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7.A. - Page 43 Id lack of maintenance, causing negative impact upon the health, safety, welfare and economic prosperity of the City and its citizens. Because of the unique nature of the problems created by condominium and community apartment projects, it is the express intent of the City to treat such projects differently from other types of multi- family dwellings and to establish rules and standards thereof, regulating the construction of, and conversion to, condominium projects and community apartment projects in the City." In accordance with this purpose, the Final Map will be reviewed for substantial conformance with the Tentative Map pursuant to all applicable standards outlined in Chapter 30 of the Municipal Code. Conformance with these standards will occur prior to City Council approval of the Final Map. Planned Development Permit Pursuant to Article XI, Section 30.134 of the Subdivision Ordinance, approval of a Planned Development (PD) Permit is required as part of the approval for a Condominium Permit. Section 46.7 of the Zoning Ordinance states that the Planning Commission may approve a PD permit if the project will provide an environment of physical and functional desirability, in harmony with the character of the surrounding neighborhood and the DTPP area. As discussed in previous sections of this Staff Report, the project complies with all of the standards established in the DTPP, and the AAC has recommended approval of the five proposed deviations from the guidelines. In addition, the HRAC has determined that the project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of the historic resource at 620 Jefferson Avenue, and that it will remain eligible for listing in the California Register. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW In 2010, an Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse #2006052027) was prepared to assess potential impacts resulting from the implementation of the DTPP. The DTPP established new land use, development, and urban design regulations for the 183 -acre DTPP area, including the potential for up to 2,500 net new dwelling units, and 100,000 net new square feet of retail development. The DTPP Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified by the City Council on January 24, 2011. An Initial Study checklist has been prepared to consider whether any new effects not identified in the DTPP EIR may be created by construction of the proposed 603 Jefferson Avenue project. To date there has been less than 1,000 net new square feet of retail development approved under the DTPP, and the proposed project would add approximately 200 new square feet of retail to this total due to the demolition of the existing building on the site. The proposed project would bring the total number of net new dwelling units approved under the DTPP to 1,699. The Initial Study checklist confirmed that the proposed project would not result in any new environmental impacts or substantial increase in the severity of any environmental impact beyond those previously identified in the DTPP program EIR. Nor would the project require new mitigation measures beyond those identified in the DTPP program EIR and adopted upon approval of the Downtown Precise Plan. In addition, the Project is consistent with the Downtown Precise Plan, as discussed herein, and there are no Project -specific environmental effects which are peculiar to the Project or the site. Thus, no further environmental review is required, pursuant to sections 15162, 15163, 15164, 15168, and 15183 of the CEQA Guidelines.