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1. Permitted, conditional, and accessory uses shall be restricted to preclude uses incompatible with the goals and policies of the Plan. Such uses as transmission towers/satellite stations, quarries, windmill farms, logging, and other uses incompatible with the maintenance of the existing visual quality of the area shall not be allowed. Uses such as equestrian centers, stables, private recreational facilities, and other man-made improvements shall be subject to land use, site, and design review and must be developed in accordance with the "Design Standards for New Development" section of this Plan. 2. The base density shall be 100 acres per building site. 3. Any new homes, whether on a legal lot of record or on a lot created through subdivision, (i) must be located on a building site which meets the City's requirements for satisfactory access, public safety, site development standards, utility provision, and architectural design, (ii) must not interfere with the ability to initiate or continue agricultural uses on-site or on adjacent parcels, and (iii) must not preclude documented public agency plans to create or connect public use trails or open space areas. 4. For lots of 200 acres in size or larger, legal building sites may be clustered through subdivision of five acre lots meeting City standards for legal building sites (retaining an overall density of one home per 100 acres) if such clustering enhances agricultural productivity on large land holdings and if the remaining 95 percent of the original parcel is permanen~y set aside for agricultural/open space use by a legal vehicle such as a conservation easement or other equivalent means. On each five acre parcel resulting from such a subdivision, a development envelope of no more than one acre shall be identified within which all residential development and accessory uses shall be located. VI. DESIGN STANDARDS FOR NEW DEVELOP1VIENT All new uses and improvements within the Plan Area shall respect the sensitivity of the Ridgelands to on- and off-site views, environmental areas of sensitivity, and provision of necessary services. The following policies and standards shall apply in addition to those located elsewhere in the General Plan. 1. New development/park conflicts should be minimized. a. New development should minimize its intrusiveness to and incompatibility with existing open space parklands by screening views from parks of new development by landforms and/or vegetation.