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PLEASANTON RIDGELANDS PLAN - A General Plan Amendment Prepared by the Pleasanton Ridgelands Committee - January 27, 1992 PLEASANTON RIDGEI.ANDS The 7,100-acre Pleasanton Ridgelands is comprised of the steeply sloping, heavily forested eastern face of Pleasanton Ridge and its northerly spur ridges, upper Sinbad Canyon, Devaney Canyon, Sunol Ridge, Main Ridge, and the broken ridge and valleys along 1-580. Extending from the 670' elevation above Foothill Road on the east to Palo Verde Road on the west, and from 1-580 on the north to the existing EBRPD Pleasanton Ridgelands Park on the south, this predominantly open space area is of special concern to Pleasanton residents. Its visually prominent ridges form the primary backdrop for Pleasanton; the rugged canyon along 1-580 defines the gateway to Pleasanton, separating Pleasanton from East Bay Plain communities; and its highly aesthetic open space, which now is of primarily passive open space value, offers opportunities for high value active open space uses, both park and quasi- public. In order to achieve the active and passive open space aspects of the Pleasanton Ridgelands which have primary value while allowing all its landowners reasonable use of, or fair compensation for, their land, a specific set of General Plan policies -- the Pleasanton Ridgelands Plan - has been developed to govern land uses in this area. The Pleasanton Ridgelands Plan policies (designated 'P.R.I," "P.R.2,' etc.) are specific to the Pleasanton Ridgelands and are to be used in conjunction with all other General Plan policies.. In the event the application of these specific policies conflicts with any other General Plan policy, the specific policy shall control within the Pleasanton Ridgelands area. The Pleasanton Ridgelands Plan - Specific General Plan Policies The Pleasanton Ridgelands area shall have two General Plan land use categories: a "Development Zone" and a "Buffer Zone" as shown on Exhibit P.R.-1. The Buffer Zone has been created in order to achieve the primary open space goals sought to be achieved by the Plan: (i) perpetual maintenance of the visual quality and open space appear~ce of the 1- 580 corridor and the backdrop ridges above Pleasanton; and (ii) establishment of significant, publicly-accessible, usable regional open space parks and trails. The Development Zone has been created in order to achieve the primary development goals of the Plan: (i) creation of a high quality, fiscally serf-sufficient residential neighborhood capable of incorporating necessary environmental protections in a sensitive setting; (ii) creation of sufficient value to allow acquisition of the Buffer Zone as open ~tce through density transfer and/or development fees at no cost to existing Pleasanton residents; and (iii) creation of improved, publiely-acc~sible open space parkland and trails. The policies governing uses in each of the two zones are supplemented by general policies specific to the Pleasanton Ridgelands which have been designed to accord a high degree of sensitivity to the unique features of the Pleasanton Ridgelands.. Page 1