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B. Of the properties subject to the Initiative that can support greater than ten units <br />under the General Plan, the Yee project and the Maroon Creek project (see <br />Exhibit C), both west of Foothill Road, are proposing fewer than ten units, which <br />would exempt these projects from the Initiative. <br />C. The properties that appear to be impacted are the Lester property (off of Dublin <br />Canyon Road) and properties in the Southeast Hills -Lund Ranch II property, the <br />Foley property, potentially the Lin (Oak Grove) property (if that project is <br />overturned by referendum), and potentially the Spotorno property4 (within the <br />Happy Valley Specific Plan area). (See Exhibit C.) <br />Although the number of units on hillside properties would likely be reduced between 119 <br />and 224 units due to the Initiative (see Table 1), those units will likely be built elsewhere <br />in Pleasanton. Due to the housing cap, there are only a limited number of units remaining <br />that can be developed in the City, and developers have expressed interest in building all <br />of the units that are available under the cap. Furthermore, State law requires that units on <br />property identified in the Housing Element as developable which do not receive <br />development entitlements must be transferred elsewhere in the City.s Therefore, units <br />that cannot be developed in hillside areas under the Initiative will be built in other areas <br />of the City, such as in the Hacienda Business Park, the Downtown, and/or other flat in-fill <br />sites throughout the City. Although certain property owners would be impacted by this <br />consequence of the Initiative, the City overall, from a land use perspective, will not be <br />affected significantly.b <br />a Regarding the Spotorno property, as currently designated in the Happy Valley Specific Plan, the <br />Spotorno Upper Valley would be impacted by the Initiative. If, however, Greenbriar Homes' proposed <br />General Plan amendment and Specific Plan modification (as to the Spotorno property) are approved, <br />development would be transferred to the Spotorno Flat, which is land generally having less than 25% <br />slopes; the question of the application of the Initiative to the Bypass Road is discussed in Sections 4.2 and <br />5.7, below. <br />s See Government Code §65863. <br />6 See Section 4.5 for a discussion about traffic impacts, and Section 7 for fiscal impacts. <br />5 <br />