Oakland City Planning Commission AGENDA

COMMITTEE MEETING

4:00 P.M.

The Policies and Procedures Committee will convene at 4:00 p.m. Please see separate committee agenda.

COMMISSION BUSINESS

1.

Location:

841 – 31^st Street

Proposal:

Appeal of Zoning Administrator’s determination that electroplating is an illegal activity at this address.

Applicant/Owner:

James Park, Cal Tech Metal Finishing

Case File Number:

A01-159

Planning Permits Required:

N/A

General Plan:

Mixed Housing Type Residential

Zoning:

R-36 Small Lot Residential Zone

Environmental Determination:

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

Historic Status:

Potential Designated Historic Property (PDHP); survey rating: C3.

Service Delivery District:

I – West Oakland

City Council District:

3

Action to be Taken:

Decision on appeal of Zoning Administrator’s determination based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Colin Burgett at 510-238-6167

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:

2121 Harrison Street

Assessors Parcel Number

008-0653-024

Proposal:

Construction of a 723,000 square foot office building with other commercial uses, a landscaped plaza, 833 structured off-street parking spaces, and 85 bike parking spaces.

Applicant/Owner:

Prentiss Properties

Case File Number:

PUDF01-197, ER00-27

Planning Permits Required:

Final Planned Unit Development approval (including Design Review and a Major Conditional Use Permit)

General Plan:

Central Business District

Zoning:

C-55 Central Core Commercial Zone and S-4 Design Review Combining Zone

Environmental Determination:

Addendum to 1982 Final Environmental Impact Report and 1987 Supplemental Environmental Impact Report prepared May 2001.

Historic Status:

Non-historic property (NHP); survey rating N/A

Service Delivery District:

I – Downtown/West Oakland/Harbor

City Council District:

3

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Lynn Warner at 510-238-6168.

3.

Location:

3245 Sheffield Avenue

Proposal:

To modify previously approved Major Conditional Use Permit to increase maximum permitted student enrollment from 275 to 387, to approve a new conceptual master site plan, and approve a proposal for new educational facilities of approximately 24,000 square feet for an existing private K-8 grade school on a 3.5 acre site.

Applicant:

Blake-Drucker Architects

Applicant/Owner:

Redwood Day School

Case File Number:

REV00-13, ER00-35; (CM94-151, REV97-01, REV96-01)

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit for project site exceeding one acre and involving 25,000 square feet of floor area.

General Plan:

Mixed Housing Type Residential

Zoning:

R-30 One-Family Residential

Environmental Determination:

Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared. Public comment period ended May 16, 2001.

Historic Status:

Non-historic property (NHP); survey rating: F3

Service Delivery District:

IV- Lower Hills

City Council District:

5

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Caesar Quitevis at 510-238-6343.

4.

Location:

3134 International Boulevard

Proposal:

Expand an existing 1,700 square foot nightclub into an adjacent 2,500 square foot vacant space (formerly a restaurant).

Applicant:

Italo A. Calperstri

Owner:

Alson Lee

Case File Number:

VM01-087

Planning Permits Required:

Major Variance to expand an alcoholic beverage sales commercial activity

General Plan:

Neighborhood Commercial

Zoning:

C-40 Community Thoroughfare Commercial Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15301, State CEQA Guidelines, Minor alterations to existing building.

Historic Status:

Non-historic Property (NHP); survey rating: N/A

Service Delivery District:

V – Central East Oakland

City Council District:

5

Status:

Continued from May 2, 2001 at which time the public hearing was closed.

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Chris Candell at 510-238-6986.

5.

Assessors Parcel No.

48H-7651-48

Proposal:

To build an approximately 480 foot long shared access road at the end of the approximately 370 foot Drury Court. As proposed the shared access facility would serve two lots to the northwest of Drury Court and three other lots at the end of the proposed road. The project also includes a four-foot pedestrian path from the access road to Dartmouth Road.

Applicant/Owner:

Ronnie Rogers

Case File Number:

CF00-01

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit for a Shared Access Facility that serves lots exceeding one acre.

General Plan:

Hillside Residential

Zoning:

R-30 One-Family Residential Zoning District and S-14 Community Restoration Development Combining Zone

Environmental Determination:

Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared. Comment period ended June 4, 2001

Historic Status:

Non-historic property (NHP); survey rating: N/A

Service Delivery District:

II – North Hills

City Council District:

1

Action to be Taken:

Decision on Mitigated Negative Declaration and application based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Neil Gray at 510-238-3878

6.

Location:

1438 Lakeshore Avenue

Proposal:

Conversion of an existing eight-unit residential building, currently occupied by the owners as tenants-in-common, to eight condominium units.

Applicant:

John Gutierrez

Owner:

Brad Piek, et. al.

Case File Number:

TRACT 7277

Planning Permits Required:

Tentative Tract Map to create eight air-space condominium units

General Plan:

Urban Residential

Zoning:

R-80 High-Rise Apartment Residential and S-4 Design Review Combining zones.

Environmental Determination:

Exempt; Section 15301, State CEQA Guidelines, minor alterations to existing facility and Section 15315, minor subdivisions

Historic Status:

Potential Designated Historic Property (PDHP); Survey rating: D2+; API Contributor

Service Delivery District:

III – San Antonio

City Council District:

3

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Heather Coleman at 510-238-6417.

7.

Location:

Central Business District and Jack London District, generally bounded by West Grand Avenue, Lake Merritt, Oak Avenue, Embarcadero, and the 980 freeway.

Proposal:

To amend the Planning Code, Section 17.106.030, to change the way the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is calculated for mixed-use projects in the Central Business and Jack London Districts. The proposed language would result in commercial and residential square footages as interchangeable up to the maximum FAR and residential density permitted.

Applicant:

City Planning Commission

Owner:

Various owners

Case File Number:

ZT01-150, ER01-018

Planning Permits Required:

Zoning Text Amendment

General Plan:

Central Business District; Estuary Policy Plan Areas including: Retail, Dining and Entertainment, Produce Market, Waterfront Mixed Use, Waterfront Warehouse District, and Mixed Use Classifications

Zoning:

C-40 Community Thoroughfare Commercial , C-45 Community Shopping Commercial, C-51 Central Business Service Commercial and C-55 Central Core Commercial Districts

Environmental Determination:

Negative Declaration prepared. Public comment period ends June 6, 2001.

Service Delivery District:

I – Downtown

City Council District:

2 and 3

Action to be Taken:

Recommendation to City Council based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Renee Dowlin at 510-238-2034

ADJOURNMENT By 11:59 P.M. unless a later time is agreed upon by a majority of Commissioners present.