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PLN16-0053; Conditional Use Permit to allow reuse of a parking lot for a vehicle storage yard for a park and ride lot (commuter lot) on 140,000 square feet of the subject property at 1700 Doolittle Drive; Alameda County Assessor's Parcel Number 79A-385-2-6; J. Noori, Nterra Group (applicant) and B. G. Gordon, W.P Carey, Inc. (property owner); IG Industrial General District.
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
The proposal is to allow for the reuse of an existing parking lot for outdoor storage of vehicles for a park and ride park (commuter lot) using 140,000 square feet at 1700 Doolittle Drive. The remaining 22,000 square feet of the subject property along the Doolittle Drive frontage would be for a pop-up retail/commercial container park. The property is zoned IG Industrial General. San Leandro Zoning Code Section 2-706 B. 31., provides that Vehicle Storage uses in the Industrial General (IG) zoning district requires a Conditional Use Permit. The container park (pop-up containers) component is accessory and independent to the vehicle storage. The pop-up container project is a "work in progress" where the City is negotiating the terms with the applicant and property owner to use the portion of the site and working with a company that designs and constructs containers for business purposes.
The proposed project would reuse the former parking lot for the commuter lot and would enhance and improve the prominent Doolittle Drive portion of the property, which has been underutilized, by facilitating the development of a pop-up container park to serve this area of the West San Leandro industrial area. The pop-up container park pilot project aligns with goals of the 2013 Next Generation Workplace and seeks to engage existing business and humanize the industrial area. Staff recommends that the Board of Zoning Adjustments approve the project and make the following actions:
1. Adoption of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exemption per CEQA Gui...
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