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Chapter 18.76 H-P-D HILLSIDE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT Page 1 of 7 Pleasanton Municipal Code ATTACHMENT 3 Up Previous Next Main Collapse Search Print No Fra Title 18 ZONING Chapter 18.76 H-P-D HILLSIDE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT Article I. General Provisions 18.76.010 Purpose. The city is located in the Livermore-Amador Valley. Within the city's incorporated boundaries and within its sphere of influence are a series of major and minor hills. These hills constitute a significant topographical feature of the community because they are visible to all persons traveling on 1-580 and I-680, as well as to citizens residing in and around the community. Although most of the development within the city, caused by the migration of substantial numbers of people, has occurred in the flatlands, some development has occurred in the hills and more development in the hills will occur in the future. In order to insure that a harmonious visual and functional relationship will exist between the existing natural hillside environment and the growing manmade environment, development standards specifically designed for hillside development are required. It is therefore the declared intent of the city that appropriate undeveloped land in hillside areas be placed in a hillside planned development district to be identified by the initials H-P-D, in order to accomplish the following: A. To preserve significant features of a hill area in essentially their natural state as part of a comprehensive open space system; B. To encourage in hill areas an alternative approach to conventional flatland practices of development; C. To minimize grading and cut and fill operations consistent with the retention of the natural character of the hill areas; D. To minimize the water runoff and soil erosion problems incurred in adjustment of the terrain to meet on-site and off-site development needs; E. To achieve land use densities that are in keeping with the general plan; however, in order to retain the significant natural features of the hill areas,densities will diminish as the slope of the terrain increases; F. To insure that the open space as shown on any development plan is consistent with the open space element shown on the general plan; and G. To preserve the predominant views both from and of the hill areas and to retain the sense of identity and imageability that these hill areas now impart to the city and its environs. (Prior code § 2-2.3201) 18.76.020 Permitted uses. The following uses may be permitted in the H-P-D district: A. Single-family dwellings and planned unit developments; B. Recreation facilities, either for general public use or for the exclusive use of the residents of the subdivision or series of subdivisions of which the recreation facilities are a part; C. Recreational vehicle storage, stables, day nurseries, child care centers and managerial offices where any such use is owned by and used exclusively for the residents of the subdivision or series of subdivisions which contain such use; D. Schools,public or private,attendance at which satisfied the compulsory laws of the state; E. Churches and similar religious institutions; and F. Public facilities, such as administrative offices and similar uses, but not including storage yards, corporation yards, or similar uses; G. Other uses accessory to any permitted use. (Prior code § 2-2.3202) 18.76.030 Conditional uses. http://gcode.us/codes/pleasanton/view.php?topic=l8-18 76&showAll=l&frames=on 11/13/2012