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01/24/2011 Exhibit B change in, established community -wide land use patterns, and therefore would create no significant environmental impact. The DPP land use provisions and development standards would encourage downtown area infill activity, with significant beneficial land use effects in: revitalizing the City's historic downtown; facilitating development where services and infrastructure can be most efficiently provided by promoting higher residential densities near or within an existing shopping, service, employment, and public transportation center; and promoting compact, transit- accessible, pedestrian- oriented, mixed use development patterns and land reuse. These DPP build -out scenario land use characteristics epitomize the principles of "smart growth," and would create beneficial environmental effects. This impact is therefore less than significant. Impact 4b. Land Use Compatibility Impacts. The mix of land uses and the intensity and character of development under the DPP would preserve and enhance compatibility among land uses within the DPP area and with adjacent land uses surrounding the DPP area. The DPP building height, setback and step -back regulations would minimize shadow impacts, provide access to natural light and air, and with mitigation measures related to historic resources (Mitigations 7 -2 and 7 -3), would preserve historic character within the DPP area. Development along the edges of the DPP area would take the form of lower rise structures with deeper setbacks and other buffering devices to ensure a sensitively - designed transition from urban to suburban "fabric." The proposed regulations would improve building height and scale relationships at sensitive transitions to residential neighborhoods at the edges of the downtown, including Mezesville, Stambaugh- Heller and the neighborhoods west of EI Camino Real. DPP provisions for grade separation of the Caltrain railway, improvements to the network of downtown public open spaces, pedestrian circulation improvements, street realignment and block reconfigurations, and streetscape and building frontage enhancements would also help integrate the downtown into a coherent and cohesive district. The DPP would thereby preserve and enhance compatibility among land uses within the DPP area and with adjacent land uses surrounding the DPP area, and the land use compatibility impacts of the DPP would be less than significant. Impact 4c. Conflict With Any Applicable Land Use Plan, Policy or Regulation. The DPP would not substantially conflict with any applicable land use plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect. The DPP would be consistent with the 2010 Redwood City General Plan, the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance, other precise plans within and near the DPP area, the ABAG FOCUS Program, the San County Congestion Management Program, the Redwood City Emergency Response Plan, the Bay Area 2005 Ozone Strategy (i.e., 2005 Clean Air Plan), U:\Resolutions\2011\Reso 15086 Exhibit B.doc 5 012011 Reso. # 15086 Muff #601