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5. Whether streets and buildings have been designed and located to complement the natural terrain and landscape. As conditioned, the proposed development of the site has been designed to be consistent with the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan. The access to the site would be from Vineyard Avenue Trail and the building pad has been designed to generally follow the site's natural con- tours, which help minimize the visibility and reduce the amount of grading necessary to con- struct the residence. Additionally, the proposed structure is a one-story building. The building design and orientation reduces the building's visibility from the adjacent recreation area and public view. Therefore, staff believes that this finding can be made. 6. Whether adequate public safety measures haven incorporated into the design of the plan. Through the provisions of the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan and the proposed condi- tions of approval, staff believes that all public safety measures have been addressed. The access to and from the proposed building would be from Vineyard Avenue Trail rather than Vineyard Avenue, which is a busy public street. A berm would be created along the Vineyard Avenue side of the lot to provide a noise and landscape buffer to separate the house from Vineyard Ave- nue. Therefore, staff believes that this finding can be made. 7. Whether the plan conforms to the purposes of the PUD District. The development of the existing PUD zoning designations for the Vineyard Avenue area recog- nized the fact the parcels in the area are irregularly shaped, and that the PUD zoning district was needed in order to properly implement the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan and to fa- cilitate development in a reasonable and orderly manner. The proposed PUD plan, through the conditioning of the subject PUD development plan, substantially conforms to the intent and re- quirements of the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan. Therefore, staff believes that this finding can be made. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT An Environmental Impact Report was prepared and certified for the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) specifies that individual resi- dential projects that are prepared pursuant to the requirements of an adopted specific plan, for which an EIR has been prepared and certified, are exempt from additional environmental re- view. Therefore, no environmental document accompanies this report. CONCLUSION Staff believes that as conditioned, the proposed building is in keeping with the themes, policies, and requirements of Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan and the surrounding area. The proposed site development standards have been created in accordance with Vineyard Avenue Item 6. b., PUD-43 Page 10 of 25 April 7, 2005