Reso PC17-02 0013 PC Reso 801 Brewster

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RESOLUTION NO. 17-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING A DOWNTOWN PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT INCLUDING ELEVEN GUIDELINE DEVIATIONS, TENTATIVE MAP, CONDOMINIUM PERMIT, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS FOR 801 BREWSTER AVENUE PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY'S DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS REGULATIONS WHEREAS, Applicant, Anton Development Company, submitted an application for a Downtown Planned Community Permit, Tentative Map, Condominium Permit, and a Planned Development Permit for a new 4 to 6 -story multi -family residential building, consisting of 250 residential units (including 50 units at the very -low income level) at 801 Brewster Avenue (the "Project"), which is located within the Downtown Precise Plan area (DTPP); and WHEREAS, on November 3, 2016, and December 1, 2016, the Architectural Advisory Committee (AAC) conducted public hearings to consider the proposed eleven (11) deviations from the DTPP guidelines pertaining to the ground floor frontage length, removal of the existing trees on the site, the use of rectangular garage columns located less than 6 -inches from parking spaces, building wing widths exceeding the maximum recommendations, inactive frontages, porch entrances elevated less than 2 -feet above sidewalk grade, and window inset depths of less than 3 -inches. The AAC found that all eleven (11) of the proposed deviations are consistent with the spirit and intent of the DTPP, and unanimously recommended Planning Commission approval of those eleven (11) deviations; and WHEREAS, on November 17, 2016, the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC) conducted a public hearing to consider whether the proposed Project would create a substantial adverse change in the significance of the adjacent historic resource located at 530 Warren Street, the Mezesville Historic District, or the two potentially historic resources at 840 Brewster Avenue and 701 Arguello Street. The HRAC considered the historic analysis reports prepared by Richard Brandi and Page & Turnbull, and agreed with their conclusions that: (1) the Project would not create a substantial adverse change in the significance of the adjacent historic and potentially historic resources, and (2) that the historic and potentially historic resources would remain eligible to be listed on the California Register. The HRAC voted 5-0 to recommend that the Planning Commission determine that the Project at 801 Brewster Avenue would not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of the historic resource at 530 Warren Street, nor would it cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of the Mezesville Historic District or the potential historic resources located at 840 Brewster Avenue and 701 Arguello Street, and that the historic resource at 530 Warren Street, the Mezesville Historic District, and the potential historic resources at 840 Brewster Avenue and 701 Arguello Street would remain eligible for listing in the California Register of Historic Places; and WHEREAS, pursuant to State Density Bonus Law and Redwood City's Affordable Housing Density Bonus regulations (Government Code Section 65915, and Section 32.19 of the Redwood City Zoning Code), the Applicant requested two development standard concessions to exceed the maximum building heights for the Project site under the DTPP ATTY/RESO.0013/PC RESO 801 BREWSTER REV: 02-03-17 PR Page 1 of 18