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6 � � , E' � 2, Shasta Street, which the ARC and Planning staff recommended against due to the context of other development in the area. Also, either the parking lot aisle or the landscape buffer on the west side of the building would need to be narrowed. The landscape buffer is considered to be extremely important on this site since there is a two-story multi-family residential building on the adjacent property to the west. Narrowing the parking aisle or shortening the stalls would not easily accommodate the typical delivery vehicles and contractor trucks that will access the site daily. A similar scenario includes setting back the building from the Shasta Street frontage to eliminate the encroachment, and shortening the building so that the parking lot and landscaping on the west side of the property are maintained as proposed. The building footprint would be reduced by approximately 300 square feet and the first floor manufacturing area would be reduced by 7%. Staff understands that San Carlos Stairs, which is an established Redwood City business, purchased this site due to a need to expand their business and that they need all of the floor area that they propose to build out. The nature of their product requires larger rooms for maneuverability than other woodworking professions, such as cabinet making. As proposed, the 5,100 square foot building has a 53% floor-area-ratio (FAR), which is well within the 75% FAR limit for the Industrial Restricted Zoning District. Thus, staff feels that reducing the size of the building is not a reasonable solution. Currently, the applicant has submitted plans for a Building Permit and a Construction Permit. Neither permit can be approved until the eave encroachment issue is resolved, either through the granting of this Encroachment Permit or after significant architectural redesign to eliminate the encroachment. Any new design would require new review by the Architectural Review Committee. The Encroachment Permit will allow San Carlos Stairs to construct and maintain an approximately twenty-eight-foot wide by three-foot deep roof overhang, twenty feet above the public right-of-way over the main building entrance on Shasta Street. The property owner is responsible for all construction, maintenance, removal, and replacement costs for this encroachment. The City reserves the right to revoke this encroachment permit for any reason in the future. Alternative Do not grant the encroachment permit, and require that the applicant redesign the front entrance of the building to not include an encroachment and to go back through the design review process. Fiscal Impact There will be no fiscal impacts to the City. The property owner will be fully responsible for removing the encroachment in the event that the City requires overhead access to the right-of-way in this area. _ . � '� �' ` �� � ��S �� . , � l� . L Ekas o I Patterson �d ve etY 5enior Planner ommunity Development City Manager Services Manager