REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Actions on a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), General Plan Amendment from Neighborhood Mixed-Use to Very High Density Residential, and a Rezone from Neighborhood Commercial to Planned Development to Allow the Development of a Four-Story Mixed-Use Development with 39 Residential Housing Units, and 1,500 Square Feet of Ground Floor Commercial Space for the Property Located at 2655 The Alameda
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
Kapital Alameda, LLC, ("applicant") proposes to construct a four-story mixed-use development project on a triangular 0.4-acre vacant lot where The Alameda intersects with Bellomy Street and Park Avenue (2655 The Alameda). The project site was previously developed as a gas/service station but has remained vacant (unimproved) since its demolition in 1993.
The proposed project involves a General Plan Amendment to change the General Plan land use for the site from Neighborhood Mixed Use (10-36 DU/AC; 0.10 Commercial FAR minimum) to Very High Density Residential (51-100 DU/AC; Commercial allowed with no minimum FAR) and a Rezone from Neighborhood Commercial (CN) to Planned Development (PD). These entitlements collectively would allow for the proposed development of a four-story mixed-use project with 39 rental housing units (resulting in a density of 97.5 DU/AC), 1,500 square feet of ground floor commercial space, public and resident amenities, 38 on-site parking spaces (24 below grade and 14 at grade), 8 motorcycle spaces, landscaping, and public and private on- and off-site improvements. The project would restrict 15 percent of the total units (minimum 5 units) to low-income residents based on an Average Median Income (AMI) of 100%, equivalent to the Moderate Income affordability category.
The project was presented to the Planning Commission at a publicly notice...
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