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Consent Calendar - Item No. 17 (continued) compliance with certain conditions specified by the Planning Commission, and thus denied the planned development permit (see, Findings on Appeal dated March 11, 1988) . The application for the planned development permit for the Original Project was made by DES, Architects, Planners and Engineers, on behalf of Sequoia Professional Building Associates, Appel l ant herein ("Appellant"). 2) On or about June 27, 1988 Appellant submitted to the Zoning Admi nistrator revised plans for a medical office building (the "Revised Project ") which reduced the buiding area of the Original Project from 60,000 square feet to 45,000 square feet. In addition to reducing the area devoted to medical offices, the plans for the Revised Project eliminated a food servi ce faci1 ity, a decorati ve atri um, and a certai n amount of parki ng area. The Revi sed Project mai ntai ns the sane hei ght and subst anti al ly the same exterior appearance of the Original Project. Aside from the e xc 1 us i o n of the f oo d servi c e f aci 1 i ty, t he f un ct i on a 1 el en ent s of the Original Project are included in the Revised Project, viz., medical offices, a surgical center, laboratory and x -ray facilities, and a ph arm acy. 3) On or about June 27, 1988 the Zoning Adni nistrator denied the filing of the application for a planned development permit for the Revised Project on the grounds that it is "substantially similar to that heretofore denied by the City Council" and, further, on the grounds set forth in support of our denial of a planned development for the Original Project (see, decision of Zoning Administrator dated June 27, 1988) . (A fi rst revision following the decision of this Council on the Original Project, scaling down the project from 60,000 square feet to 54,000 square feet, was denial by decision of the Zoning Administrator dated June 7, 1988, but was not appealed.) 4) In denying the fi 1 ing of the application, the Zoning Administrator relied upon Secti on 42. 7 of Ordi nance No. 1130, as amended (the "Zon . Ord." ) whi ch pro vi des as f of l ows : "Section 42.7 Reapplication. "a. No application for a use permit shall be considered within one year after fi nal action taken i n denying a previous application relating to the sane subject matter. "b. Application shall be deemed to relate to the sane subject matter if both of the following factors exi st : "(1) The sane parcel of land affected by the former application is the subject of the later application. "(2) The nature of the use applied for is substantially similar to the use applied for in the former application. Reg.Mtg. 7/25/88 Pa ge 9 MINUTE BOOK NO. 48 Page No. 140