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VII. PUD CONSIDERATIONS The Zoning Ordinance of the Municipal Code sets forth purposes of the Planned Unit Development District and "considerations" to be addressed in reviewing a PUD development plan. 1. Whether the plan is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general welfare: The proposed project, as conditioned, meets all applicable City standards concerning public health, safety, and welfare. The subject development would include the installation of all required on-site utilities with connections to municipal systems in order to serve the new lots. The project will not generate volumes of traffic that cannot be accommodated by existing City streets and intersections in the area. The structures would be designed to meet the requirements of the Uniform Building Code, Fire Code, and other applicable City codes. The proposed development is compatible with the adjacent uses and would be consistent with the existing scale and character of the area. Adequate setbacks would be provided between the new structures and the existing structures on the adjacent properties. Therefore, staff believes that the proposed PUD development plan is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general welfare, and that this finding can be made. 2. Whether the plan is consistent with the City's General Plan and any applicable specific plan: The Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan was developed to implement the City's General Plan for the Vineyard Avenue Corridor area and has been found by the City Council to be consistent with General Plan policies including densities consistent with surrounding properties, preservation of open space, protection of wildlife habitat, and mitigation of drainage impacts. The proposed PUD development plan has been designed or conditioned to meet the applicable Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan policies for the Hillside Residential and Open Space land use designations. The site will initially be developed with two single-family Hillside Residential lots with six single-family Low Density Residential lots to be developed in the future, consistent with Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan. Additionally, the development would be limited to only a small portion of the site, leaving the majority of land as natural open space. Staff believes that the proposed PUD development plan is consistent with the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan, as conditioned. By conforming to the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan, the proposed project also conforms to the General Plan. PUD-32 Page - 22 - November 14, 2007