File #: 17-678    Version: 1 Name: SR BZA Alvarado Commerce Center
Type: Staff Report Status: Filed
In control: Board of Zoning Adjustments
Meeting Date: 3/1/2018 Final action: 3/1/2018
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: PLN17-0020; Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan Review for Alvarado Commerce Center, a new 159,450 square foot industrial building for various industrial uses such as advanced manufacturing, logistics, or warehouse uses at 2756 Alvarado Street. The building space will consist of office areas, mezzanine areas, and warehouse space. A total of 165 on-site parking stalls, 17 bicycle spaces, and 21 truck loading docks will be provided. Zoning District: Industrial General (IG); Alameda County Assessor's Parcel Number 77B-800-14; Paceline Investors (applicant) and IPT Alvarado Commerce Center LP (property owner).
Sponsors: Cynthia Battenberg
Attachments: 1. Vicinity Map, 2. Applicant Statement, 3. Recommended Findings of Fact, 4. Recommended Conditions of Approval, 5. Exhibits A-S
Related files: 17-688, 18-184, 18-183, 18-289, 18-288
Title
PLN17-0020; Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan Review for Alvarado Commerce Center, a new 159,450 square foot industrial building for various industrial uses such as advanced manufacturing, logistics, or warehouse uses at 2756 Alvarado Street. The building space will consist of office areas, mezzanine areas, and warehouse space. A total of 165 on-site parking stalls, 17 bicycle spaces, and 21 truck loading docks will be provided. Zoning District: Industrial General (IG); Alameda County Assessor's Parcel Number 77B-800-14; Paceline Investors (applicant) and IPT Alvarado Commerce Center LP (property owner).

Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION

This matter was continued to March 1, 2018 by the Board of Zoning Adjustments per the request of the applicant at its December 7, 2017 meeting. The applicant sought the hearing to be heard by the full Board of Zoning Adjustments. The applicant is requesting changes to certain recommended conditions of approval, further detailed in the attached applicant statement.

The applicant and property owner propose to redevelop the industrial site with a new industrial building at 2756 Alvarado Street. The 6.9? acre site is proposed to be cleared and replaced with a new 159,450 square foot industrial shell building. The Zoning Code requires that Warehouse-Storage Facilities and Warehouse-Wholesale/Retail Distribution Facilities in the IG Industrial General District obtain a Conditional Use Permit (Sections 2-706.B.34 and 35). Any new industrial development structure exceeding 5,000 square feet in size requires Site Plan Review approval (Section 5-2502.B.4.a). The applicant is also requesting approval for the proposed 40-foot overall height of the new industrial building, required for any buildings proposed in the IG zoning district between 35 and 50 feet.

With the recommended Conditions of Approval, staff finds that the proposed new industrial building and the various industrial uses such as advanced m...

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