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Policy 3.04 Encourage infill development on vacant or underused sites within residential areas. Policy 3.09 Encourage the provision of a significant amount of executive housing as part of an effort to maintain and diversity the City's economic base. Policy 27.03 Encourage the use of native vegetation and drought tolerant non-native vegetation in landscaping plans. Policy 27.04 Maintain local planning and building standards that encourage the efficient use of water through such measures as low-flow plumbing fixtures and water-saving appliances. Require water conservation measures as a condition of approval for major developments. Policy 29.01 Require soils and/or geologic reports for development in areas where potentially serious geologic risks exist. Policy 29.03 Ensure that development within landslide-prone or geologically hazardous areas, where feasible, does not contribute to higher hazard levels on adjacent or nearby properties. Require drainage and erosion control provisions in such areas to avoid slope failure and to mitigate potential hazards to other properties. The project complies with the above policies and its General Plan designation, with recommended Conditions of Approval for compliance to Building Code standards for low-flow plumbing and review of landscape plans for native, drought toleratnt species. This proposal for an estate-style project on this large lot in Bay-O- Vista also meets the General Plan policies for provision of executive housing in appropriate locations. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This item is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15303. A Negative Declaration and Initial Study was prepared and adopted by the City Council in approval of a Tentative Map for this 12-lot subdivision in December 1989. PUBLIC NOTIFICA nON Notification for the Board of Zoning Adjustments meeting included all property owners within 500 feet of the subject property (including county residents/property owners). A notice was also sent to the Bay-O- Vista Homeowners Association. A legal advertisement was published in the Daily Review and the property was posted with placards. At the time of writing this report, no comments had been received regarding this item. The applicant presented the project to the Bay-O- Vista Homeowners Association on June 28, 2006. The association's board of directors stated their general support for the project. To date, Board of Zoning Adjustment Staff Report PLN2005-00063 July 20 2006 Page 7 of8