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Draft 2.0 Land Use Element The City's Zoning Ordinance further defines land-use types and densities, building height, parking, and other requirements of development. Zoning designations must be consistent with the General Plan, including the General Plan Map. Zoning designations include a specific list of uses allowed within a particular zone. These frequently include uses compatible with the main use but different in type, such as religious institutions within industrial zones. The General Plan intent is to incorporate the variety of compatible uses which are generally allowed by the zoning districts within each General Plan designation. Accordingly, "permitted and conditional" land uses allowed within the various City zoning designations are considered to be consistent with the corresponding General Plan land-use categories. Below is a general description of the land uses allowed under the Pleasanton General Plan. The allowable density of any zoning designation for any individual parcel must fall within the density range for the underlying General Plan designation as shown on Table 2-3, page 2-11, above. Any use allowed within the zoning district must also conform to the General Plan. When zoning individual properties, the City shall attempt to balance development at the upper end of the General Plan density range with the lower end so that the City can apply average densities -shown in Table 2-3 -city-wide. Within the Planning Area, the City shall maintain a maximum buildout of 29,000 housing units. The average densities shown in Table 2-3 were used to calculate the holding capacity of the General Plan and resulting levels of traffic, noise, and air quality. The General Plan Map's conceptual depiction of major arroyos as Open Space-Public Health and Safety applies the Open Space designation to the entirety of flood-control channel rights-of--way as ultimately determined by the City. These arroyos are not to be counted as part of residentially designated "gross developable acres." The City shall consider terrain of the land when designating land uses, so that it does not redesignate land that is not feasible or appropriate for development to Low-, Medium-, or High-Density Residential. All projects receiving PUD approval prior to the adoption of this comprehensive General Plan update in 2006 shall be deemed in conformance with the provisions of this Plan. Residential Areas Any housing type (detached and attached single-family homes, duplexes, townhouses, condominiums, and apartments) in addition to religious facilities, schools, daycare facilities, and other community facilities, may be allowed in any of the residential designations provided that all requirements of the Zoning Ordinance are met. ^ Rural-Density Residential - No more than 0.2 dwelling units per gross developable acre. Clustering of development shall be encouraged with lots of one acre and larger. LU element 082107 clean 2-22