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<br />APPENDIX A
<br />Alternative Home Size Methodology
<br />The following methodologies from neighboring jurisdictions are offered for informational
<br />purposes to assist the City Council in determining reasonable approaches pursuant to
<br />its authority under Article 46 of the Redwood City Municipal Code to make decisions
<br />taking into consideration a variety of factors, including promoting the most functional
<br />and aesthetic relationship between building structures.
<br />As previously stated, Condition 19, as modified by the Planning Commission, would
<br />allow home sizes within the range of 2,000 to 3,432 square feet with an average of
<br />2,638 square feet. The project proposes home sizes ranging from 3,300 to 4,500
<br />buildable square feet, with an average of 3,809 square feet. Using the average home
<br />size for comparison purposes, the range for City Council to consider is 2,638 square
<br />feet to 3,809 square feet (a difference of 1,171 square feet).
<br />In an effort to provide the City Council with a comparative analysis of home sizes and a
<br />range of alternatives, staff has evaluated the development regulations for other
<br />municipalities within the surrounding Redwood City environs and calculated the
<br />allowable home sizes when these municipalities' floor area regulations are applied to
<br />the Laurel Way Joint Venture lot sizes.
<br />Table 1, provides a side-by-side comparison of the home sizes using the subject
<br />properties. It should be noted that the range of home sizes represented within this
<br />analysis extends beyond the range of home sizes analyzed within the EIR, i.e., up to
<br />5,120 square feet. Therefore, should the City Council determine to go with an
<br />alternative methodology for calculating the home sizes, the City would either need to
<br />cap the maximum home size at 5,120 square feet, for which no additional analysis
<br />would need to be conducted, or require subsequent environmental analysis for the
<br />homes in excess of 5,120 square feet. The applicant is requesting home sizes which
<br />are now smaller than what the EIR analyzed, so as long as within the bounds of the
<br />EIR, any decision by the City Council to accept an alternative methodology allowing for
<br />home sizes greater than what the Planning Commission approved would likely result in
<br />home sizes smaller than those requested by the applicant.
<br />Table 1 - Averaae Home Size Comaarison
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<br />Smallest (Sq. Ft.)
<br />Largest (Sq. Ft)
<br />Average Home Size
<br />Condition 19
<br />2,400
<br />3,432
<br />2,638
<br />Belmont
<br />2,203
<br />4,500
<br />3,234
<br />Menlo Park
<br />2,953
<br />7,181
<br />3,613
<br />Palo Alto
<br />3,003
<br />6,000
<br />3,693
<br />San Mateo
<br />2,566
<br />6,000
<br />3,726
<br />Applicant
<br />3,300
<br />4,500
<br />3,809
<br />San Carlos
<br />3,003
<br />6,855
<br />3,875
<br />Burlingame
<br />3,535
<br />8,000
<br />4,321
<br />Millbrae
<br />4,186
<br />13,489
<br />5,638
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