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structures or other impervious cover. The remaining 113.1 acres within the grading footprint
would be revegetated manufactured slopes and other landscaped areas. Therefore, a total of
approximately 74 percent (858.5 acres) of the project site would be retained as landscaped or
natural open space. The total open space after re-landscaping the disturbed areas would be
971.6 acres or 83 percent of the project area. The tract map for the proposed project is depicted
in Figure 4.

Development of the proposed project is governed by the Santa Clarita Valley Area Plan, which
is a component of the Los Angeles County General Plan. The current General Plan land use
designation for the site is “Non-Urban” on the Land Use Policy Map of the Countywide Land Use
Element, where slopes typically exceed 25 percent. The site is designated as ‘Hillside
Management” under the Santa Clarita Valley flea Plan. A slope density analysis was
completed, and VTTM 53822 has been designed to conform to the Santa Clarita Valley Area
Plan’s maximum density threshold for hillside management areas, which would allow for the
development of up to 405 dwelling units.

Grading Footprint

Grading on the project site will require approximately 6,900,000 cubic yards of cut and
6,200,000 million cubic yards of fill. Therefore, the project site would have approximately
700,000 cubic yards of extra on-site fill material that would be accommodated on-site through
soil shrinkage during grading operations. Therefore, grading will not require any off-site hauling
of fill material. No importation of fill is proposed.

Residential Lots

A total of 405 residential lots are planned for the project site. The residential lots range in size
from 7,851 square feet (Lot 101) to 36,398 square feet (Lot 350). The average lot size is
15,412 square feet. There are 151 larger sized residential lots proposed, (15,000 square feet or
larger) which can accommodate equestrian facilities. The development is proposed to be a
gated neighborhood with private streets. Gates would be located at the entrance to the project
site on Tapia Canyon Road, as well as on the “emergency access only” roadway connection to
the Tesoro del Valle project located to the east of the project site.

Open Space Lots

The project site contains five ‘Open Space” lots that would not be impacted by the proposed
project and would remain as natural open space. These lots equal a total of 724.5 acres, and
would be dedicated to the County of Los Angeles to be protected in perpetuity through a
conservation easement. In addition to the ‘Open Space” lots, many of the Home Owner’s
Association (HOA) lots would also be preserved as naturally vegetated and undisturbed open
space, while others would include irrigated manufactured slopes. Fuel modification activities
(vegetation thinning) for wildfire protection would also take place within the HOA lots. The
“HOA” lots will be owned and maintained by the HOA. The HOA lots are located between the
project footprint (roadway, graded pads, manufactured slopes) and the naturally vegetated
‘Open Space” lots.

Recreational Facilities

The proposed project includes an approximate 6.8 acre recreation site in the center of the
proposed project. This park space, labeled as Lot 469, would be dedicated to the Home
Owner’s Association (HOA), which would then be responsible for determining the ultimate
recreation facilities on the site. The long-term maintenance and operation of this park will be the
responsibility of the HOA. The project site currently contains existing unpaved hiking and

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