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8.A. - Page 7 of 85 prohibited for homes that meet (or already exceed) the FAR limit, even if they pose little impact to neighborhood compatibility. Of all the hard -cap options evaluated, the Planning Commission's recommendation provides the most flexibility. In many cases, smaller lots would not be able to meet the maximum home size allowances due to constraints with lot width, setbacks, lot coverage, and second story setbacks, however allowing a house of up to 2,500 sq. ft. on all lots would provide the ability to achieve reasonable size homes for otherwise constrained lots. For a larger lot, namely those greater than around 6,300 sq. ft., application of the 0.40 ratio would result in homes greater than 2,500 square feet and would help provide flexibility to develop a larger home on a larger lot where it may be appropriate. Table 2 above shows the allowable home size on certain lots. Nonconforming Homes - The Planning Commission's recommendation also creates the least amount of non -conforming homes due to exceeding FAR. With a hard -cap of 0.40 FAR (Option 1), the existing square footage data indicates that approximately 2,083 or 17% of all Redwood City homes would become nonconforming. With the Planning Commission recommendation, the greater of .40 FAR or 2,500 sq. ft., the amount of nonconforming homes is 731 or 6%. A home that is non -conforming due to exceeding FAR would not be allowed to add any square footage no matter how small, though the property owner could remodel the existing home. This is a significant change as there are homes today that are considered non- conforming due to setbacks that do not meet the current regulations, however these homes still have the ability to expand provided the new addition meets the required setbacks. Table 5 below shows the number of homes that would be non -conforming due to FAR by neighborhood. Table 5 - NUMBER OF NON -CONFORMING HOMES WITH RECOMMENDED FAR (LISTED FROM HIGHEST PERCENTAGE PER NEIGHBORHOOD TO LOWEST) Redwood Shores 2,244 414 18.5% Mt. Carmel 1,030 62 6% Edgewood Park 558 28 5% Canyon 410 19 4.6% Redwood Oaks 904 34 3.8% Farm Hill 1,906 69 3.6% Eagle Hill 778 22 2.8% Woodside Plaza 1,430 39 2.7% Roosevelt 1,118 21 1.9% Stambaugh -Heller 188 3 1.6% Friendly Acres 655 6 1% Central 785 8 1% Redwood Village 280 2 0.7% Palm 362 2 0.5% Centennial 458 2 0.4% ALL NEIGHBORHOODS 12,106 731 6% City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org 283