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ATTY/RESO.0091/PC RESO APPROVING THE PC PERMIT & TM - PHASE 1 STANFORD REV: 09-29-16 JS Page 1 of 15 RESOLUTION NO. 16-16 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING A PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT, INCLUDING TWO EXCEPTIONS, AND TENTATIVE MAP FOR PHASE 1 OF THE STANFORD IN REDWOOD CITY PROJECT LOCATED AT 405, 425, 475, 500-585 BROADWAY AND 1228 DOUGLAS AVENUE WHEREAS, the Applicant, Stanford University (“Applicant”), submitted an application for a Planned Community Permit (PC2016-001) and Tentative Map (TM2016- 002) for Phase 1 of the Stanford in Redwood City campus, including four new office buildings, a fitness center, parking garage, IT hub, child care and Central Energy Facility located at 405, 425, 475, 500-585 Broadway and 1228 Douglas Avenue and including the Road Width Exception (defined below) and the Building Height Exception (defined below) (the “Project”), which is located within the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan area; and WHEREAS, the Planned Community Permit application includes a request pursuant to Chapter III.III.B of the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan (“Precise Plan”) to allow for a 66-foot wide right-of-way on Warrington Avenue and an 86-foot wide right-of-way on Barron Avenue (the “Right-of-Way Exception”), and the Precise Plan allows City to approve the Right-of-Way Exception; and WHEREAS, the Planned Community Permit application includes a request pursuant to Chapter II.II.D.4 to allow for one building in Block C of the Precise Plan area to exceed the maximum building height requirement of 75 feet by 14.5 feet (89.5 feet total) (the “Building Height Exception”), and the Precise Plan allows City to approve the Building Height Exception; and WHEREAS, on March 15, 2016 the Planning Commission of the City of Redwood City (Commission) held a study session to receive information on the Project and ask questions. No action was taken at this hearing; and WHEREAS, on August 18, 2016 the Architectural Advisory Committee (AAC) conducted a public hearing to consider the proposed project. The AAC considered the development standards and urban design guidelines of the Precise Plan, and recommended that the Planning Commission approve the project as proposed by the Applicant in that the site planning, building height, massing and articulation, architectural detailing and sustainability features are consistent with the Precise Plan goals and development standards and the intent of its urban design guidelines; and WHEREAS, the Commission is empowered by Article 52 (Planned Community District or P District) of the City of Redwood City Zoning Ordinance and the Precise Plan to act upon the subject application; the Commission is also empowered by the Subdivision Map Act and the Redwood City Code to consider Tentative Map Applications; and WHEREAS, on October 4, 2016, the Commission considered the staff reports, oral and written, and testimony and materials presented by all those wishing to be heard on this Project at the noticed public hearing on this matter; and