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12/17/2007 3. on-site retail commercial provisions sufficient to serve the convenience retail needs of project residences and businesses; 4. a substantial affordable housing component; and 5. implementation of all mitigations identified in chapters 8 (Biological Resources) and 12 (Public Health and Safety) of the EIR as necessary to reduce project-related ecological impacts and environmental hazards to less-than-significant levels. Findings: Implementation of this measure is feasible and would reduce this potential project policy inconsistency to a less-than-significant level. II. VISUAL QUALITY A. Proiect Inconsistency with City Heiaht-Related Policies and Reaulations Potential Impact 5-1: The proposed project would include ten residential multi- story buildings ranging from 100 to 120 feet in height, with all other project buildings (86 buildings) at or below the 75-foot height limit. The tallest proposed residential buildings, would exceed the current 75-foot height limit by approximately 45 feet. Unless the City approves the applicant-requested Precise Plan for the project site which permits these heights, the heights would be inconsistent with City policies and regulations. These heights would also result in a building scale that is not consistent with the existing surrounding community. These building heights would therefore represent a significant adverse visual impact. Mitigation 5-1: Implement one of the following two alternative mitigations: 1. Mitigation Alternative 5-1-1: Reduce the maximum project building heights on both properties to 75 feet, which would reduce this policy and regulatory consistency impact to a less-than-significant level. 2. Mitigation Alternative 5-1-2: Adopt a Precise Plan for the project site that permits a building height in excess of 75 feet, and design the project accordingly. In conjunction with the new height allowance, formulate a set of Precise Plan Development Standards and Urban Design Guidelines for the project site for adoption by the City's Architectural Review Committee, Planning Commission, and City Council that supersede current applicable City policies, standards, and guidelines pertaining to building form, height, separation, shadow, conformity, setbacks, facades, etc., and permit current height limitations to be exceeded on the project site, provided that other specific provisions included in these Development Standards and Urban Design Guidelines are incorporated into the project design to City (Architectural Review Committee Planning Commission, and City Council) satisfaction. These measures would eliminate the project's policy and regulatory inconsistencies with respect to building height, and thus would result in a less-than-significant visual impact. Findings: A Draft Peninsula Park Precise Plan (October 2007) has been formulated by City staff and an urban design consultant under contract with the City. The Plan includes feasible performance standards--in the form of Development Standards and Urban Design Guidelines--that the proposed project must adequately address in order to receive Atty/Reso/Reso.1772 121707 4 14829 Muff# 613