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7A Commission held a public hearing and adopted the Mitigated Negative Page 2 Declaration prepared for the Precise Plan, Zoning Map Amendment, and the associated project and recommended Precise Plan approval to the City Council. . On March 7, 2007, the City sponsored a community workshop, facilitated by the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center, to obtain additional public input. Approximately 34 neighbors attended. . On April 9, 2007, the City Council held a public hearing and, based on community input expressing strong concerns about the proposal, recommended returning the item to the Planning Commission to amend the Precise Plan to require project access from Woodside Road (instead of Horgan Avenue) and explore options to project height of four or five stories to provide a smoother transition to the neighborhood. . July 24, 2007, the ARC unanimously recommended approval of the project architecture as redesigned. . On September 18, 2007, the Planning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend that the City Council approve the Zoning Map Amendment and revised Precise Plan. The Planning Commission also approved the Planned Community Permit and Vesting Tentative Map subject to Council approval of the Zoning Map Amendment and revised Precise Plan, Attachments 4 & 5. The Planning Commission also considered an Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration in making these recommendations or conditioned approvals. Community input at the Planning Commission public hearing indicated a much higher level of comfort with the proposal from members of the adjacent neighborhoods. Project Description Existing Site: The subject site is a vacant, 0.66-acre, unusual L-shaped property with frontage on both Woodside Road and Horgan Avenue and is bordered along most of its front yard property line by an 11,000 square foot gas station site on the corner of Woodside Road and Horgan Avenue. A four-story apartment complex (Montecito Apartments at 79 units/ acre) lies to the north and five single-family homes share a common property line along the rear yard. A car wash, nursery school and the Enclave condominiums also lie to the south, across Horgan Avenue. Prooosed Proiect: The applicant requests a Zoning Map Amendment and a Precise Plan to allow a 43-unit condominium project with 92 parking stalls (where 86 stalls is the minimum required) and a 350 square foot bicycle storage area within a sub-grade and at-grade parking garage. Open space amenities would include patios, a landscaped rear yard area, roof garden, balconies and fitness center. On April 9, 2007, the City Council requested that the Planning Commission amend the Precise Plan to require project access from Woodside Road (rather than Horgan Avenue). On August 1, 2007, the applicant received approval (an Encroachment Permit) from Caltrans to provide project access on Woodside Road (Attachment 6); the plan has been revised accordingly. The Council also requested that the applicant explore options to project height of either four or five stories and provide a smoother transition to the neighborhood. The applicant has responded with the project height and setback revisions summarized below: