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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act <br />Focused General Plan Update 28 <br />Final Environmental Impact Report January 2023 <br />construction materials and California Government Code §51182 regarding defensible space. The <br />Redwood City Building Code also requires fire retardant roofing (§R905.1.3) and fire sprinklers <br />(§903.2). <br />The General Plan contains adopted policies and implementation programs related to <br />reducing risks to people and structures from runoff, post-fire slope instability, and drainage <br />changes, and proposed policies and implementation programs in the Public Safety Element Update <br />would also help reduce or avoid risks to people and structures from runoff, post-fire slope <br />instability, and drainage changes. Redwood City and San Mateo County requirements for <br />individual project applicants to submit geotechnical reports would ensure development facilitated <br />by the Project would meet geological and flooding safety standards. Therefore, with <br />implementation of existing and proposed General Plan policies and implementation programs and <br />compliance with existing requirements for individual development projects, this impact would be <br />less than significant. (Draft EIR, pp. 4.20-23 to 4.20-25) <br />6.2. Cumulative Impacts <br />6.2.1 Aesthetics: The proposed Project would not make a substantial contribution to a significant <br />cumulative impact with respect to aesthetics as follows (Draft EIR pp. 6-3 to 6-4): <br />(1) Because the vast majority of the Planning Area is urbanized, incremental changes resulting from <br />the proposed Project, in addition to similar incremental changes in the surrounding area, would not <br />result in cumulative impacts with respect to scenic vistas. <br />(2) Development facilitated by the Project is not expected to substantially disrupt views from an <br />officially designated state scenic highway, and therefore, the proposed Project would not make a <br />substantial contribution to a cumulative significant impact to a scenic highway. <br />(3) Development facilitated by the Project would be subject to the City’s underlying zoning, <br />development, and architectural standards and would be located where similar existing uses occur, <br />they would not result in a significant visual change such that the existing visual character or quality <br />of project sites and their surroundings would be substantially degraded. The proposed Project <br />would not substantially contribute to cumulative significant impacts that would degrade the existing <br />visual character or quality of the area and its surroundings. <br />(4) Project-related impacts with respect to light and glare were determined to be less than significant <br />because future development would be subject to review and approval by the City prior to approving <br />building permits to ensure that light and glare impacts are less than significant. Therefore, <br />development facilitated by the Project would not substantially contribute to a cumulative light and <br />glare impact. <br />6.2.2 Agriculture and Forestry: The City of Redwood City General Plan and Zoning do not <br />designate land for agricultural production or timber harvesting within the City limits. The proposed <br />Project would not remove land from agricultural production, rezone agricultural lands to <br />accommodate proposed development, or place development in a location where it may impact <br />existing agricultural operations. As the Project would not impact agricultural or forestry resources,