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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 14 of 29 The 1.69 acre project site is irregularly shaped (refer to Draft EIR Figure 1.0-3) and adjacent to Cordilleras Creek and thus requires a roadway to access the eight residential lots. The subdivision and roadway are specially designed to avoid environmental impacts to the Creek and minimize impacts to existing trees. The proposed 22-foot wide one-way roadway configuration is considered a superior roadway design option for this particular development because it is proportionally sized/scaled to the site’s relatively small size and vehicular demand. The site is a relatively small sized (1.69 acre) in-fill property that does not warrant a full, 25-foot wide, two-way roadway (per City Engineering standard), the width of which would be excessive for this small subdivision and potentially confusing for drivers unfamiliar with the neighborhood that could mistake a roadway that is designed to City standard for a through connection street that leads to another part of the neighborhood rather than to a private residential development. The proposed 22-foot wide one-way 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. By contrast the City has approved many larger-scaled, multi- phased residential projects in Redwood Shores with private 25-foot wide, two-way private roadways (per City Engineering standard) as these roadways serve as a network of neighborhood streets for larger developments that generate greater vehicle demand/ traffic volumes (i.e. 1000 Redwood Shores Parkway contains 168 single family residences & 2000 Redwood Shores Parkway contains 68 single family residences, etc). The City Traffic Engineer has reviewed the traffic reports/memos prepared by RHK and Fehr & Peers (Appendix G of the Finger Project Draft EIR) and concurs that that the proposed 22- foot wide one-way roadway would meet necessary access and circulation needs of the eight property owners and their guests. 2. The exception is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the subdivider. The General Plan land use designation and R-1 (single family residential) zoning for the site allows up to 7 units/acre where the eight lot residential development is only 4.7 units/acre. The Finger Avenue Project Draft EIR Section 4 (pages 151-160 & 164- 168) analyzed three nine-unit project Alternatives that meet the City’s 25-foot wide, two-way private roadway engineering standards, all of which were determined to have greater environmental impacts than the Applicant’s Original Proposed Project and, while the developer could