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GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 93 -7: RIDGELANDS AREA Description of Ridgelands Area The Ridgelands Area includes approximately 13,000 acres generally bounded by I -580, Palomares Road, Niles Canyon Road, Foothill Road, and the 670 foot Residential/Open Space boundary in the Pleasanton General Plan, exclusive of the existing communities of Sunol, Kilkare Canyon, and Castlewood. This area includes all of the East Hills Annex east of Palomares Road (see map following page VII -20). Background Hayward has long recognized the Ridgelands Area as a valuable natural resource and a regional asset. More recently, the City has recognized that protection of this resource will require the cooperation of all surrounding jurisdictions. Because of the extraordinary need for inter jurisdictional coordination, the City has supported a joint planning effort with the City of Pleasanton and Alameda County. This cooperative venture has produced a consensus on objectives and policies which will ensure preservation of permanent open space, recognize existing development and the possibility of limited future development, and provide for improved access to public parklands. Land Use Policy 1: The General Policies Plan Map designation of Open Space -Parks and Recreation includes the approximately 3,200 acres owned by the East Bay Regional Park District that is within the Ridgelands Regional Park. Policy 2: The General Policies Plan Map designation of Limited Open Space includes the remaining acreage and requires a 100 acre minimum parcel size. The Limited Open Space designation includes cemeteries, agricultural and grazing lands, land which is undevelopable. due to slope or other hazards, and lands proposed for park or other permanent open space. Policy 3: Allow continuation of existing uses and recognize existing legal lots of record and legal building sites in accordance with applicable regulations of the City in effect as of the date of adoption. V1I -18 As amended 7/27/93 EXHIBIT B -1