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7.D. - Page 38 of 126 City of Redwood City Mixed -Use Live/Work and Emergency Shelter Zoning Amendment Project Impact 4.1-8: Development allowed by the General Plan could Less than increase building heights in Public Facilities, Schools, and significant with Neighborhood Commercial areas adjacent to Low Density and mitigation Medium Density residential areas, and introduce new shadow effects in shadow -sensitive areas that could substantially alter the existing visual character of those areas. The proposed project would increase density and intensity of Similar to the conclusions in development within the MULW district, which would result in the General Plan EIR, the increased building heights above existing allowable limits. This proposed project would could result in increased shadow effects on adjacent parcels. result in less than significant However, the General Plan EIR contains a mitigation measure for impacts to existing visual the Downtown district with performance standards designed to character and quality. No ensure that less than 50 percent of a shadow -sensitive public use new or more severe is shaded at noon on the Spring Equinox (March 20). Roselli Mini- impacts would occur. Park is the closest shadow -sensitive use to an area zoned MULW. Impacts would be within The maximum building height allowed under the proposed the scope of those zoning amendment would be 60 feet. At noon on the Spring identified in the General Equinox in Redwood City, a shadow cast by a 60 -foot building Plan EIR. would be less than 60 -feet long, and therefore would not shade Roselli Mini -Park, located over 200 feet from an area zoned MULW. Other outdoor shadow -sensitive uses in the MULW zones would not be affected by the proposed zoning amendment, as the current zoning district allows buildings up to 40 feet high. As an outdoor use in the MULW zone could be affected by a 40 -foot building under existing zoning, a 60 -foot building would not create a substantially greater impact. Impact 4.1-9: The increased density and intensity of urban Less than The proposed project would increase density and intensity of The proposed project would development allowed in the plan area could introduce new significant with development in the MULW district, which would result in greater result in less than significant sources of light and glare, specifically within Downtown, the mitigation exterior and interior lighting associated with the upper floors impacts from new sources Bayfront, and surrounding neighborhoods. compared to the 40 -foot -tall buildings currently allowed under of light and glare. No new the existing zoning ordinance. Lighting requirements included in or more severe impacts the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment and would occur. Impacts would analyzed by the 2013 Addendum to the Final EIR would not be be within the scope of changed under the proposed project. those identified in the General Plan EIR. 22 639