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ADOPT: Ordinance No. 2012-010, an Ordinance Approving a Zoning Map and Text Amendment for the Establishment of a Planned District and the Approval of a Planned Development Permit for a 27,644 Square Foot Retail Project Located at 1550 East 14th Street (approves the rezoning and planned development of the Village Marketplace)
Staffreport
WHEREAS, Innisfree Ventures II, LLC (the “Applicant”) submitted several applications for the approval of two single-story retail buildings (the “Project”) at 1550 East 14th Street (the “Project Site”). The Applicant requested to rezone the subject property to a Planned District zoning designation, and for the approval of a Planned Development Permit (PLN2011-00039); and
WHEREAS, the Project has a total site area of 75,442 sq. ft. (1.73 acres) and consists of two single-story retail buildings, one of which would be a single tenant specialty grocery with 13,869 sq. ft. of retail area, and the other a multi-tenant retail building with a total of 13,795 sq. ft. of building area; and
WHEREAS, the Property is currently owned by the City of San Leandro (the “City”), acting as Successor Agency, and is used as a temporary parking lot while the downtown garage is being reconstructed. It was previously graded and developed with an Albertson’s grocery store, constructed prior to 1960, and an associated asphalt parking lot; and
WHEREAS, the Project Site has a General Plan designation of Downtown Mixed Use, which will remain the same; and
WHEREAS, the Project Site is currently zoned Downtown Area 1 (DA-1 (S)) with an S Overlay designation. The “S” Overlay designation was added by the City with the adoption of the City’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy and serves as a way to implement certain specific policy areas in the TOD area. The Project Site is bounded by commercial businesses along East 14th Street and office buildings along the rear; and
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2012 the Planning Commission recommended that th...
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