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City of Redwood City General Plan, applicable provisions of the Redwood Cify MUnicipaE Code and Zoning Ordinance, and the 1410 Valota Road Residentiai Project. NOW, THEREFO�RE, BE iT RES�L.VED AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Planning Gommission finds that the above recitals are accurate and constitute findings in this matter and, together with the Staff Report and the applicatian materials, including without limitation the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, development pian, vesting tentatiue map, and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testirnony, ancf materials in the City's file for the applications and the Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating ta the Project and the property including the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, Zoning Qrdinance, and other appiicable City kaws and regulations, and al! associated approved and certified environmental dacuments, have together served as an adequate and apprapriate evidentiary basis for the findings ancf actions set forth in this Resolution. Section 2. Exceptions to the Subdivision Ordinance TM2012-01: The Pianning Commission finds that: a. The proper#y is of such shape or size, or is affscted by such topographical conditions, or is subject to such title limitations of record that it is impossible or impracticabie for the subdivider to comply with the requirement with which exception is taken. • The traversal of Redwood Creek results in a topographical condition that deems approximately 12 percent of the subject property to be unusable, anci effectively reduces the maximum buildable area of the subject praperty and its development potential; • The reduced average lot width of Lat 2 at 48 feet, where a minimum average lot width of 50 feet is required in accordance with Section 6.7 of the Zoning Ordinance, will allow the lot line shared between Lots 1 and 2 to match closely to the angie of the front property line of Lot 1 along Vaiota Road, while increasing the rear lot width of Lot 2 and resulting in a wider private open space rear yard area for Lot 2; • The site is currently legal nonconforming with respect to its lat depti� of approximately 2.6 times its average width, where lot depths shall generally not exceed 2.5 times their average width pursuant to Section 30.117(B) of the Municipal Cocfe. The five- lot subdivision, including the panhandfe lot configuration for Lots 2 ihrough 5, will bring the newfy subdivided lots into conformance by reducing the lot depths to less than 2.5 times their respective average widths. Notwithstanding the zero frontages on a pub(ic street for Lots 2 through 5, said lots would ATfY1RES0.2213/ 1410 VALOTA RD — TM EXCEP710NS TO SUBDVSN ORD REV;04-23-12 VR Page 2 of li