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1 REPORT To the Redwood City Planning Commission From Planning Staff April 7, 2015 SUBJECT Request by McGowan Development for a Planned Development Permit including modifications, Use Permit, and Vesting Tentative Map including modifications for a Nine Lot Residential Project located at 50, 80 and 88 Finger Avenue. RECOMMENDATION Hold a public hearing and adopt Resolution No. 15-07, recommending that the City Council approve the Planned Development Permit PD2008-06 including requested modifications, Use Permit UP2014-23, and Vesting Tentative Map TM2008-08 including design modifications, based on the findings set forth in the Resolution and subject to the Conditions of Approval listed therein and upon consideration of the First Amendment to the Draft Focused Environmental Impact Report for the Finger Avenue Nine-Lot Planned Development Project (Final EIR), dated June 2012, as certified by the City Council on September 10, 2012 and subsequent Addendum No. 1, dated March, 2015. BACKGROUND McGowan Development has applied for a Planned Development Permit including modifications to development regulations, a Use Permit to allow construction of improvements within a 25’ creek protection setback, and a Vesting Tentative Map including modifications to the required street width and configuration to develop a nine- lot single-family subdivision on 1.69 acres of land located at 50, 80 and 88 Finger Avenue in Redwood City (Project). The original project application was submitted in July 2006. Appeals and litigation have brought this project back to the City a third time for review and action on requested entitlements. Most recently, a Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Mateo decision upheld the City’s September 10, 2012 certification of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) but required revocation of previous project approvals. The court directed the City to evaluate future project entitlements in accordance with the City’s Municipal Code with reference to 1) Top of Bank determination, and 2) Processing of entitlements (specifically, requirement of a Use Permit and the required findings for encroachments within the 25’ creek protection setback). On April 28, 2014, the Applicant submitted an amended Vesting Tentative Map and Planned Development Permit application that addressed the court’s concerns. On November 25, 2014, the Applicant submitted a Use Permit application for construction of structures within the 25’ creek protection setback. The current amended application retains the nine-lot configuration with a U-shaped private one-way street with access from Finger Avenue. Review and action on the project will be de novo. The Planning Commission previously reviewed the project and made recommendations to the City Council on June 19, 2012. 8.B. - Page 94