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Resolution No. PC-2003-21 Page 2 2. The plan is consistent with the City's General Plan. The North Sycamore Specific Plan (NSSP) was developed to implement the City's General Plan for the North Sycamore Area. The NSSP has been found to be consistent with the General Plan policies by facilitating development that is outside 100-yeaz flood zone areas, that is on stable soils, that does not create traffic impacts beyond acceptable standards, and which is at densities consistent with surrounding properties. The proposed development plan is consistent with NSSP policies and standazds, and the proposed design guidelines would help to ensure compatibility with surrounding land uses. The plan is compatible with previously developed properties in the vicinity and the natural, topographic features of the site. The applicant has proposed five lots where the North Sycamore Specific Plan originally identified nine lots. A proposed 2.59-acre lot with an existing residence at the northern side of the project would help to buffer the Ventana Hills neighborhood from impacts of the project and would help preserve the natural topography of the most visible portion of the lot. Cut grading similar to that implemented in the adjacent Bridle Creek project and single story height restrictions have been proposed to lower the height of the houses and reduce the visual impacts of the project. Design guidelines require house siting and azchitecture that is compatible with the surrounding development. 4. The grading takes into account environmental chazacteristics 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. All of the proposed grade changes would be designed consistently with the recommendations identified in the geotechnical report prepared for the development. Implementation of these measures would help to ensure adequate drainage of each of the lots and prevent erosion or slides. 5. The streets and buildings have been designed and located to complement the natural terrain and landscape. The proposed street has been designed to generally follow the site's natural slope. The 2.59-acre lot proposed at the northern end of the site and the retention of the existing residence will help to preserve the natural terrain and landscape of the most visible portion of the project site. The design guidelines require colors and material that would help the buildings to be compatible with the terrain.