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2. Whether the plan is consistent with the City's General Plan and any applicable specific plan: The site's General Plan Land Use Designation of"Mixed Use/Business Park" allows the existing office uses as well as the proposed retail and residential uses. The proposed density of 36.3 dwelling units per acre is consistent with the General Plan. The proposed project would further several General Plan Programs and Policies encouraging new housing to be developed in infill and peripheral areas which are adjacent to existing residential development, near transportation hubs, or local-serving commercial areas and for the City to attain a variety of housing sizes, types, densities, designs, and prices which meet the existing and projected needs of all economic segments of the community. Staff concludes that the proposed development plan is consistent with the City's General Plan, and staff believes that this finding can be made. 3. Whether the plan is compatible with previously developed properties in the vicinity and the natural, topographic features of the site: The project site is surrounded by a variety of uses: multi-story office buildings, a shopping center, and apartment housing. The proposed residential and retail uses for the site would be compatible with the surrounding uses. The building heights would be compatible with the multi-story office and apartment buildings on and adjacent to this site. The buildings have been attractively designed and would be compatible with the design of the surrounding structures. The buildings contain many architectural elements/treatments to help break up the building mass and height. New landscaping would be installed to soften the buildings and help screen the parking areas from off-site views. The majority of the site is relatively level. Except for the podium garage excavation and removal of the landscaped berms, the existing grades on the property would generally be maintained. Grading conducted on the site will be subject to engineering and building standards prior to any development. Therefore, staff believes that this finding can be made. 4. Whether grading takes into account environmental characteristics and is designed in keeping with the best engineering practices to avoid erosion, slides, or flooding to have as minimal an effect upon the environment as possible. As described above, the site is relatively level with minimum changes in grades proposed. Erosion control and dust suppression measures will be documented in the improvement plans and will be administered by the City's Building and Public Works Divisions. City building code requirements would ensure that building foundations, on- PUD-85-08-1 D-4M Page - 28- March 27, 2013