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09/10/2012 <br /> ORIGINAL <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 15218 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> REDWOOD CITY APPROVING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT <br /> PERMIT PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br /> ZONING ORDINANCE <br /> WHEREAS, Kirk McGowan dba McGowan Development ("Applicant") <br /> submitted applications to the City of Redwood City ("City") for a Planned <br /> Development Permit, including Modifications to zoning district regulations, and a <br /> Vesting Tentative Map including Exceptions to the Subdivision Ordinance (the <br /> "Finger Avenue Project" or "Project"); and <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Redwood City <br /> ("Commission") is empowered by Article 46 (Planned Development Permits) of <br /> the City of Redwood City Zoning Code to act upon applications for planned <br /> development permits within single-family residential zoning districts; the <br /> Commission is also empowered by the Subdivision Map Act and the Redwood <br /> City Municipal Code to consider Vesting Tentative Map Applications; and <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to a Settlement Agreement dated July 26, 2010 by <br /> and among Applicant, City, and the Friends of Cordilleras Creek and Finger <br /> Avenue Pride Committee ("Friends"), among other things, the City agreed to <br /> prepare and certify an Environmental Impact Report for the Project pursuant to <br /> California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") before approving the Project. The <br /> City also agreed that the Project and Environmental Impact Report shall be <br /> considered by both the City's Planning Commission and City Council; and <br /> WHEREAS, on June 19, 2012, the Planning Commission held a duly <br /> noticed public hearing on the Finger Avenue Project, including the Final <br /> Environmental Impact Report for the Finger Avenue Nine-Lot Planned <br /> Development Project ("Final EIR"), and recommended that the City Council (1) <br /> certify the EIR, adopt the necessary CEQA Findings, and adopt a Mitigation <br /> Monitoring and Reporting Plan in accordance with CEQA, by Resolution No. 12- <br /> 16 and (2) strongly consider approval of the alternative identified in the Final EIR <br /> as the "Project with 25 Foot Creek Setback Alternative" without (a) increasing <br /> home sizes elsewhere in Lots 1-4, (b) reducing front yard setbacks or driveway <br /> apron parking, or (c) removing heritage trees other than those (10 trees) already <br /> proposed for removal by the Project applicant, by Resolution No. 12-19; and <br /> WHEREAS, the "Project with 25 Foot Creek Setback Alternative" is similar <br /> to the Project as proposed by the developer except that the residences on Lots <br /> 1-4 would be setback 25 feet from the top of creek bank and reduced in size by <br /> ATTY/RES0.2784/FINGER RESO APPROVING PD FINAL RESO.#15218 <br /> REV:08-31-12 VR MUFF#613 <br /> Page 1 of 20 <br />