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�,� .i1.,��r�C�i�� 1. � � �� z � � W U � � 0 � Q � U 0 0 � Q � z 0 � � � z w � � 0 w w Q � � x 0 0 aa Designee or the Planning Commission, any Council member may propose and the Council, by simple majority vote, may decide to call up a Small Project for a Council public hearing. The City Council shall hold a public hearing on the application within 45 days of a PHED Director/Designee or Planning Commission decision and render its own decision, which shall be a final decision. 2. L[IYPC PYO%CC1S Large Projects are projects in which no historic resource is located on the project parcel and in which one of the following descriptions applies: 1) The application is for the remodeling of an existing building in which more than 10% new floor area is added, and in which the site is more than 30,000 square feet in size; 2) The application is for riew development in which the site is more than 30,000 square feet in size; or 3) The application involves an exposed parking structure (see Section 2.6). a. Project Approval Authority. Project approval shall be granted by the Planning Commission based on the level of compliance with the applicable DTPP standards and guidelines. The Planning Commission shall hold at least one Public Hearing on the application. Legal notice of the Public Hearing shall be given as provided in Article 48 of the Zoning Ordinance. The Planning Commission's decision is final unless appealed to the City Council by an aggrieved person or party, or "Called Up" by the City Council. . Standards and Guidelines Compliance. The PHED Director/Designee shall review the project application for conformance to the Precise Plan and shall recommend that the Planning Commission grant approval to projects which he/she deems to comply fully with all applicable standards and guidelines. The Planning Commission will evaluate the staff recommendation in making a decision on the project. . Standards Compliance Only. For projects which the PHED Director/ Designee deems to conform to the standards, but not the guidelines, he/she shall seek a recommendation from the Architectural Review Committee (ARC) on the acceptability of the aspects of the project which do not conform to the guidelines. Considering the ARC's input, and considering whether the aspects of the application which do not conform to the guidelines nonetheless adequately promote the overall intent of the DTPP, the PHED Director/Designee shall make a staff recommendation of the project to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission will evaluate theARC and staff recommendations in making a decision on the project. . Lack of Standards Compliance. Projects deemed by the PHED Director/Designee to not comply with the standards shall be rejected. b. Type of Approval. Applications approved by the Planning Commission shall be granted a Planned Community (PC) Permit. The PC permit shall be in the form of a letter Notice of Official Action (NOA) that will contain the approvals and the conditions of approval. c. Appeal. Any aggrieved person or party may appeal the decision of the Planning Commission to the City Council within seven calendar days after the decision. The decision of the City Council is final. d. Council Call Up. At any time after the filing of the application and before the expiration of seven calendar days after a decision by the Planning Commission, any Council member may propose and the Council, by simple majority vote, may decide to call up a Large Project for a Council public hearing. The City Council shall hold a public hearing on the application within 45 days of a Planning Commission decision and render its own decision, which shall be a final decision. 3. Historic Proiects Historic Projects are applications for a project on a site with a historic resource as identified on the Historic Resources Preservation Map in Section 2.1. a. Project Approval Authority. Project approval shall be granted by the Planning Commission based on the level of compliance with the applicable DTPP standards and guidelines. The Planning Commission shall hold at least one Public Hearing on the application. Legal notice of the Public Hearing shall be given as provided in Article 48 of the Zoning Ordinance. The Planning Commission's decision is final unless appealed to the City Council by an aggrieved person or party, or "Called Up" by the City Council. . Standards and Guidelines Compliance. The PHED Director/Designee shall review the project application for conformance to the Precise Plan and shall recommend that the Planning Commission grant approval to projects which he/she deems to comply fully with all appiicable standards and guidelines. The PHED Director/Designee shall also forward the project application to the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC), which shall review the project application for conformance to the applicable Historic Resource Preservation standards and guidelines per the Historic Resources Preservation Chart in Section 2.1 of the Precise Plan and shall recommend that the Planning Commission grant approval to projects which they deem to comply fully with those standards and guidelines. The Planning Commission will evaluate the HRAC and staff recommendations in making a decision on the project. . Standards Compliance Only. For projects which the PHED Director/ Designee deems to conform with the standards, but not the guidelines, in addition to seeking a recommendation to the Planning Commission from the HRAC as described above, theArchitectural Review Committee (ARC) shall make a recommendation to the PHED Director/Designee on the acceptability of the aspects of the project which do not conform with the guidelines. Considering the HRAC's and ARC's input, and considering whether the aspects of the application which do not conform to the guidelines nonetheless adequately promote the overall intent ofthe DTPP, the PHED Director/Designee shall make a staff recommendation of the project to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission will evaluate the HRAC, ARC, and staff recommendations in making a decision on the project. . Lack of Non-Historic Standards Compliance. Projects deemed by the PHED Director/Designee to not comply with the standards in sections 2.2 through 2.10 shall be rejected. . Exceptions to the Historic Resource Preservation Standards. For projects which seek an exemption from the standards of Section 2.1.3, the following additional steps shail be added to the project review process: 1) Findings shall be made that the project site and/or the historic structure itself has unusual physical conditions which warrant the consideration of exceptions, or other constraints which render it infeasible or impractical to fully comply with one or more of the standards; 2) An evaluation shall be undertaken by qualified professionals experienced in the development and review of appropriate design modifications to historic resources to ensure full compliance with all applicable Secretary of the Interior's Standards (SIS); and 3) the project shall be reviewed for compliance with CEQA, consistency with Redwood City's General Plan Goals and Policies for historic resources, and consistency with the City's adopted Historic Preservation Ordinance. The PHED Director! Designee shall then forward the project application to the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC), which shall review the project application for conformance to the SIS and the goals of the DTPP and make a recommendation to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission will evaluate the HRAC and staff recommendations in making a decision on the project. b. Type of Approval. Applications approved by Planning Commission shall be granted a Planned Community (PC) Permit. The PC permit shall be in the form of a letter Notice of Official Action (NOA) that will contain the approvals and the conditions of approval. c. Appeal. Any aggrieved person or party may appeal the decision of the Planning Commission to the City Council within seven calendar days after the decision. The decision of the City Council is final. d. Council Call Up. At any time after the filing of the application and before the expiration of seven calendar days after a decision by the Planning Commission, any Council member may propose and the Council, by simple majority vote, may decide to call up a Large Project for a Council public hearing. The City Council shall hold a public hearing on the application within 45 days of a Planning Commission decision and render its own decision; which shall be a final decision. 0 m i w ¢ � B) Types of Fees Applications involving sites of'/ acre or larger shall pay a deposit according to the provisions of the City's adopted Cost Recovery Policy. Applications on sites smaller than '/ -acre shall pay fees for the individual approvals they seek, as such fees are listed in the City's Master Fee Schedule as it exists now or as it may be amended in the future. If a project on a site of less than'/ acre seeks more than one approval (for example, one project may require sign review, review of architecture, and a use permit) the fee paid shall be the cumulative total of the fees for the individual approvals as listed in the Master Fee Schedule. If the cumulative total of fees for individual approvals meets or exceeds the Initial Deposit amount defined in the Cost Recovery Policy, the applicant's fee will default to a deposit, subject to all the provisions of the Cost Recovery Policy. C) Environmental Review City staff shall assess the level of environmental review needed for development proposals. It is anticipated that many projects deemed in conformity with the DTPP will need no further environmental review, and if so the NOA shall so state. In some cases additional environmental work—such as a negative declaration, mitigated negative declaration, or an environmental impact report—may be necessary due to unique impacts which may arise from certain individual projects. _. -- __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _. . _ _._. _