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ATTACHMENT 5 7A referenced above and based on the findings that: 1) as revised, the project conformfage 44 to the amended Precise Plan; and 2) as revised, the establishment, maintenance or operation of the use applied for will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the health, safety, peace, morals or general welfare of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of said proposed use, or be detrimental or injurious to property and improvements in the neighborhood, or to the general welfare of the City. Refer to Attachment 0 for project plan submittal. 3. Approve the Vesting Tentative Map for the proposed project. Final Map approval can not be granted until City Council adoption of the Zoning Map Amendment and revised Precise Plan. Refer to Attachment 0 for Vesting Tentative Map plan submittal and Attachment E for draft conditions of approval. BACKGROUND Staff has been working closely with neighborhood representatives (through e-mails, phone calls, website postings and a recent meeting in early August at City Hall to review revised project plans) in order to keep the neighborhood updated about the status of the proposed project. The project review process has also included many public meetings and hearings over the past year as summarized below: · In June 2006, the Planning Commission held a Study Session and recommended initiation of a project Precise Plan to the City Council. · On June 27 and September 12,2006, the Architectural Review Committee (ARC) reviewed and provided input on the project architecture. · In October 2006, the City Council held a public hearing and approved initiation of the project Precise Plan. · On November 28, 2006, after a 30-day public review period, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and adopted the Mitigated Negative 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, 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. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Existinq 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.