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3. Initiative's Proposed General Plan Amendments The Initiative proposes two new policies for the General Plan, one regarding hillside development regulations and the second defining a housing unit, as follows: Policy 12.3: Ridgelines and hillsides shaA be protected. Housing units and structures shall not be placed on slopes of 25 percent or greater, or within 100 vertlral feet of a ridgeline. No grading to construct residential or commercial stuudures shall occur on hillside slopes 25% or greater, or wkhin 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline. Exempt from this policy are housfng developments of 10 or fewer housing units on a single property that was, as of January 1, 2007, "legal parcel" pureuant to the CalHomia 3ubdivialon Map law. Splitting, dividing or wb-dividing a "legal parch" of January 1, 2007 to approve moro than 10 housing units is not allowed. Policy 15.3: A housing unit is defined to induds any rosidsnce that indudes a kitchen (sink, cooking device, and refrigerator) and a bathroom (toilet, tub or shower). The City Coundl shall uphold the housing cap and shall not grant waivers that exduds housing units consistent with this definition. (See Exhibit A.) ~ addition, the Initiative includes a purpose statement, as weU as a list of five reasons for the circulation of the Initative.2 4. Elections Code X9212 Elements: 4.1. Effect on Land Uae, Location of Horsing, and Ability to Meot Regional Needs If adopted, the Initiative would reduce the number of housing units which couldrbuilt on hillside properties. This reduction would result by the Initiative's policy pro ling building new houses on land with slopes of 25°Y6 or greater and/or within 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline. However, the overall citywide impact concerning this policy is likely limited for the following reasorts3: A. Several hillside properties have development potential for fewer than ten traits under the existing General Plan mid-point density, so they could contin»e to be developed with the same number of units as exempt under the htitiadve. = The purpose statemeox and reesotr far the citculatioe of the hutiadve aro not put of the Initiative itult; but provide suidwee for purposes of isterptetiog the text of the Initiative. 'Ibe analysis in this section presumes that properties which develop tea or fewer housing waits are exempt from Policy 12.3 of the lsitiativa, a expressly set forth in the htidativs. '~° exPmded disetuuioo of the applicability of this examptioa cm be found is Sections 3.1 and S.I 1, below. 4