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Ponderosa Homes - Lehman/Selway Property - Environmental Checklist General Plan The P1easanton General Plan designates the Lehman-Selway property for Low Density Residential land uses, with a maximum density ofless than 2.0 dwelling units acre and a midpoint density of 1.0 dwell- ing unit per acre. The proposed, gross density for this development is 1.36 dwelling units per acre fol- lowing the General Plan's methodology of calculating density based upon "Gross Developable Acres" as follows: "Gross Developable Acres shall include all privately owned acreage within a parcel and shall exclude all publicly owned facilities (e.g.. City-owned parks, flood control channels, and public school sites) or such sites planned to be purchased by a public agency. Acre- age to be devoted to publicly ownedfacilities dedicated as part of project (e.g., roadway rights-aI-way, parks, and trails) shall be included as "gross developable acres" unless such acreage is rendered undevelopable by other General Plan provisions. ,,2 Subtracting the portions of the Lehman/Selway properties developed with the Lehman and Selway homes, the property to be conveyed to the Palmer Drive neighbors, but not the land area for public streets, will yield a higher density of 1.57 dwelling units per acre for the production homes. Although the proposed density exceeds the mid-point, the City Council with its approval of RZ-97-02 exempted the Lehman-Selway property from providing on-site amenities. The proposed density is consistent with the gross density of the Bass Homes development to the south and east of the project site, including public street areas - 1.44 dwelling units per acre based on 50 exist- ing and unbuilt homes approved under PUD-83-1O and PUD-83-l2. Zonine The Lehman-Selway properties are zoned PUD-LDR (Planned Unit Development - Low Density Resi- dential). On April 1, 1997, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1709, which prezoned a 34.S-acre, unincorporated area including the Lehman-Selway properties, to the PUD-LDR District reflecting the underlying land use designation of the Pleasanton General Plan. With its approval, the City Council: . found a gross project density approaching two dwelling units per acre consistent with the Plea- santon General Plan; . deferred the project-specific environmental review to the review of the specific development plan applications for these properties; . deferred the project-specific review of building designs, density, setbacks, floor area ratios, etc., to the review of the respective development plan applications for these properties; and, . exempted these properties from providing on-site amenities if the project-specific densities ex- ceed the mid-point density of one dwelling unit per acre. The PUD development plan will place the development of the Lehman-Selway property under unified control, planned and developed as a whole under a single series of development approvals. The purpose PUD-50 and PTR-5572 Page 30f36 June 7, 2006