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ATTY/RESO.0033/PC RESO APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT & ARC – 860 CHARTER ST. <br />REV: 06-27-17 PR <br />Page 1 of 11 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 17-08 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY <br />OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE <br />PERMIT AND ARCHITECTURAL PERMIT FOR A NEW <br />CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 860 CHARTER STREET <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Applicant, Launchpad Development Company, applied for a <br />Conditional Use Permit for non-conforming parking stall size and driveway width <br />and an Architectural Permit to renovate the existing building at 860 Charter <br />Street for a new Rocketship Charter Elementary School with 480 students in <br />Transitional Kindergarten through fifth grade with landscape, parking and on-site <br />circulation improvements (the “Project”); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on November 1, 2016, the Planning Commission (“Commission”) <br />conducted a public hearing to consider the Project and associated Initial <br />Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) and continued the hearing to <br />provide staff and consultants time to respond to comments; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on March 1 4 2017, the City released for public review, the <br />Response to Comments memo and on June 8 2017, the City released for public review <br />a revised Response to Comments memo including updated traffic counts and <br />responding to all comments received on the IS/MND; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on April 4, 2017 conducted a public hearing to consider the Project <br />and IS/MND and received public comment on the application. The Commission then <br />continued the hearing in order to provide an opportunity to evaluate and respond to <br />additional comments including a traffic analysis submitted by a member of the public; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on June 20, 2017, the Commission considered and approved the <br />IS/MND prepared in accordance with the requirements of the California <br />Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and, based on the adopted IS/MND, approved <br />a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program in compliance with CEQA <br />requirements, as part of the City’s consideration of the Project; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Commission is empowered by the Redwood City Zoning <br />Ordinance to act upon applications for Conditional Use Permits and Architectural <br />Permits; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on June 20, 2017, the Commission conducted a duly noticed <br />public hearing, in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Redwood City <br />Municipal Code and State Planning and Zoning Law, to consider Conditional Use <br />Permit No. UP2014-20 and Architectural Permit No. AP2014-66, and received and <br />considered oral and documentary evidence in favor of or opposed to the <br />application; and