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THE PLEASANTON URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY INITIATIVE The People of the City of Pleasanton do hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. Declaration of Purpose The purpose of this measure is to: A. Achieve and maintain a complete, well-rounded community of desirable neighborhoods, a strong employment base and a variety of community facilities. B. Preserve open space areas for the protection of public health and safety, recreational opportunities, use for agriculture and grazing, the production of natural resources, the preservation ofwildlands, and the physical separation of Pleasanton from neighboring communities. C. Reaffirm and readopt General Plan programs and policies establishing Pleasanton's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). D. Provide a method for residents to participate in the review and amendments to the City's General Plan by requiring, with certain exceptions, any change in the UGB to be approved by a vote of the people. Section 2. Findini~s A. The General Plan Map designates an Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) line around the edge of land planned for urban development at General Plan buildout. The line distinguishes areas generally suitable for urban development and the provision of urban public facilities and services from areas generally suitable for the long-term protection of natural resources, large lot agriculture and grazing, parks and recreation, public health and safety, subregionally significant wildlands, buffers between communities, and scenic ridgeline views. The UGB is intended to be permanent and define the line beyond which urban development will not occur. B. The UGB line was established in recognition of the location of open space lands protected by a voter approved initiative, jurisdictional boundaries, and physical terrain constraints. The western UGB line is coterminous with the eastern border of the Pleasanton Ridgelands open space area. This 13,000-acre area is protected for parks and recreation, and large-lot agricultural uses, as a result of a voter approved initiative adopted in 1993, and through parallel policies adopted by Alameda County and the City of Hayward. The northernmost UGB is coterminous with the Pleasanton/Dublin city limit line. The eastern UGB extends through the Pleasanton quarry lands. Since the future use of land in this area will (ORD&RES\LrRBMEAS2.SAM)