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i 8.A ATTACNINBI� 45 � „ Planning, Housi�g and Economic Planning (650) 780-7234 Development Department Bed Housing and Economic Development (650) 780-7290 1017 Middlefield Road Fax (650) 780-0128 PO Box 391 �� A TDD (650) 780-0129 Redwood City, CA 94063 fBllllBd (IO http://www.redwoodcity.orglphed Responses to "The Policies and Practices Under Appeal" and Hearing Protest The statements listed below in italics are part of the appellants' supplemental appeal of Architectural Permit AP2010-09 for 448 Saint Francis Street filed on October 22, 2010. These items can be referenced in their original context in Attachment 6 to the Staff Report. The subsequent text directly following the appellant statements have been provided by City staff as a response. The Policies and Practices Under Appeal are: 1. The policy and practice of issuing Architectural Permits before the underlying permit application is complete and has been fully reviewed and approved. City staff processes applications for Architectural Permits in accordance with Article 45 of the Zoning Ordinance. The City provides a published form that lists the materials needed for a complete application submittal for an Architectural Permit. This form is posted to the City's website and provided as a handout at the public counter located in City Hall. The Architectural Permit is a preliminary step in the development of a construction project. Certain components of a construction project, such as Building Permits, Fire sprinkler permits, engineering approvals (i.e. grading, hauling, etc.), and final landscaping plans are a subsequent part of the City entitlement process and need not be finalized at the time a decision is rendered on an Architectural Permit. City staff has a practice of working with applicants to provide complete applications, as is evident in this case by both the PRC summary letter dated April 16, 2010 and the incomplete letter dated August 17, 2010. Upon submittal of the revised application dated August 27, 2010, which included a revised arborist report, the application was considered complete, thus allowing the City to render a decision on the Architectural Permit in compliance with Article 45 of the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance. 2. The policy and practice of not giving reasonable weight fo, and not adequately balancing, the legal, equitable, and community interests of all stakeholders and interesfed parties in the architectural permit application and review process. City staff and the Zoning Administrator make every reasonable effort to consider the community's interests when considering the merits of an architectural permit application. Evidence to this fact can be seen by the staff's attendance at multiple community �