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ATTY/RESO.0029/CC RESO APPROVING ARCHITECTUAL PERMIT, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP (920 SHASTA) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 1 of 12 RESOLUTION NO. 16296 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING THE 920 SHASTA PROJECT INCLUDING AN ARCHITECTURAL PERMIT (AP2023-009), A VESTING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP (TM2023-002), DENSITY BONUS WITH ASSOCIATED CONCESSIONS AND WAIVER, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAND DONATION AGREEMENT, AND A RELOCATION PLAN WHEREAS, Abode Communities (“Applicant”) submitted an application for an Architectural Permit (AP2023-009), a Vesting Tentative Parcel Map (TM2023-002), State Density Bonus law concessions and waiver, subject to conditions of approval, Affordable Housing Plan, Affordable Housing Land Donation Agreement, and a Relocation Plan for the development of 99 deed restricted affordable units and one caretaker’s unit at 920 Shasta Street and 122 Buckeye Street (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the Project site has a General Plan Land Use designation of Mixed Use – Transitional and is located within the Mixed Use – Transitional (MUT) Zoning District; and WHEREAS, the Project qualifies as a “housing development” under the Housing Accountability Act (“HAA”) because at least 20% of the total units are affordable to very- low or low-income households. The HAA limits the City’s authority to: (a) condition such a project if doing so would have a substantial adverse impact on the viability or affordability of providing the units, and (b) disapprove a housing development project except where the Project does not comply with objective, quantifiable, and written development standards, conditions, and policies; and WHEREAS, State Density Bonus Law (Government Code Sections 65915 et seq.) incentivizes the construction of affordable housing by allowing a developer to add additional housing units to a project beyond the zoned capacity and secure other incentives in exchange for a commitment to include deed-restricted affordable units. A developer is entitled to: (a) a specified number of modifications to development regulations that would result in identifiable and actual costs reductions needed to provide affordable housing, known as concessions, and (b) an unlimited number of modifications to development regulations that are needed to physically accommodate the proposed Project, known as waivers. If a housing development project is entitled to a density bonus, concessions, and/or waivers, those modifications of local rules cannot be considered a violation of a general plan, zone code, or other local regulation or a basis for denying a project. The City has adopted Redwood City Municipal Code Section 32.19, which implements the State Density Bonus law; and