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City’s Response: The historic resource preservation, height, setback and other regulations address concerns with respects to views and view impacts. The City does not have separate regulations to preserve views from private property, such as 620 Jefferson Avenue. The City Council’s responsibility is to apply the existing regulations for the benefit of the larger community. viii. Summary: Staff Recommends Denial of the Appeals re: DTPP Permit. For the reasons set forth above, the City Council has ample grounds to deny the appeals with respect to the Planning Commission’s approval of the Downtown Planned Development Permit. Appellants’ contentions fall short of showing that the Council must grant the appeal and deny the Project based on non-compliance with the DTPP standards and guidelines. II. The City Appropriately Considered and Approved the Parking In-Lieu Fee Request. The Appellants contend that the City should not allow Applicant to pay an in-lieu parking fee to satisfy a portion of the parking requirement ($2,950,000 in lieu of providing 118 of the required 388 spaces). (See, e.g., Carr Appeal, p. 7; J&S Appeal, July 22, 2015 letter, p. 1, and June 10, 2015 letter, pp. 25-28.) Staff demonstrates below that the City has ample bases to deny the appeal on this ground. The DTPP and Section 30.2(C)(1) of the Zoning Ordinance provides that three parking spaces shall be provided per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area for shared parking which would be available to the public on nights, weekends and holidays. The Applicant is proposing shared public parking on the Project site. With 129,235 square feet of gross floor area, the minimum parking requirement is 388 spaces for shared parking. The DTPP allows new development projects to apply to pay an in-lieu fee rather than provide an associated number of parking spaces pursuant to Article 30.3 of the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance. (DTPP, p. 80 [2.6.2(B)].) Section 30.3(C) of the Zoning Ordinance authorizes the payment of an in-lieu fee to partially or fully satisfy off- street parking requirements if the City finds one or more of the following conditions applies: 1. It is infeasible to provide the required parking spaces on-site due to the size, shape, or topography of the site, or other special circumstances pertaining to the property; 7.A. - Page 15