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ATTY/RESO.0020/PC RESO GRANTING APPROVAL OF PERMITS FOR 150 CHARTER REV: 04-29-2021 PR Page 2 of 20 materials in the City's file for the applications and the Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Project and the property including the City's General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Municipal Code, other applicable City laws and regulations, and all associated approved and certified environmental documents, have together served as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this resolution. Section 2. CEQA: The Planning Commission finds that the Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Class 32 – Infill Development Projects, as further explained in the CEQA Memorandum, because: a. The project is consistent with the applicable general plan designation and zoning regulations, as set forth in the staff report and its attachments; and b. The proposed development occurs within city limits on a project site of no more than five acres substantially surrounded by urban uses, in that the project nearby uses include the Woodside Central Shopping Center to the east, railroad tracks to the north, a storage facility and a church to the north ; and c. The project site has no value as habitat for endangered species, in that the project site is located in in a highly urbanized area, and is completely paved ; and d. Approval of the project would not result in significant effects related to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality, because the project is located in a transit priority area and exempt from additional CEQA transportation analysis, and the conditions of approval, or other existing regulations, would address concerns related to air quality, noise, or water quality; and e. The site can be adequately served by all required utilities and public services. In addition, none of the exceptions under CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply specifically; 1) As a stand-alone project, there is no cumulative impact of successive projects of the same type in the same place, over time, 2) There is no reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances because no unusual circumstances exist on the project site or surrounding area, as described in the staff report, 3) There is no potential for an impact to scenic resources within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway because there is not a designated highway in the vicinity of the Project, 4) The Project is not included on any list compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code because site remediation has been complete and Case Closure Letter issued by San Mateo County on March 6, 2012, and 5) There will be no substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource because the site does not contain any historic resources. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15091(e), the documents and other materials that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the City Council has based its decision are located in and may be obtained from, the Office of the City Clerk at 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City California. The City Clerk is the custodian of records for all matters before the City.