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5 rooftop terraces and balconies, but would be within the allowed building heights discussed herein (Plan Sheets A4, A8, A9, A10.1, A10.2, A11.1, and E9, 11/9/23). The project component would be designed in a Neoclassical style, characterized by stone and glass, with metal panels, glass curtain walls, glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) paneling, stone cladding, terracotta tiles, metal panels, and larger glass windows with a grid style mullion pattern (DES Architects + Engineers, “1900 Broadway Project Description,” 9/7/23). The project component includes two potential minor DTPP guideline deviations for the length of retail space frontage and storefront design variation to facilitate tenancy flexibility and activation of the space. Section 2.2.3.a - Maximum Establishment Length Guideline: The project site is located in the Downtown General Use zone. This Guideline states that no individual ground floor establishment should occupy a greater length of frontage than 25 ft. For corner establishments, each street frontage shall be measured separately, and the establishment may occupy up to the maximum length of frontage on each street. Active ground floor uses are not required at this location, so the Entertainment Use Group would be allowed up to 100 ft. in length and the General Retail Use Group would be allowed up to 75 ft. in length. 1900 Broadway is a shell/core project with no retail and office tenants currently identified. The proposed building massing and modulation does comply with the DTPP by providing separate ground floor storefronts on a 25' module. The applicant is asking for this exception to provide future flexibility if needed as demising will be dependent on future leasing activity. Section 2.8.4.A.2(a) - Building Base Storefront Design Guideline (variation): The Guideline states that storefront design should vary from establishment to establishment, and storefronts should have their own architectural character, color, and material distinct from the rest of the building. This exception is being requested since the retail tenants are not known at this time and their location and disposition requirements are to be determined after tenant selection. Each storefront bay is set up to receive entry doors, signage and canopy, and once tenants are identified final design can be determined. Sheet A11.2 in the planning package provides a variety of storefront options planned for retail frontage which are varied from the rest of the building. This exception request is preemptive in that it may or may not be needed. As noted above, to create a square City block for redevelopment, a segment of Spring Street roadway would be closed and abandoned by the City between Main Street and Walnut Street and the Applicant would acquire City-owned property including the Spring/Marshall Parklet located in the northern and north-eastern part of the site. As a result of this reconfiguration, the project component would provide street frontage and sidewalk improvements around the site perimeter, including bulb-out improvements at Marshall Street and Walnut Street, Broadway and Walnut Street, mid-block along Walnut Street at Spring Street, and Broadway and Main Street. Street corners would be redesigned at Broadway and Walnut Street and at Broadway and Main Street. In addition, other improvements would include new bike lanes along Main Street, Marshall Street, and Walnut Street; and high-visibility crosswalks at the Marshall Street and Main Street intersection, on Walnut Street, and at Broadway and Main Street corners. Walnut Street between Marshall Street and Broadway is currently one way heading north from Broadway, with onstreet parking only along the right side until Spring Street and then onstreet parking only on the left side. Consistent with the DTPP New Streets Map, the existing onstreet parking would be removed, and Walnut Street would be reconfigured into a two-way street by widening to include a second travel lane. (Plan Sheets TM2,0 and TM4.0, 11/9/23) ATTY/RESO.0074/CC RESO 847 WOODSIDE (CEQA) - EXHIBIT 1 - CEQA CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST REV: 10-23-24 VR Page 5 of 135