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Redwood City Creneral Plan 2oi2ar6.1.F. - Page 9 expeditiously. The General Plan prioritized Zoning Ordinance Amendments for the Mixed Use - Downtown General Plan land use designation, followed by the Mixed Use - Corridor General Plan land use designation and other mixed use land use designations. These two land use designations allow for the most intensive development in the City. These areas are envisioned to contribute to a more compact pattern of development, allow for more housing, and help encourage use of alternative forms of transportation. The Mixed Use - Downtown General Plan land use designation is implemented through the recently adopted Downtown Precise Plan (adopted on January 24, 2011). Following adoption of the Downtown Precise Plan, the City then proceeded with the drafting of a Zoning Ordinance Amendment to implement the Mixed Use - Corridor General Plan land use designation. Areas designated Mixed Use - Corridor by the General Plan are envisioned to contribute to a more compact pattern of development, allow for more housing and help encourage use of alternative forms of transportation. On March 11, 2013, the City Council considered the establishment of the Mixed Use Neighborhood District under Article 54, the Mixed Use Live/Work Zoning District under Article 55, the Light Industrial Incubator District under Article 17A, the Emergency Shelter Combining District and the repeal of the Pedestrian Shopping Combining District under Article 25, modification of the Commercial Park District under Article 16, the repeal of Article 16A in its entirety, modification of the Commercial Park District under Article 29, amendment of the Zoning Map to designate the boundaries of the newly established districts, and make corresponding revisions to Articles 2, 3, 30, 31, and 53. Final adoption is anticipated for May 2013, and will be reported in the next reporting cycle. Planning Applications Processed: In 2012, Redwood City processed 248 Planning permits. These permits included architectural permits (30 percent), sign permits (16 percent), use permits (19 percent), variances (0.8 percent), planned development permits and amendments (2 percent), zoning verification letters (19 percent) and other permits including parcel maps, lot line adjustments, environmental assessments and planned community permits (13 percent). In addition, applications for several maj or development proj ects were received by the City. These applications are not considered in the Housing Element progress report because the projects are/were still in preliminary phases and had not been approved during the reporting period: (1) Permit application for a residential development of 305 units on 145 Monroe Street. (2) Permit application for a residential development of 66 rental (4 low income) units on 490 Winslow Street. (3) Permit application for a residential development of 471 mixed use/rental units on 525 Middlefield Road. (4) Permit application for a mixed use office/retail development totaling 333,000 square feet and 1,000 parking stalls on 950 Middlefield Road. (5) Permit application for a residential development of 18 for sale, detached single family units on 735 Brewster Avenue. 4 � Page