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ATTACHMENT 1 Warren Street, the Mezesville Historic District, and the potential historic resources at 840 Brewster Avenue and 701 Arguello Street would remain eligible for listing in the California Register of Historic Places; and WHEREAS, pursuant to State Density Bonus Law and Redwood City's Affordable Housing Density Bonus regulations (Government Code Section 65915, and Section 32.19 of the Redwood City Zoning Code), the Applicant requested two development standard concessions to exceed the maximum building heights for the Project site under the DTPP regulations in order to provide 50 affordable dwelling units. The Project site is located within the 5-story/59-foot height zone with a required 3- story/35-foot stepdown along the Brewster Avenue frontage, and the Project is 6- stories/78-feet on the majority of the site, and 4-stories/54-feet along the Brewster Avenue frontage; and WHEREAS, the City engaged the services of Keyser Marston Associates to conduct a financial analysis of the requested development standard concessions, the conclusion of which was that the concessions are needed in order to provide for the 50 affordable dwelling units; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Redwood City is empowered by the Subdivision Ordinance of the Redwood City Municipal Code to act upon applications for Tentative Maps and Condominium Permits, and by the Downtown Precise Plan and Zoning Ordinance to act upon applications for Downtown Planned Community and Planned Development Permits; and WHEREAS, on February 7, 2017, the Planning Commission considered an Initial Study checklist and its findings prepared by the City's Planning Division, the previously certified Downtown Precise Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (State Clearinghouse #2006052027), the staff reports, oral and written, and testimony and materials presented by all those wishing to be heard on this Project at the noticed public hearing on this matter; and WHEREAS, on February 7, 2017, pursuant to Section 2.0.3.A.2.a of the DTPP (pg. 28), the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Subdivision Map Act, and the Redwood City Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinance, to consider the Downtown Planned Community Permit Application DPC2016-003 including eleven guideline deviations, Tentative Map and Condominium Permit Application TM2016-003, Planned Development Permit Application PD2016-003, Affordable Housing Plan, Affordable Housing Density Bonus, and all applicable requirements of the State Planning and Zoning Law, the Downtown Precise Plan, and the recommendations of the AAC and HRAC; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission determined that the proposed Downtown Planned Community Permit including eleven guideline deviations, Tentative Map, Condominium Permit, Planned Development Permit, Affordable Housing Plan, and Affordable Housing Density Bonus would further the purposes of and appropriately ATTY/RES0.0036/CC RESO UPHOLDING PC APPROVAL -801 BREWSTER RESO. NO. 15580 REV: 04-13-17 PR MUFF NO. 603 Page 2 of 4