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ATTY/RESO.0110/PC RESO STANFORD BLOCK C REV: 11-30-23 VR Page 1 of 5 RESOLUTION NO. 23-22 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING A PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT, AND TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP FOR PHASE 2 OF THE STANFORD IN REDWOOD CITY PROJECT LOCATED AT 505 BROADWAY (BLOCK C) WHEREAS, Leland Stanford Junior University (“Applicant”), submitted an application for a Planned Community Permit (PC2020-001) and Tentative Parcel Map (TM2020-004) for Block C of Phase 2 of the Stanford in Redwood City campus, including two office buildings, amenity space and a parking structure located at 505 Broadway (the “Project”), which is located within the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan (“Precise Plan”) area; and WHEREAS, on September 3, 2020, 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 Planned Community Permit; the Commission is also empowered by the Subdivision Map Act and the Redwood City Code to consider the Tentative Map application as the Planning Commission is the highest applicable review authority required to review the approval concurrently with the Planned Community Permit pursuant to Section 41.4 of the Zoning Ordinance; and WHEREAS, Chapter II, Section IV.G of the Precise Plan provides that parking shall be provided according to the standards in the Precise Plan “unless otherwise reviewed and approved by City”; and WHEREAS, Applicant provided a Stanford Redwood City Parking Analysis, prepared by Fehr & Peers to support a request for a 15 percent parking reduction for Phase 2, Block C; and WHEREAS, on November 28, 2023, the Subdivision Committee conducted a public hearing to consider the proposed Tentative Parcel Map. The Subdivision Committee considered the project and recommended that the Planning Commission approve the Tentative Map; and