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slopes. and areas of seismic and geologic hazards. The City also requires special treatment of buildings in fire and flood zones. and reviews proposed projects in terms of desij,>11 impacts. To preserve open space areas surrounding the city that protect public health and safety. the General Plan t-.lap focuses most future development in areas close-in to the city. Wildlands Overlay Wildlands cover much of the south and west portions of the Planning Area. These lands arc located mostly around the San Antonio Reservoir, Southeast Hills, and the Pleasanton Ridgelands. :A-hm included arc \Vildlands arc also adjacent to the Arroyo Mocho, Arroyo de la Laguna, ftftt!-Arroyo del Valle, and Alamo Canal waterways. Other wildlands arc located along the railroad tracks and near the Donlon Way and Dublin Canyon culverts. \Vith the exception of the Pleasanton Ridgelands, which arc subject to the 1993lv1eaJllre F IlIitiative land use restrictions, the General Plan Map designates these lands are duip,nated as "Wildlands Overlay." Area.. .Ihn..n a3 \Vildlands Overlay areas contain valuable wildlife habitats and communities. They require special attention in order to 3afcguard protect biolo!-,>1cal diversity and to protect a number of federal- and State-listed special-status species kIted by federal and State ruouree ageneie... In most cases, wildlands also function as subregional corridors for the 1..(" elflent of wildlife movement between major open space areas .",eh a.l includinl' regional parks, wilderness areas, and watershed lands. 'Il,ese lands They-also enhance the human environment by providing scenic resources and educational opportunities. 'fhe--l.and-use designations "hich underlie underlyin!-, Wildlife Overlay areas arc Public Health and Safety, and Parks and Recreation. 'lbe purpose gtml-of the Wildlands Overlay is to retain the biological diversity and variety of habitats that might otherwise be lost if the land were developed. In order To ensure long-term preservation of biological diversity, a variety of habitat types need protection in areas large enough to include viable populations of species which may be present in low numbers. 'Il,erefore. wildlands include canyons, ridgetops, grasslands, woodlands, brush lands riparian corridors. wetlands. arroyos, and streamsll1'e-ftll iflcluded a3 "ildLIl{b~ Wildland areas arc not isolated islands surrounded by development; bttt-rather they belong to a major linked system "hich allo"j allowing wildlife movement through a net\,ork of regional open-space net\vork. 'll.i3 i.. aeeemf'li3hed by eonneeang 'lllUs the wildland areas connect the I'leasanton Ridge Regional Park on the west to the Ohlone Wilderness areaftflt!. on the south to San Francisco Watershed landsto the ..nutl.~and on the southeast to Del Valle Regionall'arkto the .o"thca..t~In this way, Plcasanton contributes an important subregional resource that is_much Inore valuable than isolated pockets of open space. ,\ dejeril'tion of the are.u tle..ignated "j Wildlantb O,erlay i. f'leJented beln... Con ()S I.kn,..nt, CC OR29()(,. rnUin~' VII-26