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09/21/2015 ATTY/RESO.3134/CC RESO APPROVING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT – FINGER RESO. # 15445 REV: 09‐17‐15 VR MUFF # 613 Page 13 of 29 3. The proposed private roadway meets emergency vehicle (public safety) access and general circulation needs of the eight homes it would serve. The City Traffic Engineer has also reviewed the RKH Engineers and Fehr & Peers traffic reports and memos (Finger Draft EIR Appendix G) and agrees that the proposed 22-foot wide private roadway would meet necessary access and circulation needs of the eight homes. 4. The roadway is not necessary for neighborhood or general citywide circulation needs; rather it is a private roadway intended to serve only eight property owners and their guests. The roadway is thus considered proportionally sized to this small eight-unit infill development. By contrast, most projects in Redwood Shores have 25 foot wide, two-way private roadways because they serve as a network of neighborhood streets for larger developments that generate greater vehicle demand/ traffic volumes. 5. Based on all of the foregoing findings, it is in the public interest to grant a modification to the street design criteria that would otherwise apply, to permit the 22-foot wide, one-way street with a four foot wide rolled curb/ paver pedestrian pathway raised 3 inches that is incorporated within the 22 foot dimension, and such modification would be consistent with regional and community plans/polices outlined in the Finger Project Draft EIR, pages 173-179. (b) The City’s Private Roadway Engineering Standard, requiring a 25-foot wide, two-way roadway and 5-foot sidewalk, is not part of or required by Chapter 30 (Subdivisions) of the City’s Municipal Code, and therefore, the City Council’s determination to modify the street design criteria for the Project does not constitute an exception to the requirements of Chapter 30, as provided by Section 30.69 of the Code, nor an exception to the City’s adopted Engineering Standards. Nonetheless, to the extent that the modification of the street design criteria may be construed to require an Exception under Section 30.69, the City Council finds that: 1. The property is of such shape or size, or is affected by such topographical conditions, or is subject to such title limitations of record that it is impossible or impracticable for the subdivider to comply with the requirement with which exception is taken. The eight unit residential density is consistent with the density standards of the City’s General Plan and R-1 zoning district that allows up to 7 units/acre; however, due to the site’s unusual shape and size it would be impractical for the subdivider to comply with the requirements with which exception is taken.