Reso HRAC23-04 (0079) HRAC 800 Main

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ATTY/RESO.0079/HRAC 800 MAIN REV: 07-14-23 JB Page 1 of 5 RESOLUTION NO. 23-04 A RESOLUTION OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RECOMMENDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION DETERMINE THE 800 MAIN STREET HOTEL SEQUOIA REHABILITATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HISTORIC RESOURCE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR ADVERSELY AFFECT THE CHARACTER OF THE MAIN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF DOWNTOWN PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT NO. DPC2021-003 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN, AND SECTION 40.10 OF CHAPTER 40 OF THE CITY’S MUNICIPAL CODE (HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE) WHEREAS, Sequoia Main Street LLC (“Applicant”), applied for a Downtown Planned Community Permit (DPC2021-003), and Use Permit (UP2021-017) for the architectural design for rehabilitation and expansion of the historic Sequoia Hotel. Modifications include three new floors of guest rooms (82 total guest rooms) plus a rooftop bar and event space. The project also includes ground floor retail and restaurant space and basement amenities (“Project”); and WHEREAS, the approximately 12,935 square foot Project site is located at 800 Main Street and is individually designated as a city historic landmark; and WHEREAS, the Project is located within the boundaries of the Main Street Historic District; and WHEREAS, the Project proposes to preserve and rehabilitate the existing structure at 800 Main Street, and build a three-story hotel room addition, plus a rooftop level bar and event space on top of the three-story existing building; and WHEREAS, Section 40.8 of Redwood City’s (“City”) Historic Preservation Ordinance specifies that a permit is required “to tear down, demolish, construct, alter, remove or relocate any improvement, or any portion thereof, which has been designated an historic landmark pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, or which lies within an historic district, or to alter in any manner any exterior architectural feature of such an historic landmark or improvement within an historic district, or to place, erect, alter, or relocate any sign within an historic district or on an historic landmark or historic site”; and WHEREAS, Section 40.9 of the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance establishes a permit approval procedure requiring the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (“HRAC”) to review the permit application and submit its written recommendation to the Commission, and that in making its review, the HRAC may hold hearings and may require any documentation it believes reasonably necessary to make its recommendation; and