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Visual Impact Assessment Griffith Energy Storage Project • provides a route for people to view the Delta waterways; and • links two scenic routes or connects with scenic routes of cities or other counties. NCR-7.4:Visually Complementary Development.The County shall require new development adjacent to scenic resources to be sited and designed to visually complement those resources,except in MR-Z designated areas. NCR-7.5: Require Landscape Plans.The County shall require landscape plans for new development along State-or County-designated scenic routes. NCR-7.6: Preservation of Ridgelines and Hill Tops.The County shall ensure that ridgelines and major hill tops remain undeveloped. NCR-7.7: Reducing Light Pollution.The County shall encourage project designs, lighting configurations,and operational practices that reduce light pollution and preserve views of the night sky. NCR-7.8: Underground Utility Lines.The County shall require all new electric and communication distribution facilities adjacent to scenic routes to be placed underground,whenever feasible.Where overhead utility lines are unavoidable,every effort should be made to reduce the visual impact through elements of design. Goal LU-3: Preserve and enhance the character and scale of San Joaquin County's communities and rural areas,including their architectural heritage and historic character. Policies: LU-3.1:Contextual and Compatible Design.The County shall ensure that new development respects San Joaquin County's heritage by requiring that new development respond to its context, be compatible with the traditions and character of each community,and develop in an orderly fashion which is compatible with the scale of surrounding structures. LU-3.3:Transitions in Scale.The County shall encourage a balance of the scale and massing of new development to the physical and visual character of adjoining uses to provide appropriate transitions in building height and bulk that are sensitive to the physical and visual character of adjoining neighborhoods. LU-3.10:Visual Access.The County shall encourage new development to maintain views of hillsides, creeks,and other distinctive natural areas by regulating building orientation, height,and bulk. Goal LU-8: Protect open space for its recreational, agricultural,safety,and environmental value and provide adequate parks and open space areas throughout the County. Policies: LU-8-1:Open Space Preservation.The County shall limit,to the extent feasible,the conversion of open space and agricultural lands to urban uses and place a high priority on preserving open space lands for recreation, habitat protection and enhancement,flood hazard management, public safety, water resource protection,and overall community benefit. OTETRA TECH 31 August 2023