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about the visibility of future development and the loss of the rural environment westerly of Foothill Road as viewed from all of Pleasanton. One of the Commission's main recommendations was that all fencing on the west side of Foothill Road be open fencing. The proposed modifications were not adopted. During this comprehensive review, Delco Builders proposed the Lemoine Ranch project. Since the proposed changes to the WFRCOD had not yet been considered by the City Council, the Planning Commission and City Council decided that the developer should not be required to comply with the newly proposed changes; however, the developer was encouraged to meet the spirit of the proposed regulations and guidelines. Along this line of thinking, the Commission recommended to Council that some solid privacy fencing be allowed at Lemoine Ranch, so long as it was not located in a required yard (see hatched area in Figure 1 above). At the time the Lemoine Ranch project was reviewed in 1999, some Commissioners expressed concerns about any solid fencing at this development (see Attachment 3). Some limited privacy fencing outside of the required yard areas was ultimately approved in 1999. In 2000, the Council indefinitely continued the comprehensive review of the proposed changes to the WFRCOD. Consequently, the Commission's proposed open fencing regulations for the district were not approved. The WFRCOD fencing regulations currently state the following: "All lots open fencing shall be required, except that solid, privacy fencing may be allowed in areas of a lot not within required yard areas if screened by landscaping." Since the Lemoine Ranch subdivision is in a PUD, it is not required to strictly adhere to the regulations of the WFRCOD. However, as indicated above, throughout its inception, this project has been encouraged to meet the spirit of the regulations. In 2005 a new developer, Alameda New Communities, purchased the project and applied (Case PUD-99-1-3M) to install some solid fencing in the required yards to provide privacy primarily in bathrooms and bedrooms in the development (see Attachments 4 and 5). This PUD fencing modification was approved. As part of the modification, the Planning Commission recommended and the City Council approved a condition of approval requiring all future requests for solid fencing along a side and rear property line to be reviewed via the PUD Major Modification process. For this reason, the applicants have applied for a PUD Major Modification to allow additional solid fencing along a portion of a side and rear yard property line. The PUD Major Modification application is now before the City Council for review and action. SITE DESCRIPTION The Lemoine Ranch subdivision consists of 12 homes on approximately seven acres. The developer installed open and/or solid fencing on all of the lots, per the previous approvals. The property at 4526 River Rock Hill Road has solid and open fencing (see Attachment 7, Solid Fencing Plan). The property at 8001 Oak Creek Drive has all open Page 3 of 6