Plan and the West Foothill Road Corridor Overlay District for the following reasons: The proposed building pads are well- separated from the existing developments to the north and south, which maintains the sparsely developed character of the hillside area. Viewsheds of the Pleasanton Ridge and hillside areas from Foothill Road and the residential neighborhoods to the east of Foothill Road are maintained. Open Space Area The open space areas between the building envelopes and property lines will be privately owned. The open space areas are limited to grazing activities cattle, goats, and similar animals as a wildland fire measure and, as conditioned, will be covered by a grazing management plan to ensure that steam and creek areas are not impacted. Small, non habitable storage sheds may be considered in the open space areas if directly adjoining the building envelope and with a conditional use permit application. The means to preserve the open space areas as permanent open space in perpetuity would include deed restrictions covering the open space areas of the lots. Design Guidelines Building and Landscape Design Guidelines Building designs for the private lots are addressed in the, "Yee Property Estates, Draft Site Development and Architectural Review Guidelines prepared by Joseph F. Gorny. Mr. Gorny will function as the subdivision architect peer reviewing the custom home designs. Landscape designs for the private lots and a portion of the open space area surrounding the private lots are addressed in the "Landscape Design Guidelines for the Yee Property prepared by PGAdesign, Inc. The guidelines recognize the unique character of the site. The goal of the design guidelines is to achieve a balance between prescriptive and mandatory measures for these lots. The information contained in the design guidelines is a good first effort for example, development standards are provided for grading, building massing, detailing, etc. and would begin to provide the degree of detail needed to ensure the successful translation of guideline statements to physical designs. However, staff believes that the proposed guidelines will benefit from additional coordination with the other consultant reports including the tree preservation plan and wildland fire management plan. The applicants concur. As conditioned, a tree preservation plan and a wildland fire management plan are required with the tentative parcel map. Staff believes that the design guidelines should incorporate the requirements of these reports into a single, comprehensive document for staff and the owners and their consultants. As conditioned, the revised guidelines will be reviewed and approved by staff before recordation of the parcel map. Item 6.b., PUD- 87- 19 -03M Page 23 of 37 April 28, 2010