Reso 23-01 0007 PC Reso 801 Willow

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ATTY/RESO.0007/PC RESO 801 WILLOW REV: 02-07-23 JB Page 1 of 9 RESOLUTION NO. 23-01 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING ARCHITECTURAL PERMIT NO. AP2022- 071 AND USE PERMIT NO. UP2022-12 SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR 801 WILLOW STREET AND DETERMINING THE PROJECT TO BE CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15301(e) (CLASS 1-EXISTING FACILITIES) WHEREAS, the applicant, Mark Melvin (Applicant), on behalf of Del-Camp Investments, Inc. (Owner), applied for an Architectural Permit and Use Permit to modify an existing building, including an increase in height from 20 ft. to 40 ft. in an area of approximately 100 ft. x 80 ft. for a new indoor rock climbing facility and to allow a reduction in required parking spaces (the Project) at 801 Willow Street (the Property); and WHEREAS, the Redwood City Zoning Code section 41.4.B.2. vests the City Planning Commission (Commission) with the authority to review building additions exceeding three (3) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height; and WHEREAS, the Commission is empowered by the City Council and Redwood City Zoning Code section 41.4.A to act as the highest review authority for all permits when the Commission is the highest applicable review authority for any one of the permits; and WHEREAS, the Project includes a request increase the height of a portion of the building to exceed thirty-five (35) feet; and WHEREAS, on January 20, 2023, a public hearing notice was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal and mailed to owners and tenants within 300 feet of the Property; and WHEREAS, on January 31, 2023, the Commission held a duly noticed public hearing in accordance with all applicable requirements of the State Planning and Zoning Law and the Redwood City Zoning Code, to consider the Project; and WHEREAS, on January 31, 2023, the Planning Commission fully reviewed, considered, and evaluated the staff report prepared for the Project including the attachments to the staff report, oral and written public testimony, and all other documents and evidence in the public record on the Project. 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