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Resolution No. PC-2004-06 Page Three would be compatible with the mixed-use character in the area. The proposed building would be located near the western property line, away from the rear yards of the single-family homes to the east. Adequate setbacks would be provided between the new office building and the existing structures of the adjacent properties and the Arroyo del Valle. The second floor is set back away from the residents across the street. As conditioned, no second-floor windows would face the residents to the east. The development plan was designed to reduce impacts on nearby residential properties and the Arroyo del Valle and to preserve the existing heritage trees on the site. The site is relatively flat, although there is a slight slope downwards toward the Arroyo. Minimal grading will be needed in order to produce the required minimal slopes necessary to achieve proper drainage of storm water. The plan, as conditioned, is compatible with the previously developed properties and the natural topographic features of the site, and this finding can be made. 4. The proposed development site is compatible with the natural, topographic features of the site. The project site is in a developed area of the City and would not involve the extension of any new public streets. As an urban infill site, there is little natural terrain in the vicinity with the exception of the Arroyo del Valle, which is being preserved in its entirety and from which the proposed building and parking lot will maintain an adequate building setback. Development of the site complements the natural terrain by making only minor changes as necessary to the site's existing, relatively flat topography. Therefore, this finding can be made. 5. Grading in conjunction with the proposed development plan takes into account environmental characteristics and is designed in keeping with the best engineering practices to avoid erosion, slides, or flooding, and to have as minimal an effect upon the environment as possible. The subject property is relatively flat. Surrounding properties generally are at a similar elevation, and the project has been conditioned to maintain these elevations. A geotechnical, soils, and slope stability analysis was conducted for a similar project on the property in 1998, and a new report was conducted in 2003. Both concluded that the existing creek bank is stable and that the proposed parking lot would be adequately set back from the creek. As conditioned, the proposed project would adhere to all recommendation in the 2003 geotechnical report and would provide adequate drainage to prevent flooding. Erosion control and dust suppression measures will be documented in the building permit plan sets and will be administered by the City's Building and Safety Division and