Reso PC15-02 PC Reso (3052) to Adopt Vesting Tentative Map & Planned Dev Permit - La Palma

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WHEREAS , the Commission has determined that the proposed Vesting Tentative Map, including the exception to the Subdivision Ordinance for street design and development standards, and the Planned Development Permit, including the design modifications, would further the purposes of and appropriately implement the City of Redwood City General Plan , applicable provisions of the Redwood City Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinance, and the La Palma Project at 1675 , 1679, & 1685 Kentfield Avenue. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED a S FOLLOWS : Section 1 . The Planning Commission finds that the above recitals are accurate and , together with the Staff Report and the application materials, including without limitation the IS/MND, Vesting Tentative Map , Planned Development Permit, and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda , maps, oral and written testimony, and materials in the City's file for the applications and the Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Project and the property including the City's Municipal Code, General Plan , Zoning Ordinance, and other applicable City laws and regulations, and all associated approved and adopted environmental documents, have together served as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this Resolution . Section 2 . Vesting Tentative Map TM2013-07 : Subject to the Subdivision Ordinance Exception in Section 3 below, the Planning Commission finds that: a . The map , design or improvements of the proposed subdivision are consistent with the general or specific plans, the Zoning Ordinance , or subdivision improvement requirements. The proposed subdivision is consistent with the General Plan , Zoning Ordinance , and subdivision improvement requirements, in that with the approval of the PD permit demonstrating that the proposed project would provide an environment of physical and functional desirability that would be in harmony with the character of the surrounding neighborhood or district. Additionally, the proposed project, including all of the requested deviations, would create a project that is desirable and in harmony with the neighborhood , by promoting a project design that encourages flexibility in the development of land by the Planning Commission . b . The site is physically suited for the proposed type and density of development. The project site is physically suited for the proposed type and density of development in the neighborhood because the surrounding properties are currently developed with single-family homes, duplexes, and multi-family residential units. Moreover, two similar approved developments ATTY/RES0.3052/PC RESO TO ADOPT VESTING TENTATIVE MAP & PLANNED DEV PERMIT — LA PALMA REV: 02-03-15 VR Page 2 of 17