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EXHIBIT B GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS PAGE BE -47 Mixed Use — Downtown The Mixed Use - Downtown category applies to Redwood City's historic Downtown core and is established to create a vibrant city center with offices, theaters, retail businesses, and restaurants serving the residences, day -time businesses, and night-time entertainment populations. In Downtown, open spaces are primarily public and urban in nature, with extra emphasis on high-quality public spaces and traditional urbanism. Parking is primarily in the form of shared public facilities. Uses specifically prohibited in Downtown, due to their incompatibility with a pedestrian -oriented mixed-use district, include vehicle sales and repair, industrial and manufacturing businesses, and wholesaling activities. Maximum heights Downtown will range from 35 ft. tall buildings at the edges, to 136 ft. tall buildings in the very center, with most areas having a 92 ft. height limit. Development Standards' • Maximum density: No limit on residential density • Height: 35 ft. — 136 ft (generally 3-12 stories) • Maximum Intensity: No limit on FAR except as follows: o DTPP area: maximum net new development capacity of 754,667 674,667 square feet of additional nonresidential space (574,-667 654,667 for office {80,000 of which to be reserved for projects containing no more than 20.000 net new sauare feet of office uses ^,667 of which to be IGGateed At 8551 Ma!R Street) and 100,000 for retail). 1 o Transit District: in addition to the above, maximum net new development capacity of 1,230,000 sq. ft. of additional nonresidential space. Planned Caltrain Improvements (pg. BE -111) The adopted Caltrain Business Plan for moderate and high-growth scenarios envisions Redwood City as an important transit hub with high -frequency train service. To accommodate this increase in service, Redwood City's Caltrain station will need to be expanded to four sets of elevated tracks with longer elevated platforms. Future projects that plan for the land use needs of these anticipated expanded tracks and are designed to accommodate anticipated expansion needs may be eligible for flexibility from certain City land -use standards. This improvement is expected to coordinate with SamTrans increased bus services. Redwood City's goal is to work in tandem with Caltrain to accommodate infrastructure and equipment through electrification (see below), improve station access for all travel modes including pedestrians and bicycles, operate more frequent feeder shuttles, and provide the option to link to a future Dumbarton Rail service. 1 It should be noted that the figures shown here representing maximum density and maximum intensity may be revised based on future Downtown plans. In this event, an amendment to this document will be required, subject to applicable environmental review under CEQA and an associated public review process. ATTY/RESO.0049/PC RESO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND DTPP AMENDMENTS - EXHIBIT B REV: 06-07-23 VR Page 1 of 23