RESO HRAC17-02 RESP 0069 Reso 851 Main Street

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Page 1 of 6 ATTY/RESOS/2017/RESO.0069/HRAC RESO 851 MAIN STREET REV: 07-05-17 PR RESOLUTION NO. 17-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY FINDING THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT LOCATED AT 851 MAIN STREET WILL NOT CAUSE A SUBSTANTIAL ADVERSE CHANGE IN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, ON THE ADJACENT HISTORIC RESOURCE, OR ON THE MAIN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF DOWNTOWN PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT NO. DPC2014-09 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN, AND CHAPTER 40 OF THE REDWOOD CITY MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, Applicant, The Acclaim Companies, has applied for a General Plan Amendment, Precise Plan Amendment, Downtown Planned Community Permit, Tentative Parcel Map, and Use Permit to demolish existing non-historic buildings located at 855 Main Street and 852 Walnut Street, to remove the south wall, roof and floor of the designated historic landmark located at 847-849 Main Street (DTPP Historic Resource DD), and to construct a multi-story addition to the designated historic landmark for a total of 85,732 square feet (“Project”) in the Downtown Precise Plan (“DTPP”) area; and WHEREAS, under Section 2.0.3.A.3 of the DTPP, the Project is classified as a Historic Project, and the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (“HRAC”) shall review the project for compliance with the applicable Historic Resources Preservation Standards and Guidelines and shall make a recommendation that the Planning Commission grant approval to projects which the HRAC deems to comply fully with those standards and guidelines; and WHEREAS, Section 2.0.3.A.3 of the DTPP also provides for exceptions to the Historic Resources Preservation Standards and outlines an alternate path for review; and WHEREAS, Section 2.1.4. of the DTPP requires additional review by a qualified architect or architectural historian for potential impacts on properties that contain historic resources to be preserved, impacts on historic districts, and properties adjacent to historic resources; and WHEREAS, Chapter 40 of the Redwood City Municipal Code requires the HRAC to review any application to tear down, demolish, construct, alter, remove, or relocate any improvement, or any portion thereof, which has been designated a historic landmark, is within a historic district, or is on a historic site; and WHEREAS, 847-849 Main Street is identified as a Historic Resource to be Preserved (Historic Resource DD) in the DTPP, is identified as a contributor to the Main Street Historic District, and is designated as a historic landmark (designated by the City