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103 The project component would be compatible with existing zoning and land uses as designated by the DTPP and the Redwood City General Plan. The Commercial Component fits within the development envelope allowed in the DTPP as amended by the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, and the office cap is subject to amendment (see item #10 above describing project approvals) as part of the streamlining approvals. The SEIR evaluated the full impact of an increased office cap to include the six “Gatekeeper Projects” (see item #8, in “901 El Camino Real Component: Previous CEQA Analysis,” above), including a prior version of the Commercial Component, which was included in the scope of programmatic environmental review in the SEIR. While the amount of office space currently proposed by the Commercial Component is now 305,225 square feet rather than the 259,000 square feet analyzed in the SEIR, the Commercial Component is within the total office cap and is consistent with the R&D uses evaluated in the SEIR. For these reasons, the Commercial Component is considered consistent with the density provided in the DTPP as amended by the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, for which the SEIR was certified. The DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR (pp. 4-12 through 4-16) concurred with the DTPP EIR conclusion, and also included an updated discussion pertaining to future citywide development and potentials for conflicts with plans, policies, or regulations adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect, such as Plan Bay Area 2050, the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan, the General Plan, the DTPP, and the Zoning Code. The DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR (p. 4-16) also concluded this impact would be less than significant. The Commercial component would not conflict with any applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation of agencies with jurisdiction over the project (DTPP EIR pp. 4-18 through 4-21). The Commercial Component complies with all applicable DTPP Standards relevant to community arrangement and land use compatibility. As a result, the impact would be less than significant, and no land use planning impacts are anticipated beyond those previously identified and analyzed in the DTPP program EIR. This component would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. CONCLUSION With regards to the issue area of Land Use and Planning, the following findings can be made: (1) no peculiar impacts to the Commercial Component or its site have been identified, (2) there are no potentially significant effects or off- site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the EIR/SEIR, (3) no substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the EIR/SEIR, and (4) no mitigation measures contained within the EIR/SEIR would be required because the project component specific impacts would be less than significant. For these reasons, the land use and planning impacts of the proposed Commercial Component would be consistent with the impacts identified in the EIR/SEIR and this component does not require additional environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15183. Housing Component: a The Focused GPU program EIR (pp. 4.11-14 and 4.11-15) concluded that although facilitation of development under the Focused GPU would result in the construction of additional residential units within the planning area, no major infrastructure or circulation changes would be proposed that would serve to physically divide the community. The Focused GPU also would not result in substantial changes in the physical arrangement of the city and established community-wide land use patterns. For these reasons, the impacts were considered to be less than significant. The Focused GPU has been adopted as amendments to and incorporated into the City’s General Plan. The proposed Housing Component complies with all applicable Focused GPU standards relevant to community arrangement and land use compatibility and would contribute to the beneficial land use effects in the area. As a result, the land use compatibility impacts are less than significant and are not anticipated beyond those previously identified and analyzed in the Focused GPU program EIR. Also see item XIV(a), Population and Housing, below. This Housing Component would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. b. This is no longer in Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines. c. The Focused GPU EIR found less than significant impacts related to conflicts with any land use plans, policies, or regulations adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect. The Housing component would be located on the west side of SR 84 (Woodside Road) north of El Camino Real. Uses along Woodside Road include neighborhood‐serving retail and services and a large concentration of multi‐unit residential buildings, plus an area with commercial, retail, and office/professional uses. In proximity to the Housing ATTY/RESO.0031/CC RESO CEQA GUIDELINES (901 EL CAMINO REAL) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 103 of 148