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General Plan Excerpt Per Comment Project Consistent consistent with the adjacent single-family residential. Multi -family residential uses are generally more consistent with single-family uses than office/commercial uses, and it is typical for single and multi -family residential developments to be sited adjacent to one another. The proposed project's multi- family uses and 90-foot minimum building setback with trees along the site boundary would provide a transition between the low density single-family residential development to the east and south and the higher density commercial/office uses along N. Main Street. Land Use Goal 6: Reduce residential overcrowding to As described in Table 4.7-2 of the Draft EIR, the project promote public health and safety. would develop additional multi -family rental housing within the City to assist in providing additional housing options and improve the rental unit vacancy rate. Policy 1.2: Support high density residential As described in Table 4.7-2 of the Draft EIR and development within the City's District Centers as a part Response 11, the proposed project is a high -density of mixed -use development. residential development within an area of the City that contains existing District Centers. Policy 2.2: Support new development which is As described in Draft EIR Section 4.1, Aesthetics, and harmonious in scale and character with existing Section 4.7, Land Use and Planning, the project would development in the area. be consistent with urban development along N. Main Street and includes design measures, such as courtyards, setbacks, lower building heights on the east side of the site, and architectural treatments to provide a residential character toward the existing single-family residential areas. Although, resulting in a higher density and intensity development than the adjacent single- family residences, the project is consistent along N. Main Street and the design includes: increasing the existing wall height to 8-feet, retention of most of the mature trees and installation of new trees on the eastern portion of the site to screen views, provision of a 90-foot minimum building setback and provision of a residential character that does not currently exist on the project site. Overall, the project would provide a more harmonious residential character than currently exists between the site and the single-family area, however, the residential character would be greater and scale and provide a multi -family character that is different than the single family residential areas to the east and south. Policy 3.1: Support development which provides a As described previously, the project is sited along the positive contribution to neighborhood character and Main Street corridor and would provide modern identity. architecture that is consistent with the adjacent buildings along Main Street and be consistent with the 11A-117