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8.B. - Page 17 SECTION 3.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION For the purpose of this project discussion, Valota Road will be considered `north,' and Redwood Creek will be considered `south' when describing the locations of characteristic features on and around the project site. The project site is a 31,107 square foot(s�parcel bound by Valota Road to the north, single-family housing to the east and west, and Redwood Creek to the south and west. The northern half of the project site is currently developed with a one-story single-family residence, a gravel driveway, an approximately 225 sf parking area, and landscaping. The gravel driveway enters the site off of Valota Road and runs north-south near the western border of the project site to the parking area, which is located behind the residence. The southern half of the site is used for gardening and is developed with pavement remnants associated with a former carport, a gazebo, fruit trees, and gardening beds. Figure 3 shows the project site in its e�sting conditions. An aerial of the site is provided on page 50 (Figure 8). The proposed project would remove the existing single-family residence and associated improvements and subdivide the property into five lots. The lot sizes would range from 5,302 to 8,415 sf and would include portions of the proposed private roadway for Lots 2 through 4. Each lot would have reciprocating easements over the private road. The square footages of Lots 3, 4, and 5 include Redwood Creek or a portion thereo£ The project would include the construction of a detached two-story single-family residence with an attached two-car garage on each of the five lots, for a total of five new dwelling units on the property (see Figure 4). The residences would be constructed based upon two different floor plans,Plan One and Plan Two. Plan One would be constructed on Lots 2 and 4 (see Figure 5), and Plan Two would be constructed on Lots 1, 3, and 5 (see Figure 6). The ma�mum height of the dwelling units would vary between 25.5 and 27 feet. Lot 1 would be accessed from a 16-foot wide private driveway off of Valota Road. The Lot 1 driveway would be constructed over property measuring 1,071 s£ The property was acquired from the City through a right-of-way (ROW) abandonment in September, 20ll. Lots 2 through 5 would be accessed from a 16-foot wide,two-way private roadway off of Valota Road. The roadway would run along the eastern boundary of the project site. A four-foot wide walkway would be located along the western side of the roadway to provide pedestrian access to the residences. In the vicinity of the project site Redwood Creek flows through an approximately eight-foot deep concrete lined drainage channel. Storm water from the project site would be filtered through bioswales' located between the residences and then routed to a detention pipe located along the rear of the properties.� The water would be discharged through an outlet into the Redwood Creek drainage channel. The outlet would be subject to the jurisdiction of Redwood City. The City adopted a Green Building Ordinance in 2009 that establishes building construction guidelines related to sustainable site development,water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. The project would be constructed in accordance with the City's Green Building Ordinance. The project site is currently designated Residential Medium (20 DU/AC Max) in the Redwood City General Plan, and zoned R-2 Residential-Duplex. i Bioswales are landscape elements designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff water. �Bioswales would be maintained by property owners through the conditions of a Stormwater Treatment Measures Maintenance Agreement and would be subject to a yearly inspection by the City. 1410 Valota Road Residential Project 5 Initial Study Redwood City January 2012