Agda Pkt 2025.12.22 Joint SA PFA

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Appraisal: APN 053-182-030, S.E. Corner of Maple & Lathrop Streets, Redwood City, Calif.Page 23 2025CNA112 i. Transform El Camino Real into a remarkable, walkable, and exciting corridor, home to a variety of residential and nonresidential uses. ii. Facilitate a pedestrian-scaled environment with buildings that emphasize active and street-oriented frontages, well-scaled and designed buildings, and engaging outdoor spaces and landscaping. iii. Allow for higher-intensity residential, commercial, and mixed-use buildings to provide the appropriate height relative to the width of the street. iv. Provide increased opportunities in Redwood City for residents to live near goods, services, transit, and entertainment. v. Ensure that consideration and proper transition is provided to adjacent lower-density residential uses. vi. Encourage additional pedestrian and transit amenities along El Camino Real and the development of a consistent street front, with ample public right-of-way to facilitate pedestrian environment. Development within this zone has no minimum lot size but setbacks ranging from 0 to 6 feet are generally required. There is a primary street sidewalk width minimum of 12 feet. Residential uses are permitted a maximum height of 85 feet while commercial uses can be built to 60 feet. The maximum allowable residential density is 80 dwelling units per acre regardless of whether the project is wholly residential or mixed-use. The maximum floor area ratio (FAR) for a commercial use is 0.5 while a mixed-use is permitted to have a FAR of up to 1.0. The subject is within the Downtown Parking Zone, wherein off-site parking requirements are somewhat reduced and wherein parking in-lieu fees can be paid instead of providing parking as part of a new development. Downtown Precise Plan (DTPP), whose border begins across Maple St from the subject, was amended in June 2023 to not require off-street parking. However, if and when the DTPP is expanded, is unknown and may or may not include the subject property. Nonetheless, the City released an RFP in early 2024 for the Downtown and Central Redwood City Plan, which will contemplate expansion of the DTPP boundary, and for which the subject property may be included as part of the Stambaugh-Heller Neighborhood of the DTPP. It is noted that due to the presence of Redwood Creek, there are additional setback considerations to protect stormwater runoff. In general, no permanent structures can be located within 30 feet of the creek centerline, as confirmed by William Chiu, Senior Planner for the City of Redwood City. 8.K. - Page 71 of 105 321