Oakland City Planning Commission AGENDA

COMMITTEE MEETING

4:00 P.M.

The Ad Hoc Waterfront Committee will convene at 4:00 p.m. Please see separate committee agenda.

COMMISSION BUSINESS

1.

Location:

2225-9^th Avenue

Assessor’s Parcel Number:

022-0303-003

Proposal:

Appeal of Zoning Administrator approval to construct four detached residential units on one lot

Appellant:

Lucia Savage

Applicant:

Chong Fan Cheung

Owner:

Poi Wong

Case File Number:

A01-220 (CD01-014)

Planning Permits Required:

Minor Conditional Use Permit for four units on a lot in the R-50 zone and Design Review

General Plan:

Mixed Housing Type Residential

Zoning:

R-50, Medium Density Residential Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15303, State CEQ Guidelines, new construction

Historic Status:

N/A; vacant lot

Service Delivery District:

III – San Antonio

City Council District:

2

Status:

Project approved on May 8, 2001. Appeal filed

Action to be Taken:

Decision on appeal based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Crescentia Brown at 510-238-6190

The hearing provides opportunity for all concerned persons to speak; the hearing will normally be closed after all testimony has been heard. The Commission will then vote on the matter based on the staff report and recommendation. If you wish to be notified on the decision of an agenda item, please indicate the case number and submit a self-addressed stamped envelope, for each case. If you challenge a Commission decision in court, you may be limited to issues raised at the public hearing or in correspondence delivered to the Zoning Division, Community and Economic Development Agency, at, or prior to, the public hearing.

2.

Location:

411 30^th Street

Proposal:

To permit Administrative Civic Activities; and Consultative and Financial Service, Administrative, Business and Communication Service and Research Service Commercial activities within and as part of an existing 47,720 square foot medical building.

Applicant:

Jim Ishimaru

Owner:

Medical Building, LLC (Peter Lynch, Principal)

Case File Number:

CM01-149

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit for nonresidential project in the S-1 Zone involving 25,000 square feet or more of floor area.

General Plan:

Institutional

Zoning:

S-1 Medical Center Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15301, State CEQA Guidelines, operation and leasing of existing facilities

Historic Status:

Potential Designated Historic Property (PDHP); survey rating: Dc3

Service Delivery District:

II – North Oakland

City Council District:

3

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Neil Gray at 510-238-3878

3.

Location:

2110-2190 Franklin Street (Bermuda Building)

Proposal:

Consideration of Mitigated Negative Declaration for a proposed 12-story office building

Applicant:

Ellis Partners, LLC (Hal Ellis, Principal)

Owner:

City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency

Case File Number:

ER01-025

Planning Permits Required:

Planning applications to be filed in the future for Major Conditional Use Permit for project involving 100,000 square feet of floor area.

General Plan:

Central Business District

Zoning:

C-55 Central Core Commercial Zone

Environmental Determination:

Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared. Public comment period ends June 20, 2001.

Historic Status:

Potential Designated Historic Property (PDHP); survey rating: c3

Service Delivery District:

I - Downtown

City Council District:

3

Action to be Taken:

Decision on Mitigated Negative Declaration based on staff report;

For further information:

Contact case planner Renee Dowlin at 510-238-2034

4.

Location:

Within the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way in the vicinity of 73^rd Avenue and San Leandro Street

Assessor Parcel Numbers:

041-3901-007-03 and 04

Proposal:

Construction of a new Coliseum Amtrak/Capitol Corridor passenger rail platform, passenger shelter, pedestrian ramp and a 32 space accessory parking lot (Extensive Impact Civic use) on a 1.3 acre parcel within the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way in the vicinity of 73^rd Avenue and San Leandro Street.

Applicant:

City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency

Owner:

Union Pacific Railroad

Case File Number:

CMD99-144

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit for Extensive Impact Civic Use (applies to a rail or bus terminal) and Design Review

General Plan:

Regional Commercial

Zoning:

M-40 Heavy Industrial and S-4 Design Review Combining Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15275 (a), State CEQA Guidelines: Passenger and commuter service on rail lines already in use.

Historic Status:

Non-Historic Property; Survey rating: N/A

Service Delivery District:

V – Central East Oakland

City Council District:

7

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Kelley Kahn at 510-238-4977

5.

Location:

An area generally bounded by Martin Luther King Jr. Way to Brush Street and from Embarcadero to 7^th Street

Proposal:

To add a West Amendment area to the existing Central District Urban Renewal Plan, and to modify the existing Central District Plan to: (1) to extend Central District time limits by approximately six months to the statutory maximum; (2) to incorporate the General Plan, the Oakland Planning Code, and other City land use and building controls as the land use and development controls for the Plan; (3) to remove the Plan’s limitations on the Agency’s eminent domain powers outside of designated Activity Areas; (4) to add a list of authorized public improvements; (5) to add two new Plan objectives supporting the provision of adequate infrastructure and the support of transit-oriented development; (6) to add general relocation provisions and expand owner participation rules to conform to existing law and practice; and (7) to codify previous amendments, remove archaic references, update maps, and make other non-substantive textual changes.

Applicant:

Community and Economic Development Agency

Environmental Determination:

Exempt; Section 15061(b)(3), State CEQA Guidelines, Planning Director determination that General Plan LUTE Final EIR applies to this project under Section 15168 because the amendment is within the scope of activity contemplated to implement the General Plan goals and objectives concerning the Central Business District

Service Delivery District:

I - Downtown/West Oakland

City Council District:

2

Action to be Taken:

Finding that the Amendment is consistent with the Oakland General Plan; recommendation based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact Daniel Vanderpriem at 510-637-0241 or Patrick Lane at 510-238-7362

6.

Location:

CITYWIDE

Proposal:

Amendment of the Oakland Planning Code (Section 17.114.040) to clarify nonconforming use regulations for auto-related and truck-related activities.

Applicant:

City Planning Commission

Case File Number:

ZT01-226

Planning Permits Required:

Zoning Text Amendment

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15061 (b) (3) State CEQA Guidelines, "general rule", no possibility of significant effect on the environment.

Action to be Taken:

Recommendation to City Council based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Margot Lederer-Prado at 510- 238-6766

7.

Location:

All public parks and open spaces areas Citywide in the OS, Open Space Zones

Proposal:

Consideration of amendments to the Oakland Planning Code to permit signage meeting certain criteria in the OS, Open Space zoning district.

Applicant:

City Planning Commission

Case File Number:

ZT01-231

General Plan:

Urban Park and Open Space

Zoning:

OS, Open Space

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15061(b)(3), State CEQA Guidelines, "general rule," no possibility of significant effect on the environment

Service Delivery District:

Citywide

City Council District:

Citywide

Action to be Taken:

Recommendation to City Council based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Donovan Corliss at 510-238-3741