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The project fills the need for housing to meet future needs, particularly the need for larger lots as set forth in Policy 3 of the Housing Policies of the General Plan: Policy 3: Stimulate development of single family housing units on lots of 20,000 square feet and greater... Program 3.2: Zone sufficient land for R-l-20 and R-l-40 developments to increase the supply of large lots in peripheral areas. 12. Cancellation will not result in discontinuous patterns of urban development. The Garms property is adjacent to existing urban development east of Foothill Road. The density permitted on the Garms property is less intense than development across Foothill Road, which creates a feathering down of density between the existing development east of Foothill and the open spaces of the Pleasanton Ridge. With approaching buildout of properties east of Foothill Road, the proposed use is a logical extension of existing development. Foothill Road is the adjacent street which provides an existing street access and utilities to the Garms property. Development of the Garms property will constitute an orderly and efficient expansion of the City of Pleasanton. 13. There is no proximate noncontracted land which is both available and suitable for the use to which it is proposed the contracted land be put, or, that development of the contracted land would provide more contiguous patterns of urban development than development of proximate noncontracted land. There is no proximate noncontracted land which is both available and suitable for the use to which it is proposed the contracted land be put. one of the top priorities of the City, as evidenced by the General Plan, has been the creation and development of housing opportunities for all segments of the community. In particular, the General Plan calls out for the need of larger (i.e., 20,000 square feet or more) residential lots. There has not been a sufficient supply of custom or estate lots to meet the market demand. Indeed, the lots in two recent estate type projects - Foxbrough Estates and Vintage Heights II - were quickly sold and developed by anxious buyers. Clearly, maintenance and replenishment of a supply of large lots is necessary not only to meet the policies of the General Plan, but also to meet market demand.