Reso PC20-04 0056 PC Reso 227 King Street

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ATTY/RESO.0056/PC RESO 227 KING STREET REV: 06-26-2020 PR Page 4 of 8 required. By stepping back the main house and front entry, it reduces the width of the frontage and minimizes the visual impact from the street. The Revised Project is also consistent with the Neighborhood Compatibility Guiding Principle for massing and design specific to contextual setbacks. The house is contextually set back to match the adjacent neighbors and is set back further than the home directly adjacent, north of the subject property. For further consistency with the Neighborhood Compatibility Guiding Principle related to massing, the project provides additional front and side yard setbacks from the first floor and second floor to provide articulation, which help minimize visual impact from the street and reduce the appearance of mass and bulk. The design incorporates simple roof forms common in the neighborhood and avoids creating eave lines and roof ridges that are substantially taller than adjacent houses. The neighborhood overall consists of a range of attached and detached garages. The proposed home includes an attached garage, similar to the existing garage footprint, but is further stepped back so as to de-emphasize it along the front elevation. The main residence is stepped further back from the street similar to other homes in the neighborhood and provides contextual setbacks. D. The extent to which excessive ornamentation is to be used and the extent to which temporary and second-hand materials, or materials which are imitative of other materials, are to be used; The proposed design utilizes typical exterior materials including board and batten siding, metal clad windows and shingle composition roofing. The proposed materials are common throughout single-family residences in Redwood City and are not considered temporary or second-hand materials. In addition, the house does not include excessive ornamentation with consistent colors, materials, and detailing carried throughout. Additionally, the architectural style has been adjusted from modern farmhouse to craftsman to better align with the architectural styles within the neighborhood. E. The extent to which natural features, including trees, shrubs, creeks, and rocks, and the natural grade of the site are to be retained; The Revised Project would demolish the existing single-family house on the site with an existing attached garage. The new house would be constructed in generally the same general footprint as the existing, and would not significantly change the natural features on the site. No trees are proposed to be removed. F. The accessibility of off-street parking areas and the relation of parking areas with respect to traffic on adjacent streets; The project site meets the required two parking spaces for a single-family house in the form of a two-car garage with a complaint 31 foot, 6 inch setback, where 20 feet is required. The existing curb cut would remain.