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Staff Response <br /> Staff prefers to identify and evaluate ridgelines on a case-by-case basis with <br /> individual development applications. Staff has proposed some minor word <br /> changes to the definitions of ridge and ridgeline as follows: <br /> Ridge and Ridgeline. <br /> A ridge is a landform created by a series of hills. A ridgeline is a <br /> continuous ground line connecting the highest elevations of a ridge. The <br /> end of the ridgeline shall be the last peak on each end of the landform at <br /> which the elevation of the ridgeline no longer rises in elevation, and only <br /> decreases in elevation. <br /> Revisions to the Proposed Code Chapter <br /> Revisions to the proposed code are attached in both final and edited formats. In the <br /> edited version, added text is indicated with blue underline and deleted text is indicated in <br /> red strike-through <br /> Public Comment <br /> Attached is an email with attachment from Allen Roberts (16 Grey Eagle Court). Staff <br /> has not received any other written or verbal communications since the January 23`d <br /> Planning Commission hearing. <br /> Staff Recommendation <br /> Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Case P12-1796 by taking the <br /> following actions: <br /> 1. Find that the proposed amendment to Title 18 is categorically exempt from <br /> environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, <br /> Section 15308, Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment; <br /> and <br /> 2. Adopt a resolution recommending approval of the Draft Chapter 18.70 Ridgeline <br /> and Hillside Protection and Preservation, Exhibit A, dated February 13, 2013. <br /> Exhibits: A. Print copy of Chapter 18.70, Ridgeline and Hillside Protection and <br /> Preservation, dated March 13, 2013. <br /> A. Edited copy of Chapter 18.70, Ridgeline and Hillside Protection and <br /> Preservation, dated March 13, 2013. <br /> B. Minutes of the Planning Commission public hearing held on <br /> February 13, 2013. <br /> C. Comments from Alan Roberts. <br /> Staff Planner Marion Pavan, Associate Planner, (925) 931-5610, mpavan @cityofpleasantonca.gov <br /> Page 5 of 5 <br />