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P21-1173, PUD-146, and Tract 8631 PC-2024-17, October 23, 2024 <br />3 of 34 <br />Section 2: Recommended Findings for approval of PUD Development Plan (PUD-146). <br />With respect to Case No. PUD-146, the Planning Commission recommends the City Council <br />make the following findings and determinations with respect to each of the considerations for a <br />PUD Development Plan as required by Section 18.68.110 of the PMC: <br />1.Whether the plan is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general <br />welfare: <br />The Project, as conditioned, meets all applicable City standards concerning public health, <br />safety, and welfare. The Project would include the installation of all required on-site utilities <br />with connections to municipal systems to serve the new development. The Project will not <br />generate volumes of traffic that cannot be accommodated by existing City streets and <br />intersections in the area. The structures would be designed to meet the requirements of the <br />Uniform Building Code, Fire Code, and other applicable City codes. Adequate access <br />would be provided to the structures for police, fire, and other emergency response vehicles. <br />Stormwater run-off from the site will be treated before leaving the site. Construction hour <br />limits and dust suppression requirements would minimize construction impacts on the <br />surrounding residents and tenants. The Project is compatible with the adjacent uses and <br />would be consistent with the existing scale and character of the area. Therefore, it is <br />recommended the proposed PUD development plan is in the best interests of the public <br />health, safety, and general welfare, and this finding can be made. <br />2.Whether the plan is consistent with the City's General Plan and any applicable <br />specific plan: <br />The Property’s General Plan and Downtown Specific Plan Land Use Designations of <br />Retail/Highway/Service Commercial Business and Professional Offices and Downtown <br />Commercial designations permit mixed uses including mixed residential and commercial <br />development, at the densities and intensities proposed by the project; thus, the Project <br />would be consistent with the General Plan and Downtown Specific Plan Land Use <br />Designations. The project would retain as undeveloped open space the area within the <br />Public Health and Safety Wildland Overlay and Arroyo and Open Space Arroyo <br />designations. The proposed project is located near public transportation, within proximity to <br />the services and amenities of the Downtown area, and in an area already developed with <br />adequately sized infrastructure. In addition, the project would preserve the commercial <br />square-footage utilized on-site. The project would provide housing opportunities within the <br />downtown, as well as new/replacement active commercial uses centered on a new outdoor <br />plaza, consistent with General Plan and Specific Plan policies that seek to promote the <br />downtown as a vibrant mixed-use district. <br />3.Whether the plan is compatible with previously developed properties in the vicinity <br />and the natural, topographic features of the site: <br />The project site is surrounded by a variety of uses: single-family homes, townhomes, <br />apartments, offices, and a restaurant, and is within close proximity to personal services. As