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Resolution No. PC-2019-07 Page Two 3. Appropriate relationship of the proposed building and its site to adjoining areas, including compatibility of architectural styles, harmony in adjoining buildings, attractive landscape transitions, and consistency with neighborhood character; 4. Preservation of views enjoyed by residents, workers within the city, and passersby through the community; 5. Landscaping designed to enhance architectural features, strengthen vistas, provide shade, and conform to established streetscape; 6. Relationship of exterior lighting to its surroundings and to the building and adjoining landscape; 7. Architectural style, as a function of its quality of design and relationship to its surroundings; the relationship of building components to one another/the building's colors and materials; and the design attention given to mechanical equipment or other utility hardware on roof, ground or buildings; 8. Integration of signs as part of the architectural concept; and 9. Architectural concept of miscellaneous structures, street furniture, public art in relationship to the site and landscape. The proposed development includes the construction of one new home and one Accessory Dwelling Unit on an approximately 7.31-acre vacant lot. The lot has steep up-slopes toward the west and the lot is visible from Foothill Road. Some areas of the lot have steeper grades (i.e., over 50-percent) than other (i.e., 33-percent of less). Most of the existing vegetation on the lot is dispersed over the south side of the lot and outside of the approved building envelope. The proposed residence and Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) are wholly within the approved building envelope on the lot, avoids the steepest slopes on the lot, and does not conflict with the dense vegetation toward the south of the lot (proposing no tree removal). Additionally, an extensive landscape plan is proposed which includes planting approximately 52 trees on-site as well as other smaller plants and shrubs. The Planning Commission finds the proposed development on the site relates well to the site's built features and is sensitive to the site's natural features, vegetation and topography. The Planning Commission finds that the proposed development considers preservation of the natural beauty on the site and maintains an appropriate relationship to the landscape. The neighborhood includes a mixture of larger rural-residential lots, some of which remain vacant and others that have been developed with single-family homes typically sited with large setbacks and generous landscaping. The Commission finds that the proposed residence with generous setbacks is compatible with the land use pattern in the neighborhood and previously developed properties in the vicinity. The proposed development is sensitive to its hillside setting as the layout of the development avoids flat pad construction, follows the existing contours on the lot, and steps with the hillside. The proposed development will be visible from some vantage points on Foothill Road. However, once the proposed landscaping matures, the home will be substantially screened from view and will have limited visibility from Foothill Road. The Planning Commission finds the landscaping is designed to enhance architectural features, strengthen vistas, provide shade, and conform to established streetscape.