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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> <br />ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 92-217 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION UPHOLDING THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION <br />THEREBY APPROVING VESTING TENTATIVE MAP TRACT 6563 FOR 38 <br />LOTS, THE APPLICATION OF CURRIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />Currin Construction Company has applied for a vesting <br />tentative map to allow the subdivision of an <br />approximately 91-acre site into 55 single-family lots and <br />one, approximately 41-acre open space lot, located at <br />8015 Foothill Road; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />zoning for the property is PUD (Planned Unit Development) <br />- Rural Density Residential/Low Density Residential <br />District; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the <br />vesting tentative tract'map on November 11, 1992, and <br />approved a 38-1ot subdivision for this site; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />the applicant appealed to the City Council for approval <br />of the 55-1ot subdivision application; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />a public hearing was held on November 17, 1992, at which <br />time the City Council considered all public testimony, <br />relevant exhibits and recommendations of the City staff <br />concerning this application; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />the City Council could not make the tentative map <br />findings that the proposed 55-1ot subdivision was <br />consistent with the City's General Plan because the <br />acceptable risk policy stated in the Public Safety <br />Element of the General Plan could not be met with 17 of <br />the 55 homes proposed to be located on the hillside or <br />closer than 50 feet to the toe of the hillslope; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />the City Council could not make the tentative map finding <br />that the site is physically suitable for the 55-1ot <br />subdivision because the hillside and areas within 50-100 <br />feet of the toe of the slope are susceptible to risk of <br />movement and instability due to seismic or landslide- <br />induced hazards, and therefore pose a potential risk of <br />damage to structures, utility lines and roads; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />the City Council determined that the stability of the <br />ancient landslide does not meet the City's acceptable <br />risk policy of the General Plan Public Safety Element to <br />allow houses to be constructed on, or within, 50-100 feet <br />of the toe of the slope, but that a 38-1ot subdivision, <br />with homes located entirely on the flatter portion of the <br />site, was appropriate for the site; and <br /> <br /> <br />