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6A Page 8 . Subject Site 01,500 foot radius from Subject Site 4,000-foot walk to CalTrain Station hick White Line: Boundaries of Subject Site Planning Environment - includes light industrial, office, medical office, auto ealerships, big box retail, small retail, and ome restaurant. There are no residential land uses in this area. Dashed Black Line: Boundaries of the Downtown Precise Plan i 3. Zonina: The applicant is proposing a Zoning Map Amendment to allow commercial, residential, and mixed use development. The City's General Commercial - Combined Residential (CG-R) Zoning District would be a zone that would allow the proposed use. CG-R Zoning exists on the western portion of Woodside Road and along most of the EI Camino Real corridor. There is no CG-R Zoning near the subject site. Alternately, a site specific precise plan could also accomplish the land use regulatory allowances that the applicant seeks. In either case, amending the zoning of only the subject site could constitute a "Spot Zone," since it is a completely new introduction for residential land use that lacks context with the surrounding uses. If the -R Combining District were also added to the adjacent properties on Main Street, the appearance of a spot zone may be somewhat reduced, however, the existing land uses are not presenting themselves to be converted to residential and we don't anticipate that this would occur for a long time. The City would also not want to encourage the development of housing in this location and draw projects away from the downtown. Also, all of the other findings listed herein would still apply, even if the -R Combining District were slightly expanded. 4. Context: From the Existing Conditions Map aerial photograph, it is apparent that the parcelization pattern and "super-blocks" of the area around the subject site are of a substantially different development pattern than the tight street grid of the downtown area. They also contain different land uses, none of which are residential. Staff has also taken an inventory of uses that appear vulnerable to change as well as those that will likely remain for many years. There are a high number of uses in this area, including immediately around the subject site that will likely remain as they are for many years. The applicant proposes that this site is within walking distance of downtown and various key downtown amenities such as the CalTrain Station. However, staff must note the