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7A Page 18 b) Have a substantial' adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, regulations or by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? o o o o d) Interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with establlshed native reside'nt or mi'gratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites? o o iii o n Conflic~ with the provisions of an adopted Habitat Conservation, Plan, Natural" Community Conservation Plan, or other approved local, regional. or, state h.abitat conservatipn pl~n?: o o o ItJ The project consists of a text amendment to the City's R-2 zoning ordinance to establish density standards for development on lots larger than 10,000 square feet, and to require a PD Permit for all such development. The project does not propose any new development or any physical changes to the environment. Therefore, the project itself will not have a direct substantial adverse effect on any special-status species or habitats. The project could lead to the development of up to 213 new residential units, dispersed over various locations in the City. Because the City cannot presently predict the specific locations where development might proceed under the proposed R-2 amendmentJ it cannot conclude with certainty that such development could not have an indirect adverse effect on sensitive or special-status species or habitat. However, the potential effects of this development are expected to be less than significant. The City's R-2 zoning districts, which comprise a/l of the area covered by the project, are already developed to near capacity with existing residential uses, and do not overlay with known sensitive species or habitats. Based on the City's survey and analysis of the properties that may be affected by the ordinance amendment, the City has determined that most, if not all. development permitted pursuant to the ordinance amendment would occur on infill parcels that are either already developed or are surrounded on all sides by existing development. As a result there is very little chance that the areas affected by the ordinance amendment contain sensitive or special-status species or habitat. Nonetheless, subsequent CECA compliance undertaken in connection with the issuance of the PD Permit required for future development under the proposed ordinance amendment will ensure that any biological resources affected by such future development are adequately protected on a site-by-site basis. Thereforel although the City does not have sufficient information about the future development that may be permitted under the amended ordinance to conclude with certainty that it would not have any effects on sensitive or special-status species or hab~ats, any such effects will be less than significant. 121 City of Redwood City, Planning) Housing and Economic Development Department