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09/14/2020 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS FOLLOWS: 1. The Planning Commission finds that the above recitals are accurate and constitute findings in this matter, and with the staff reports, the application materials, development plan, and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testimony, and materials in the City's file for the application and the Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Project and the property including the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, Zoning Ordinance, and other applicable City laws and regulations, have together served as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this Resolution. 2. The Planning Commission finds that denial of the Project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15270 (Projects Which Are Disapproved). 3. In denying the Project, the Planning Commission is unable to make all of the required findings for approval of an Architectural Permit and for a project with over 3,000 square feet or 45% FAR, whichever is greater (Zoning Ordinance Sections 45.4 and 48.4). Specifically, the Planning Commission finds that: a. Zoning Ordinance Section 45.4(C) requires the following finding for an Architectural Permit: The extent to which the structure conforms to the general character of other structures in the vicinity insofar as the character can be ascertained and is found to be architecturally desirable. The Planning Commission finds that the proposed house does not conform to the general character of the other structures in the vicinity due to the size and massing of the second story in comparison to the other homes on the block. Furthermore, the Planning Commission finds that the second -story setbacks do not conform to the general character of the structures in the vicinity insofar as the character can be ascertained and is found to be architecturally desirable, in that the second story setbacks are insufficiently wide given the surrounding context. b. Zoning Ordinance Section 48.4(A) requires the following finding for Architectural Permit applications for single-family dwellings exceeding three thousand (3,000) square feet or a forty-five (45) percent floor area ratio, whichever is greater: Contextual Setbacks. The project will utilize setbacks that are generally similar to structures that front the same street, in order to be compatible with the neighborhood context, and which may include larger than required setbacks. ATTY/RESO.0071/PC RESO 1652 CARLETON COURT Ex. A to RESO 15886 REV: 07-16-2020 PR Page 2 of 3 MUFF NO. 613