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Resolution No. PC-97-09 Page 2 2. The plan is consistent with the City's General Plan. The proposed PUD prezoning and development plan have been designed to meet the applicable General Plan policies for the site's General Land Use designation. General Plan Land Use Desil1nation and Special Study Area The 360-unit residential development plan on this 92 acre site would result in an overall density of 3.9 dwelling units per acre. Consistent with the method outlined in the City's General Plan, all areas, including the 9.9 acres in the neighborhood park and squares and the project's internal streets, are included when calculating density. The City's 1996 General Plan identifies this site as an area of special interest and targets a density of 4 du/acre with a bonus of 1 du/acre for a superb "traditional planning" design concept. The project, as designed, meets this design objective. Other objectives identified in the Plan for this special study area include very generous front yard setbacks for new homes facing Mohr Avenue, the preservation of the two existing heritage homes on the site with no new buildings constructed in front of them, and the inclusion of at least nine acres of parkland (including up to three acres of landscape improvements in the adjacent Iron Horse trail corridor). Land Use Element: The project has been designed to address concerns, related to traffic and noise. A comprehensive traffic analysis has been completed to review various project designs and alternative access scenarios in order to ensure that the project-generated traffic would not have a negative impact in the surrounding neighborhoods. The project's connections to two existing streets in these neighborhoods, Kamp Drive and Mohr Avenue, would not produce volumes of traffic which are considered to be undesirable as established by the City's General Plan policy. The project design of this infill site is compatible with the densities and lot sizes found in the surrounding, medium-density residential areas. The project would also include a 6.7 acre neighborhood park, as well as several smaller neighborhood "open space" squares and a connecting trail way to and landscape improvements within the adjacent Iron Horse Trail corridor. Circulation Element The project has been designed to provide a safe circulation system which minimizes impacts to the existing streets in the surrounding residential neighborhoods. All interior streets and sidewalks within the project would be designed to meet City design standards and to provide a safe and effective circulation system within the development.