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7.A. - Page 250 ude the imposition of possible mitigation measures after additional CEQA review. Zoninq Map Amendment While the Stanford in Redwood City project conforms to the City's General Plan Commercial Office and Public/Quasi-Public (Hospital) land use designations, it does not currently conform to the existing "IR" (Industrial Restricted) zoning district designation. The proposed Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan is a zoning document that requires a Zoning Map Amendment to change the Project Precise Plan Area (Precise Plan Blocks A-G) from the existing "IR" (Industrial Restricted) zoning district to "P" (Planned Community) zoning district. The zoning change will allow, among other things, a higher 100% Floor Area Ratio (the ratio, expressed as a percentage of the maximum permitted gross floor area, of a building or buildings to the lot area), consistent with the Project Precise Plan Area General Plan designation, where the IR District currently only allows a 70% FAR for permitted uses and 35% FAR for conditional uses. Precise Plan The City prepared a Precise Plan for the Stanford in Redwood City project. The Precise Plan is comprised of goals, development standards, urban design guidelines and circulation, infrastructure, and capital improvement policies and standards intended to guide the transition of the existing low-rise, parking lot oriented complex into a campus workplace that is denser, greener and more attractive architecturally. The key intentions of the Precise Plan are to ensure that the buildout of the precise plan area is compatible with the surrounding neighborhoods and to enable Stanford University to meet its development objectives to: 1. Redevelop the project development site for a Stanford University satellite location in a campus setting of sufficient size to accommodate the long-term needs of academ ic and academ ic support users for whom an appropriate location on the main Stanford campus is not available, feasible or essential. 2. Plan the campus with sufficient flexibility to allow office, research /development and medical clinic uses by Stanford and/or other users. 3. Redevelop the project development site to conserve natural resources through sustainable land use components and building features, including those affecting transportation, energy, water and air quality. 4. Redevelop the site so that it enhances the quality and value of the adjacent residential neighborhood. 5. Redevelop the site in a manner which promotes and enhances a healthy and diverse economy in Redwood City. 6. Transform the project site's existing campus design to allow development intensity in a manner which implements the City's new General Plan vision for land use, urban form, density, economic development, and circulation. 7. Create a pattern of smaller City blocks integrated into the neighborhood-scale street grid. 8. Provide a high quality campus with substantial usable open space.