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Date Event Outcome <br /> parking spaces, aisles, access drives, and landscaped areas." <br /> "Access drives" are referred to for: 1) Off-Street Parking <br /> Requirements related to Dwellings and Lodging sections <br /> concerning Trailer Parks 2) the RM section states that at least 4 <br /> feet of landscaped space is needed between a pedestrian walk to <br /> a parking space, aisle or access drive, entrances and floor level <br /> windows for a dwelling unit must be at least 6 feet from a <br /> parking space, aisle or access drive and can be closer than 6 feet <br /> and 3) the Off-Street Parking section which states parking <br /> spaces, aisles and access drives that connect to streets or alleys <br /> must be paved and have proper drainage and 4) Off-Street <br /> Loading section which states loading areas, aisles and access <br /> drives must be paved and have proper drainage. <br /> Includes section on Hillside sites in R-1 districts <br /> July 28, 1975 Hillside Protection District HPD ordinance is adopted in <br /> Pleasanton Municipal Code which applies to development where <br /> the average slope is greater than 10% <br /> May 1977 Ridgelands: A Multijurisdictional Open Space Study is <br /> published which maps area ridgelands in Alameda, Contra Costa <br /> and Santa Clara county and provides 68 pages of <br /> recommendations from the Ridgelands technical work group and <br /> citizen advisory committee. <br /> 1983 Ridgelands referendum for"Rancho Sunol" 85 unit Nipper Voters overturn <br /> Ranch subdivision collects 52,805 signatures project <br /> 1987 1987 General Plan for Rural Density Residential (RDR— 1 unit <br /> for 5 acres) development is only allowed for less than 25% slope <br /> AND less than 670 feet in elevation. For greater than 25% slope <br /> OR 670 feet in elevation, development is not allowed and the <br /> land use designation is Public Health and Safety. Public Health <br /> and Safety is land set aside for protection of the public health <br /> and safety due to geologic, topographic, fire or other hazards. <br /> Nov. 6, 1990 Measure N is placed on ballot that is a citizens initiative after Voters reject <br /> over 5000 signatures to change land use designation to <br /> Agriculture and Grazing <br /> Nov. 6, 1990 Developers have Pleasanton city council place confusing Voters approve <br /> countermeasure on ballot called Measure M which calls for a <br /> Ridgelands committee to determine land uses with an interim <br /> designation of Public Health and Safety <br /> [Note that subsequent to this, Ridgelands committee is appointed <br /> that has more than a majority of members that are land <br /> developers or have land development interests. They <br /> recommend 2,640 residential units be put in ridgelands and <br /> extend development in canyon all the way to Sinbad Canyon.] <br /> June 2, 1992 Measure K development plan is written by city staff to put on Voters reject <br /> ballot consisting of two roadways (measure states "Roads are <br /> often the modest obstrusive aspects of hillside development...") <br /> 4 <br />