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8.A. - Page 114} <br /> I 1 IA[ IGI�` <br /> manatt � phelps � phillips <br /> Honorabte Mayar and Members of the City Council <br /> August 15, 2011 <br /> Page 3 <br /> . Policy BE 8.2: Pro�ide connections to commercial uses, <br /> schoois, trails, and local psrks. <br /> • Policy BE 8, 3: Address a�ersized and out-of-scale <br /> residential developrnent, including appropriate <br /> n�ighborhood building scaie and compatibility. <br /> Other important pzovisians ofthe G�neral Plan must inform any environmental rcview of a <br /> praject proposed in the hillside neighborhoad area. �or example, Pragram NR-48 pro�ides a <br /> special focus an the Ernerald Hills neighborhood as a recominended sita for additional oak tree <br /> plantings. Further, the neigl.iborhoad is described i� the General P�an's Historic ResoUrces <br /> element in light of the significant history associated with tl�e area. <br /> (b) AdiaCent Cammwniines Have Recognized The Uniquc And Sensitive Nature <br /> of the Area <br /> Adjacent municipalities have also recognized the unique and sensitive na�ure of the Emerald <br /> HiIls area. The To�uvn of Woodside has adopted an Exmerald Lalce Hills Specific Plan, which <br /> recognized the very smal� sixe of the lat� in the subdivision and restricts oversized development. <br /> Inc�eed, Woodside rscognized that because of the very small size af the lots (as concei�ed in <br /> X926), many o#'the residences in the are� rwere built on two or more lots. (See Emerald Lake <br /> Hills Specific Plan, p. 1.) <br /> Similaxly, the County of San Mateo nas an adopted Emerald Lake Hills Community Plan, �rhich <br /> describ�s the Emera]d Lake Hills area as follovvs: <br /> Initial snbdivisions in Emerald Lake Hills occurred wifh few <br /> regalatory cantru�s and created Far toa many lots. Many of the <br /> lots are paorly desfgned in relation Ea the nataral features <br /> found in the area. Severa! excessively narrowv lots lie in <br /> strean.►beds andlor on steep rocky slopes, Some very small lots <br /> on the steepest hillsides contain as little as 2,500 sq. ft. while <br /> others cpntain 10,000 or 20,040 sq. ft. bnt have contours that <br /> require extensive grading �nd vegetatian removal in order to <br /> develop tl►ern. <br /> (San Mat�o County Area �ian Summary, p. 2.2, empn. added.) The County's plan also identi�'i�s <br /> significant roadway, watex supply and wastewatex, and fire �rotection problems in the Ernerald <br /> Lake Hi�ls area. <br />