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with a.Planned Development Permit (PDP) authorized under Article 46 of the <br />.Zoning Ordinance the buildings exceeding l o0 feet will be consistent With the, <br />existing zoning. <br />(d) The purposes of the PDP process *include encouraging flexibility of design and- <br />development of land in such manner as to promote its most appropriate use; <br />encouraging the development 'of innovative projects which incorporate the highest <br />quality architectural solutions, building materials and landscaping concepts; and <br />promoting the most functional and aesthetic relationships between building <br />• structures, signs, open space and parking areas. The Project's central therne is to <br />create an informal campus office environment .through the placement and massing <br />of buildings and .landscaping. It is a high-quality, innovative development <br />consistent with the purposes of the PDP code. <br />(e) The PDP is .further appropriate because no building in the Project mill exceed <br />15.2 feet in height, which is within the height limits provided for in the San Mateo <br />:County Airport Land Use Plan. The use of several taller buildings at the locations <br />proposed permits lower rise buildings elsewhere on the office campus without <br />dominating the campus or casting shadows over the campus and open space. <br />These conclusions are supported by the Project Master Plan, Sections Iv (Scale <br />Model Photographs) and v (Shadow.Analysis),, which are hereby incorporated by <br />reference. <br />(f) The .Proj ect will minimize impacts on adjacent properties, in particular <br />adjacent residential uses. The location of the ten -story office building avoids <br />dominating the campus or blocking viers to the campus. Furthermore, the use of <br />the taller building and the proposed location :of the Phase One parking structure <br />virtually eliminate the shadowing of adjacent residential areas that would <br />other Ise have occurred under the existing zoning and height .limit. At the <br />residential edge, the campus will have a landscaped buffer area, .instead of the <br />previous proposal of surface parking and low rise office buildings. <br />(g) Two parcels (lots:8 and 9) will remain undeveloped, serving as landscaped <br />buffer areas. This will further help to minmizE,mpacts on surrounding <br />properties. <br />(h) Parking for each phase of the Project meets the City's parking requirements. <br />.Special care has been taken to Minimize the visual impact of both garages and <br />surface lots to the Redwood Shores Parkway. This was done by setting the <br />parking structures well within the campus, by landscaping the lots, and by <br />surrounding the roadway edge of the campus with an informal arrangement of <br />trees. <br />.10. <br />FNDNGP 1.DOC <br />5/3 019610:5 1 AM <br />