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2.oPro�E6.4.A. - Page 95 Ordinance Amendment is within the scope of the project covered by the FEIR and no further environmental documentation is required for adoption of the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment dated January 29, 2013. The City has, nonetheless, decided to prepare an addendum to provide substantial evidence to that end. 2.0 Project Description This Project Description section provides is divided into three parts. The first section (2.1) provides a description of the General Plan policy direction that provided the framework for the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment. Section 2.2 provides information on the consistency between General Plan land use designations and implementing zoning districts. Section 2.3 provides a summary of the project characteristics and specific details of each individual Zoning Amendment. 2.1 General Plan Policy Direction The City of Redwood City adopted a comprehensive update to the General Plan in 2010, to be the community's most important and dynamic planning tool. The General Plan established new policies, goals, and implementation programs for the long-term physical development of the community, constituting the blueprint for how the City will look, how development will occur, and providing a framework for the provision of City programs and services. The General Plan responds to new State laws and addresses housing, urban form, circulation, atmosphere and climate, water resources, child care, seniors, health, historic resources, economic development, safety, and sustainability initiatives in the City. The General Plan represents a transformation from the prior 1990 General Plan. The General Plan includes significant revisions to the land use map and completely new text, proposing progressive and innovative programs and policies for certain corridors and focus areas. 2.1.1 New Land Use Designations and Corresponding Zones Many General Plan land use designations were created as part of the New General Plan, including four that were the impetuous for the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment, as outlined in Table 1: Table 1: New General Plan Land Use Designations and Implementing Zones New General Plan Land Use Implementation Action/Zone Designations Mixed Use - Neighborhood Article 54: Mixed Use Neighborhood Zoning District (MUN) (new zone) Mixed Use - Live/UVork Article 55: Mixed Use Live/Work Zoning District (MULI/� (new zone) Light Industrial Incubator Overlay Article 17A: Light Industrial Incubator Zoning District (LII) (new zone) Commercial-Office Professional/Technology Article 29: Commercial Office (CO) (existing zone) Article 16: Commercial Park (CP) (existing zone) Land use objectives are clearly outlined in goals, policies, and implementing programs of the General Plan. These are summarized below for each of the new implementing zones. Mixed Use - Neighborhood Key land use objectives pertaining to the Mixed Use - Neighborhood areas and expressed in the General Plan include: ■ Accommodate mixed-use projects pursuant to the Land Use Map and any implementing regulations. Redwood City Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Amendment Page 5 of 51 Addendum to General Plan FEIR