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-13- <br />8.A. - Page 481 <br />NOtl'ii, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section The Commission finds that the abon recitals are accurate and <br />const2utes ftndings in M matter and, bgether with the StW Report and the <br />proposed Reisidenllal Hillside Zoning Ordinance AmendMWA. including without <br />limitation the addendum mul aU odmr documents, repo studies, maps, oral <br />and written bsftony. and mz*W#s in the City's file for this arnendment, and ON <br />adopted CRY pMtnlnQ docuww to raljWng to the Zoning Ordinen+ce Amendment <br />Including tfie Cifir'is General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and otiw applicable City <br />taws and regulations, and all assockited approved and c ieffified enAronmerftl <br />dammmnts, have together served as an adequate and appropriate evidentlary <br />basis for the findings and actions ad forth In this Resolutlon. <br />Se o>n 2. The Commission also finds that: <br />a. Theo proposed smertdrnent is intended tv prOMe a dlebtL in which the hillaide <br />land in Redumod Coy can be saMy de loped with reiovaly ! residenUal <br />densities and home sig cornmemurFA0 with the natural topography of the <br />area and mtith the type of semi -natal development foms best suited to fs+ing in <br />the trills. <br />h. R0dwrs0d MY is JOCK d In the seIsmicaily >sclive San Franclac o Say Area and <br />Is torus exposer# to geologic and seiernic hazards such as earthquake fault <br />rugae, strong sefamic ground shy lft and sesi io-relefied ground *iiure, <br />including liquefaction and landslides, <br />c. Areas vqth historic slides and earthflowa have been mapped in the southwest <br />hills of Redwood City. <br />d. Soil erosion to also a hazard that requires careful c alopment planning in <br />Redvmd City. <br />e.1 Past landslides, eMdenc:e of expansive soils, and at -or pe; tent geologic <br />o onditions are present in Redwood CfVs hHkWe uveas. <br />f. Redwood City contains "Natural Hillside in the southeastem portion of the <br />City as defined by the General Pian. These areas have been end by <br />biologists to include oak woodlands, grasslands, s=b, and chaparral <br />vegetation and provide habltot to a w1de range of sem. <br />g. The proposed Residential Hillside Zoning Orth. -ante Amendment eststlistles <br />regulations that mcognize that development of hillside land Involvas spacial <br />considerations oral unique situations resulting frorn the slope of the land. <br />These special MeldemMm and unique situations innWe but are not limited <br />to IncreasW huards to developrrsert# 'from toile, storm water runoff, <br />Ar'rst/P1W.2#7W 70 AMff IME RESM6.>Vr17 L HUSME exURANCE <br />141971 <br />4 <br />