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05/22/2017
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 15588
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD
<br />CITY DENYING THE APPEAL AND APPROVING A DOWNTOWN
<br />PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT INCLUDING FIFTEEN GUIDELINE
<br />DEVIATIONS, TENTATIVE MAP, CONDOMINIUM PERMIT, PLANNED
<br />DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, DENSITY BONUS PARKING RATIO AND
<br />PARKING REDUCTION FOR 612 JEFFERSON AVENUE PURSUANT TO
<br />THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY'S DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN,
<br />SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPACT FEE
<br />ORDINANCE
<br />WHEREAS, the Applicant, Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, submitted an
<br />application for a Downtown Planned Community Permit, Tentative Map, Condominium
<br />Permit, and a Planned Development Permit, later supplemented by a request for a Density
<br />Bonus Parking Ratio and DTPP Parking Reduction, for a new 6 -story residential condominium
<br />building consisting of 20 residential units at 612 Jefferson Avenue (the "Project"), which is
<br />located within the Downtown Precise Plan area (DTPP); and
<br />WHEREAS, on October 20, 2016, and December 1, 2016, the Architectural Advisory
<br />Committee (AAC) conducted public hearings to consider the proposed fifteen (15) deviations
<br />from the DTPP guidelines pertaining to the ground floor frontage length, rear yard size,
<br />building base, middle, and top cap heights, plinth design, base articulations, bay windows,
<br />window inset depth, window proportions, and changes in color. The AAC found that fourteen
<br />(14) of the proposed deviations are consistent with the spirit and intent of the DTPP, and
<br />unanimously recommended Planning Commission approval of those fourteen (14) deviations.
<br />The AAC also found that the proposed deviation for the minimum rear yard size was not
<br />consistent with the spirit and intent of the DTPP, and unanimously recommended Planning
<br />Commission denial of the deviation unless the Applicant revised the Project to meet the
<br />guideline; or, alternatively, make the rear yard area common open space, provide common
<br />open space elsewhere, or provide private open space for the majority of the units; and
<br />WHEREAS, on November 17, 2016, the Historic Resources Advisory Committee
<br />(HRAC) conducted a public hearing to consider whether the proposed Project would create
<br />a substantial adverse change in the significance of the adjacent historic resources located at
<br />620 Jefferson Avenue, 605 Middlefield Road, and 611 Middlefield Road. The HRAC
<br />considered the historic analysis report prepared by Richard Brandi, and agreed with its
<br />conclusions that: (1) the Project would not have any adverse effects on the historic resources,
<br />and (2) that the historic resources would remain eligible to be listed on the California Register.
<br />The HRAC voted 4-0 to recommend that the Planning Commission determine that the Project
<br />at 612 Jefferson Avenue would not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of
<br />the surrounding historic resources, and that they will remain eligible for listing in the California
<br />Register of Historic Places; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Redwood City is empowered by
<br />the Subdivision Ordinance of the Redwood City Municipal Code to act upon applications for
<br />Tentative Maps and Condominium Permits, and by the Downtown Precise Plan and Zoning
<br />Ordinance to act upon applications for Downtown Planned Community and Planned
<br />Development Permits; and
<br />ATTY/RESO.0048/CC RE50 612JEFFERSON (HABITAT) APPEAL RESO. NO. 15588
<br />REV: 05-23-17 VR MUFF NO, 603
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