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Staff Report for an Ordinance Approving Zoning Map and Text Amendments for the Establishment of a Planned District by Rezoning the Subject Property from DA-1 (S) to “Planned Development District”, and the Approval of a Planned Development Permit for a 27,664 Square Foot Retail Project Located at 1550 East 14th Street. Innisfree Ventures II, LLC - PLN2011-00039; APN 077 0540 009 00
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RECOMMENDATIONS
On April 19, 2012, the Planning Commission adopted a Resolution recommending that City Council approve the proposed project, subject to the attached conditions of approval.
Staff recommends that the City Council take public testimony on the environmental documents and the overall merits of the project and consider the Planning Commission’s recommendation that the City Council:
A. Find that the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Sections 21083 and 21084 of the Public Resources Code and Section 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines;
B. Approve a Rezone of the project site from DA-1 (S) (Downtown Area 1 with an “S” overlay zone) to PD (Planned Development District);
C. Approve a Planned Development permit to develop two retail structures totaling 27,664 sq. ft. subject to the recommended conditions of approval.
BACKGROUND
The project (also referred to herein as “Village Marketplace”) has a total project site area of 75,442 sq. ft. (1.73 acres) and consists of two single-story retail buildings. Building A is a single tenant specialty grocer (Fresh and Easy neighborhood market) with 13,869 sq. ft. of retail area, and Building B is a multi-tenant retail building with a total of 13,795 sq. ft. of building area which will initially include Peet’s Coffee and Tea and Chipotle’s. The total building floor area of both buildings is 27,644 sq. ft. The project site will have a total building coverage of 36.6% of the total project site area.
On-site parking will consist of 84 parking spaces for a parking ratio of 3 parking spaces/1,000 sq. ft. of building a...
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