AgdaPkt 2017-09-11 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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7.A. - Page 152 applications and the Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Project and the property including the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, Zoning Ordinance, and other applicable City laws and regulations, have together served as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this Resolution. Section 3. Conditional Use Permit (UP2014-20) Findings (Zoning Ordinance Sections 42.4 and 33.19) for continuation of legally nonconforming parking stall size and driveway width: The City Council finds that: The proposed use will be consistent with the various elements and objectives of the general plan and any applicable Specific and Precise Plans, and zoning regulations for the subject location in that the Project meets the applicable criteria in the Industrial Restricted (IR) zone district and is consistent with the Light Industrial General Plan land use classification. The Project and its operation is consistent with the General Plan goals to provide high quality educational opportunities to all Redwood City residents. The project is also consistent with the General Plan policy to require renovated buildings to be compatible with the design character of the neighborhood (BE-1.5) and with the policy to create complete neighborhoods by integrating schools into each neighborhood (BE-2.1). There are no Specific or Precise Plans governing this site. The proposed use is compatible with surrounding uses in that the Project has been designed to minimize traffic impacts by designing drop-off and pick- up operations on- site and has included landscape screening to reduce views of the playground. Uses are compatible if they are able to coexist. The operation of the school will not interfere with the operation of surrounding uses, nor will the surrounding uses interfere with the operation of the school. The existing uses in the vicinity will not impinge on the ability to operate a school on the Project Site. The use and its associated structures and facilities will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare of the people and property of Redwood City. As discussed in the IS/MND, the Project would not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare of the people and property of Redwood City. The school will implement a traffic control program designed to accommodate pick-up and drop off traffic onsite, thereby reducing potential safety conflicts in the public right-of-way. The applicant is will also addresses the on-site indoor air contamination to minimize exposure to students and school staff. improve public safety. The safety risks associated with children walking or biking to and from school are no different for this Project than they are for any elementary school. Neither the Project, nor the implementation of conditions of approval or mitigation measures, will be detrimental to public health in the immediate environment of the school or to the general welfare of the City, in that those conditions are intended to reduce impacts as a result of school operations. a. The use and facilities will not adversely affect or conflict with adjacent uses or impede the normal development of surrounding property as the applicant has designed the Project to contain operations on-site and to minimize ATTY/RESO.0085/CC RESO DENYING APPEAL AND APPROVING CUP&AP—ROCKETSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL APPEAL REV:09-03-17 VR Page 3 of 12