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PUBLIC NOTICE Notices regarding the proposed Planned Unit Development application and related public hearing were mailed to the surrounding property owners within a 1,000-foot radius of the project site. A map showing the noticing area is attached to this report. Terry Kingsfather, a resident at 2492 Silver Oaks Lane, inquired about the location of the proposed PUD and where the proposed home sites would be visible from his property. No other comments from the public were received. PUD CONSIDERATIONS The Zoning Ordinance of the Municipal Code sets forth the purposes of the Planned Unit Development District and "considerations" to be addressed in reviewing a PUD development plan. 1. Whether the plan is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general welfare. The proposed project, as conditioned, meets all applicable City standards concerning public health, safety, and welfare. The subject development would include the installation of all required on-site utilities with connections to the city systems in order to serve the two new lots. The project will not generate volumes of traffic that cannot be accommodated by existing City streets and intersections in the area. The future homes would be designed to meet the requirements of Building and Fire Codes, and other applicable City codes. The proposed development is compatible with the adjacent uses and would be consistent with the existing character of the area. Adequate setbacks would be provided between the proposed building envelopes and the existing homes on the adjacent properties. Furthermore, a site-specific Open-Space Management and Wildland Fire Protection Plan would be prepared to reduce fire risks associated with development of the site. Therefore, staff believes that the proposed PUD development plan is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general welfare, and that this finding can be made. 2. Whether the plan is consistent with the City's General Plan and any applicable specific plan. The VACSP was developed to implement the City's General Plan for the Vineyard Avenue Corridor area and to preserve open space, protect wildlife habitat, mitigate drainage impacts, and result in development that is designed sensitively around hillside areas. The proposed PUD development plan has been designed or conditioned to meet the applicable VACSP policies for the Hillside Residential and Open Space land use designations. The proposed project would be within the allowable density of the site as identified in the VACSP and is designed to minimize hillside grading and protect existing vegetation on the site. Staff believes that the proposed PUD development plan is consistent with the VACSP, as conditioned. By conforming to the VACSP, the proposed project also conforms to the Case No. PUD-116, 88 Silver Oaks Court Planning Commission Page 13 of 16