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File #: 25-632    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/2/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/13/2025 Final action: 8/13/2025
Title: Resolution making findings and recommending that City Council approve a Planned Development, Tentative Parcel Map, Design Review, and Transportation Demand Management Program to construct 70 single-family townhouse units located at 500 Railroad Avenue in the T4 Lindenville (T4L) Zoning District.
Attachments: 1. Entitlement Exhibit 1_Conditions of Approval, 2. Entitlement Exhibit 2_Project Plans, 3. Entitlement Exhibit 3_Open Space Urban Design
Related files: 25-393, 25-628, 25-631
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Resolution making findings and recommending that City Council approve a Planned Development, Tentative Parcel Map, Design Review, and Transportation Demand Management Program to construct 70 single-family townhouse units located at 500 Railroad Avenue in the T4 Lindenville (T4L) Zoning District.

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WHEREAS, Newlife Investments, LLC ("Applicant") has proposed to construct 70 single-family townhouse units with associated open space and public improvements at 500 Railroad Avenue; and

WHEREAS, the proposed Project site is located within the T4 Lindenville (T4L) Zoning District; and

WHEREAS, the Applicant seeks entitlement approval of a Planning Project (P23-0061), including Planned Development (PUD24-0001), Tentative Parcel Map (PM25-0001), Design Review (DR24-0026) and Transportation Demand Management Program (TDM23-0007); and

WHEREAS, the Design Review Board for the City of South San Francisco considered the Project, and recommended approval of the project on September 25, 2024; and

WHEREAS, approval of the applicant's proposal is considered a "Project" for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, Pub. Resources Code ?21000, et seq. ("CEQA"); and

WHEREAS, in 2022, the City Council certified an Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") for the 2040 General Plan Update, Zoning Code Amendments, and Climate Action Plan ("2040 General Plan Program EIR") (State Clearinghouse # 2021020064) in accordance with the provisions of CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, which analyzed the potential environmental impacts of the citywide development anticipated in the 2040 General Plan; and

WHEREAS, the City Council also adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations ("SOC") in October 2022 in accordance with the provisions of CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, which carefully considered each significant and unavoidable impact identified in the 2040 General Plan Program EIR and found that the significant environmental impacts are acceptable in light of the Project's s...

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