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5 <br /> <br /> <br />· Carr, Yeley and Associates, May 27, 2016 <br />· Kris Johnson, June 6, 2016 <br /> <br />The appeals challenge (1) the approval of the Downtown Planned Community Permit, <br />(2) the determination that no further environmental review is required under CEQA, <br />(3) the City’s affordable housing impact fee and community benefits program, and <br />(4) the published noticing of the public hearing. (While the appeal by Carr, Yeley and <br />Associates’ appeal form states that they also appealed the Tentative Map and Planned <br />Development approvals, no contentions were made in the grounds for appeal that <br />pertained to either of those two approvals). <br /> <br />As discussed below, City Council has ample grounds to deny the appeals and uphold <br />the approval of the Project. In the following three sections, this report explains (1) the <br />Project is consistent with the Downtown Precise Plan, (2) the City complied with CEQA <br />and no further environmental analysis is required, (3) the Project complies with the <br />City’s adopted affordable housing regulations, and is not subject to payment of <br />community benefits, and (4) the public hearing was properly noticed in accordance with <br />the Redwood City Code. <br /> <br />I. The Project is Consistent with the Downtown Precise Plan. <br /> <br />Appellants assert that the Project is not consistent with the DTPP, including with <br />respect to (i) historic resources, (ii) architectural character regulations, (iii) height, <br />setbacks and size/scale requirements, (iv) the “complete streets” and street-character <br />policies, (v) the creation of a vibrant city center. In the following two sections, Staff <br />discusses (a) reasons for which the Project is consistent with the DTPP, and (b) <br />responses to the Appellants’ contentions. <br /> <br />a. The Project Is Consistent with the DTPP, which Established Zoning Regulations <br />for the Downtown Area, Pursuant to Article 52 of the Zoning Code, and Is the <br />Primary Means of Regulating Land Use and Development within the City’s <br />Downtown Area. <br /> <br />i. The DTPP Provides Zoning to Regulate Development in the Downtown <br />Area, Including through Mandatory Standards and Recommended <br />Guidelines, Which the Council Has Broad Discretion to Apply. <br /> <br />The City Council adopted the DTPP as a Planned Community District pursuant to Article <br />52 of the Zoning Ordinance. The purpose of such a Planned Community District is to <br />8.C. - Page 5