Reso PC21-11 0086 PC Reso Recommending Approval of ZA Amendment 1616 Gordon Street

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ATTY/RESO.0086/PC RESO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ZA AMENDMENT – 1616 GORDON STREET REV: 10-13-2021 VR Page 1 of 21 RESOLUTION NO. 21-11 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A ZONING AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 60 (ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES – MAPS) TO AMEND A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1616 GORDON STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL DUPLEX TO MULTI-FAMILY MEDIUM DENSITY; AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ARC HITECTURAL PERMIT NO. AP2020-032 AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2020-010; AND DETERMINING THE PROJECT TO BE EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15183 WHEREAS, the applicant, Chris Kummerer (Applicant), has applied for a Zoning Amendment (ZT2020-002) to rezone portions of a split zone site from the existing Residential Duplex (R-2) zoning designation to Multi-Family Medium Density with Office Combining District (R-4-O) zoning designation, an Architectural Permit (AP2021-032), and a Conditional Use Permit (UP2020-010) to construct an additional 10,556-square- foot Senior Care Facility building and other landscaping features, at 1616 Gordon Street (the Project); and WHEREAS, under Zoning Ordinance Article 49, for the purpose of amendments to the Zoning Ordinance is to increase the quality of its provisions in guiding and regulating future development, growth and evaluation of Redwood City; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Zoning Ordinance Section 49.6, the Planning Commission may recommend a Zoning Ordinance amendment to the City Council with supporting findings; and WHEREAS, on October 8, 2021 a public hearing notice of the Planning Commission hearing was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal and sent to the Property Owner and was mailed to owners and tenants within 300 feet of the Project; and WHEREAS, on October 19, 2021 the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing in accordance with all applicable requirements of the State Planning and Zoning Law and the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance, to consider the Project and review the permit application and support materials; and WHERAS, on October 19, 2021, the applicant, adjacent neighbors and all other interested parties were given the opportunity to participate in the public hearing through oral testimony and the submittal of written comments; and WHEREAS, on October 19, 2021, the Planning Commission fully reviewed, considered, and evaluated the staff report prepared for the Project including the attachments to the staff report, oral and written public testimony, and all other documents and evidence in the public record on the Project.