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Resolution No. PC-97-96 Page 3 2. The plan is consistent with the City's General Plan. The North Sycamore Specific Plan was developed to implement the City's General Plan for the North Sycamore Area. The Sycamore Specific Plan has been found to be consistent with the General Plan policies including preserving the character of existing residential neighborhoods, attaining a variety of housing types and densities, development outside 100-year flood zone areas, and development on stable soils. The proposed project's land uses, primary and secondary dwelling units, conform to the NSSP's PUD-Agriculture land use designation for the project site. 3. The plan is compatible with previously developed properties in the vicinity and the natural, topographic features of the site. The one-story building heights are compatible with other residential development near this site. The proposed dwelling and carport are well-designed. Adequate setbacks have been provided to reduce impacts on adjacent residences. Landscaping is attractive and is consistent with the surrounding development on Sycamore Road and the NSSP Design Guidelines. 4. The 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. The subject property is relatively flat. Grading will be limited to building pads, drainage swales, and circulation areas. The property is not located in an Alquist-Priolo Study Zone. Grading conducted on the site will be subject to engineering and building standards. Erosion control and dust suppression measures will be documented in the building permit plans and will be administered by the City's Building and Public Works Departments. According to the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Hazard maps, no portion of the site is located in a flood hazard zone. 5. Streets and buildings have been designed and located to complement the natural terrain and landscape. The subject site is located in a rural area. The proposed buildings will be compatible in size and scale with surrounding dwellings and will still afford views of surrounding hillsides. No new streets are proposed with the proposed application. No significant forms oflandscaping would be removed for the proposed development.