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File #: 21-259    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Public Hearing/General Business Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/4/2021 In control: Development Review Hearing
On agenda: 2/17/2021 Final action:
Title: 2300 Calle de Luna Modification to Previously Approved Design Review and Condition of Approval to the Permitted Construction Hours to allow for construction on Saturdays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Attachments: 1. Planning Application, 2. Development Plans, 3. Side by Side Comparison 2300 Calle De Luna, 4. Addendum to Final EIR Related TESP, January 2021, 5. Addendum Appendix A - Construciton AQ Analysis and Health Risk Assessment, 6. Addendum Appendix B - Avian Collision Risk Assessment, 7. Addendum Appendix C - Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, 8. Addendum Appendix D - Interior Noise Assessment, 9. Addendum Appendix E - Trip Generation Analysis, 10. PMM Staff PowerPoint
REPORT TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HEARING
SUBJECT
Title
2300 Calle de Luna Modification to Previously Approved Design Review and Condition of Approval to the Permitted Construction Hours to allow for construction on Saturdays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Report
BACKGROUND

The Architectural Review (PLN2018-13439) approval for the site was granted by the Architectural Committee on December 4, 2019. The approved application proposed to redevelop the 5.52-acre site within the Tasman East Specific Plan (TESP) and construct two residential towers, one 20-story Home for the Ambulatory Aged and one 22-story rental housing tower. Both towers were approved as high-rise towers over, mid-rise/podium garages, with 19,410 sq. ft. of retail space fronting along Calle Del Sol and 15,737 sq. ft. of flex space fronting on Calle De Luna. The design also incorporated a 0.5 acre public park. The site is located within the Bridge District of the TESP, which envisions improvements to the streets, the construction of greenways, and the dedication of park land to support a high-density residential neighborhood near transit.

Shortly after approval of the Architectural Review the applicant submitted building plans for plan check that differed from the approved plans for the 20-story Home for the Ambulatory Aged tower portion of the project. When this was discovered the review of the building plans were halted and the applicant was advised that they would need to seek a Modification to the approved plans.

DISCUSSION
When the Modification was submitted the applicant included a request to change one of the Conditions of approval pertaining to Construction Hours.
Conditions of Approval
* The applicant would like to ask for a change to condition C10. of the approved Architectural Review. The condition pertains to permitted construction hours, specifically:
The condition C10 currently reads:
"Construction activity not confined within a building shall be limited to the hours of 7:...

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