REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Entitlement Extension for the Architectural Review for a new five-story 328-unit apartment building with a seven-story wrapped parking garage at 3069 Lawrence Expressway
Report
File No.(s): PLN21-15375
Location: 3069 Lawrence Expressway/3517 Ryder Street, a 3.8-acre site on the southeast corner of the intersection of Lawrence Expressway and Central Expressway APN: 216-34-052; property is zoned Lawrence Station Area Plan (LSAP).
Applicant/
Owner: Westlake Urban
Request: Extension of Architectural Review Approval for a new five-story 328-unit apartment building with a seven-story wrapped parking garage
Project Data
The Project Data Table is included as Attachment 3.
Points for consideration
* The applicant is requesting a 24-month extension of the previously approved Architectural approval from August 20, 2020.
* The applicant is requesting the time extension due to the COVID pandemic as it postponed a number of their other active projects causing overall delays. Moreover, issues related to supply constraints and labor availability have cause additional delays.
* No other changes to the approved project are proposed at this time.
* The proposed project was found to be consistent with the General Plan and Lawrence Station Area Plan at the prior Development Review Hearing.
* A 500-foot neighborhood notice was distributed for this project review.
Findings
1) That any off-street parking area, screening strips and other facilitates and improvements necessary to secure the purpose and intent of this title and the general plan of the City area a part of the proposed development, in that;
* The LSAP requires one parking space for each studio and one-bedroom unit and two parking spaces for each two-bedroom and three-bedroom unit. As such, 464 parking spaces are required. The project provides 484 parking spaces.
2) That the design and location of the proposed development and its relation to neighb...
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