File #: 23-419    Version: 1 Name: Town Hall Square BZA Development Review
Type: Staff Report Status: Filed
In control: City Council
Meeting Date: 9/7/2023 Final action: 9/7/2023
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: PLN22-0037; Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit and Administrative Site Plan Review for a 180-unit multi-family residential development and related site improvements located at 1145-1199 E. 14th Street; Zoning District: DA-1(S), Downtown Area-1, Special Review Overlay; Alameda County Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 75-1-3, 75-1-4, 75-1-5, 75-1-6, 75-1-7-2, 75-1-8-2, 75-1-9-2, and 75-1-10-2, and a determination that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA Guidelines Section 15332; Bob Pickett (applicant); Beam Development, LLC (property owner).
Attachments: 1. Attachment 1 - Draft BZA Resolution 23-XX, 2. Attachment 1 - Exhibit A - Project Plans, 3. Attachment 2 - Compliance Table - Town Hall Square, 4. Attachment 3 - Class 32 CEQA Exemption Report 1199 E 14th St, 5. Attachment 4 - Inclusionary Housing Plan, 6. Attachment 5 - General Plan Goals and Policies, 7. Attachment 6 - Project Location, Existing Conditions & History.
Title
PLN22-0037; Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit and Administrative Site Plan Review for a 180-unit multi-family residential development and related site improvements located at 1145-1199 E. 14th Street; Zoning District: DA-1(S), Downtown Area-1, Special Review Overlay; Alameda County Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 75-1-3, 75-1-4, 75-1-5, 75-1-6, 75-1-7-2, 75-1-8-2, 75-1-9-2, and 75-1-10-2, and a determination that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA Guidelines Section 15332; Bob Pickett (applicant); Beam Development, LLC (property owner).

Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The applicant, Bob Pickett, on behalf of the property owner, Beam Development, LLC, is requesting a Conditional Use Permit and Administrative Site Plan Review for a proposed 180-unit multi-family residential development at 1145-1199 E. 14th Street. The 1.2-acre project site is located in Downtown and is bounded by E. 14th Street, Davis Street, and Dan Niemi Way.

The project proposes to demolish two existing buildings and a surface parking lot to facilitate the proposed development. A separately owned gas station occupies the same block to the north of the project site at Dan Niemi Way and E. 14th Street and is not part of the project scope.

The proposed project is utilizing State Density Bonus law, which allows an increase to the base residential density of a proposed project and provides concessions and waivers to development standards in exchange for providing a percentage of on-site affordable dwelling units.

The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines, In-Fill Development Projects.

Staff recommends the Board of Zoning Adjustments adopt the attached Resolution, 2023-007 approving a Conditional Use Permit and Administrative Site Plan Review for 1145-1199 E. 14th Street, PLN22-0037 and determining the project is c...

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