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493 Councilman Rhodes moved to introduce Ordinance amending the Zoning Map to rezone property from "TP (Tidal Plain) District to "GI " (General Industrial ) District , located in unsubdivided lands of Leslie Salt Co . , adjacent to Redwood Creek , and adjacent to and westerly of Leslie Salt Pile , seconded by Councilman Keckley , and carried . PUBLIC HEARING , Appeal of DOLLINA BLOMQUIST RAYER from granting by the Planning Commission of a Variance to Sections 9 . 9 ( c ) , 9 . 10 and 32 , 2 (b) of Ordinance No . 1130 , to William H . Royer to permit a 4i-unit apartment complex for the elderly where 38 units are allowed , to permit rear yard of 10 feet where 15 feet is required , and to permit 22 parking spaces where 55 are required , in an "R-4 " (Multi - family - Medium Density) District , 942 Cleveland Street , declared open and affidavits of publication and mailing ordered filed . Planning Commission at its meeting of December 22 , 1970 , granted the Variance , modified from the original application which had requested a rear yard of 8 feet and 15 parking spaces , subject to several conditions . Appeal has been filed on the basis of objection to reduced parking space requirements , increased density and reduction of rear yard setback . Communications had been received from the following : Dollina Blomquist Rayer , 526 Lincoln Avenue , Redwood City ; Mrs . Barbara Bacon and Mr . Ralph Martini , 525 Vera Avenue , Redwood City ; and James B . Milam, 458 Lincoln Avenue , Redwood City . Richard Gardella 541 Jefferson Avenue , Redwood City , representing Appeallant , and partially representing other residents in the area , stated that they do not oppose an apartment house on this particular site . They do oppose the variance , principally the variance on parking requirements and the variance in the number of units in excess of the permitted number , Technically speaking , they are objecting on the basis of the failure of the Planning Commission to make findings of fact necessary to grant a variance . He pointed out their belief that the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance do not permit these variances , and that granting the variances in this instance constitutes a special privilege . He also called attention to recent changes in the Zoning Ordinance reducing the density in this area . He presented a petition with 137 signatures , and a map showing the lots in the area owned by the people who have signed the petition . He also presented photographs of similar housing for the elderly which he said showed that parking space was utilized , and illustrated green areas which are needed in housing developments for the elderly . City Attorney requested that the Applicant ' s pictures be marked Exhibits 1 and 2 , the Petitions , Exhibit 3 , and the Plat , Exhibit 4 , and entered into the record .