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9A <br /> Page 43 <br /> Hoi�c>ra(�Ie Mayor Pierce and Ciry Council <br /> A��ril 3, 2007 <br /> I'age 2 <br /> have initiated efforts to respond to the neighborhood's coinments regardi�ig existin� traffic and <br /> parking conditions as further discussed below. <br /> Bac_ round <br /> By way of background, the proposed Project consists of the development oFa 43-unit <br /> residentiat condominium project on the O.G7-acre $85 Woodsic�e Road properry, which is currentIy <br /> zoned "Commercial-Residencial Combining" (CR-G} district. The exiscing General Plan <br /> designataon and.zoning �.istricc currently a.11ow for residential i.ascs �n �he properry•. The propose_d <br /> Project Approvals would (1) allow a higher derisity than allowed u��der the existing general plan and <br /> zoning, and {2) provide For lot coverage of C6% where 60% is otherwise allowed. In this regard, the <br /> proposed General Plan amendi7�enC and rezoning nlerely allow residen�ial uscs that were aiready <br /> authorized under the existing lan.d use regulations appl,•cable to the Properry. With the•r.oning co <br /> 1'lanned Communiry District, �he City is adopting a Precise 1'1an that allows for Elexibility in design <br /> wliile submirting the I'rojecc to a higher level of Ciry scrutiny. <br /> Pursuant co PuF�lic Resotirces Code scction 210C4.5, the City deren-nined that it was <br /> appropriate to prepaxe an Initial Study/Mitigated Negauve Declaracion ("IS%MND"j fvr the Project <br /> because tl�e Projecc sponsor, Nicholson I,amb Ventur�, agreed co iriodify the Project to eliminate <br /> a�Id mitigate all potentially si�nif ca��r environmental impacts of the Projea �y incorporacing <br /> appropriate micigation measures inco che Project. <br /> Accordingly, c}ie City and MHA Environmental Consulting Inc. prepared and <br /> ��ublished t}le IS/MND on Ocrober 27, 200C. Oi� Novcml�er 28, 2006, the Planning Commission <br /> reviewed the IS/MNI� and voted 7-0 ro adopt its findings, subjecr to the listed mitigation sneasures. <br /> "I�he Planning Co.tnmission's acloptioi� of the IS/MND has not been appealed to the Ciry Council. <br /> As such, tl�e IS/MND is now final. (See Zoning Code � 48.2 (providing seven days co ap�eaI to the <br /> City Council from Einal decisions by rhe Planning Co�nmission); see also Sea c�'S�geAudubnn Society <br /> (1)€�3) 34 Cal.3d 412, 417-418 [where an administrative appeal is not exhausted, a s�tbsequcnt <br /> CEQA lawsuit is barrec'I1.} <br /> t.est,.etics r�nd Visual Resou:�es <br /> We unc�erstai�ci thac ►�earby residents in d1e I--Iainpton C�aks area I�ave expresscd <br /> r.oncec-ns that che proposed Pre:>ject buildings will be visible from tlieir neighborhood and mighr <br /> s�iade sotne kzomes in Nainptat� C)aks. �I�}�e proE�osed I'roject addresses potenrial visua.l and aesthecic <br /> issues by re<�z�irin�setbacJcs <�f bec���een 1> co �9.7 feet c>n the easc sidc c.�( tlZe projecr site, adjacent ro <br /> eiisting resideiices. "I'he Ciry's IS/iti1NI� contains an evaluatiot� of potenria] visual arid aes�hecic <br /> impacts associatcd with rhe prc�poscd Project. I�ased on tliac analysis, the C�ity concludcd chat rl�e <br /> pi-ojec:t would hztve a ]ess-tlian-si�niiicanr li�hc and glare inipact �i�ic11 che incorporation �f tEie <br /> recommended mitigati�ri i7�easure� set forch on page 17 of the IS/MND. Mirigation IV1eas��re 1-1 <br /> rec�uires t}�e preparation of an exterior lighting plan, subject to review and approva] by the Planning <br /> T�ivisian, chat would ensure that exterior illutnit�ation is directed away frorrl neighboring residents. <br /> �����<�����oaz�5 <br />