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ATTY/RESO.0029/CC RESO APPROVING ARCHITECTUAL PERMIT, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP (920 SHASTA) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 7 of 12 The Project site is located in an urbanized area with a mixture of commercial, light industrial, residential uses, and Woodside Road. The Project conforms to the general character of the area as a contemporary, moderately scaled residential project located in a Zoning District intended to transition lower density residential and light-industrial uses to higher density uses. Two sides of the building are also not primarily visible due to its adjacency to Woodside Road and its associated landscaping with trees and other vegetation. 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 Project does not utilize decorative ornamentation or materials that are temporary, second-hand, or imitative. Instead, it utilizes high quality exterior materials including standing seam steel, batten siding, smooth stucco, fiber cement panels, textured concrete, and glass. 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 Project site is flat and developed and does not contain significant rocks or creeks, and natural features and trees would be sufficiently retained. The site currently contains 7 trees that would require a Tree Removal Permit from the City (1 Cherry, 6 Chinese Elm) that would be removed as part of the Project, with 4 Coast Redwoods that would be preserved and protected. In addition, the Project provides 10 new street trees, and there would be additional landscaping and trees in the planter areas, the interior courtyard and 5th floor sky deck. f. The accessibility of off-street parking areas and the relation of parking areas with respect to traffic on adjacent streets. The Project includes access to the parking area that respects traffic on adjacent streets by utilizing only one access drive on Shasta Street. It also incentives other modes of transportation with 10’-0” wide sidewalks on both frontages with enhanced pedestrian amenities (planters, street trees, and pedestrian scale lighting). In addition, the site is within walking distance of multiple bus stops on El Camino Real and Middlefield Road. Thus, the accessibility of off-street parking and its relation to adjacent streets is consistent with the purpose of the Architectural Permit (Article 41.1) because it promotes a quality circulation design by limiting conflicts with traffic on adjacent streets in a manner that promotes a positive image of the City. g. The reservation of landscaping areas for the purposes of separating screening service and storage areas from the street and adjoining building sites, breaking up storage areas from the street and adjoining