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Oakland City Planning Commission
AGENDA


Colland Jang, Chair

Anne Mudge, Vice Chair

Mark McClure

Nicole Franklin

Doug Boxer

Suzie W. Lee

Michael Lighty

November 2, 2005

Regular Meeting
(Revised 10/26/05)

Revised

MEAL GATHERING      5:00 P.M.

Off Broadway Cafe & Catering Co., Cafe Deli, 416 15th Street. Open to the public at no charge. (Members of the public must pay for their own meals if desired.  Purchase of meal is not required to attend.)

 

BUSINESS MEETING   6:30 P.M.

                                                  

Hearing Room 1, City Hall, One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Persons wishing to address the Commission on any item on the agenda, including Open Forum and Director’s Report, should fill out a speaker card and give it to the Secretary “Agenda items will be called at the discretion of the Chair not necessarily in the order they are listed on the Agenda”.

Speakers are generally limited to two minutes at the discretion of the Chair. Applicants and appellants are generally limited to five minutes.

The order of items will be determined under "Agenda Discussion" at the beginning of the meeting. With the exception of Open Forum, a new item will not be called after 10:15 p.m., and the meeting will adjourn no later than 10:30 p.m. unless the meeting is extended by the Chair with the consent of a majority of Commissioners present.

Please check with the Planning Department prior to the meeting regarding items that may be continued.  Any agenda item may be continued, without the hearing on the matter being opened or public testimony taken, at the discretion of the Chair.  Persons wishing to address the continued item may do so under Open Forum.

Staff reports for items listed on this agenda will be ava­il­able by 3:00 p.m. the Wednesday, one week be­fore the mee­t­ing, to any in­ter­est­ed par­ty, at the Community and Economic Development Agency, Planning and Zoning Division, 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California 94612.  Reports are available at the Strategic Planning Division on the 3rd floor (Suite 3330), which closes at 5:00 p.m.

 

New web-site staff report download instructions

 
                                                                    Staff reports are also available on-line, generally one week prior to each meeting, at www.oaklandnet.com by searching “Frequently Visited Pages” located on the City of Oakland Homepage.  Clicking on “Planning Commission Meetings” will open a menu of Planning Commission and Committee Agendas.  Staff reports are available on the selected agenda by clicking on the highlighted case file number. For further information, please call 510-238-3941.  While attending Planning Commission meetings parking in the Clay Street Garage is Free. Attendees should write Planning Commission on the back of the parking ticket.

If you cha­l­len­ge a Com­mis­sion de­ci­sion in court, you may be lim­ited to is­sues raised at the hea­ring or in cor­re­spo­n­den­ce de­liv­ered to the Zon­ing Di­vi­sio­n, Com­mu­nity and Eco­nom­ic De­vel­op­ment Age­ncy, at, or pri­or to, the hea­r­ing.  Any party seeking to challenge in court those decisions that are final and not administratively appealable to the City Council must do so within ninety (90) days of the date of the announcement of the final decision.

 

ROLL CALL

WELCOME BY THE CHAIR

COMMISSION BUSINESS    

      Agenda Discussion

      Director's Reports: Oakland Army Base Update Jack London Construction Mitigation Report

      Committee Reports             

Commission Matters           

      City Attorney's Report

 
   OPEN FORUM                      

At this time mem­bers of the pub­lic may speak on any item of in­ter­est wit­hin the Com­mis­sio­n's jurisdiction. Speakers are generally limited to two minutes or less if there are six or less speakers on an item, and one minute or less if there are more than six speakers.

CONSENT CALENDAR

The Commission will take a single roll call vote on all of the items listed below in this section.  The vote will be on approval of the staff report in each case.  Members of the Commission may request that any item on the Consent Calendar be singled out for separate discussion and vote.

 

1.                              Location:

2100 Franklin Street (western portion of the block bounded by 22nd Sreet to the north, Webster Street to the east, 21st Street to the south, and Franklin Street to the west). 

Proposal:

Construction of nine-story, 252,077 square-foot commercial office building, including:   15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and 73 below-grade parking spaces, and 218,000 square feet of above-ground floor office space.

Project Sponsor:

Prentiss Properties

Owner(s):

Prentiss Properties

Case File Number(s):

ZP050132, ER010025, CMDV05502, T0500127

Planning Permits Required:

Major CUP, Major Variance, Subdivision Map (Tentative Parcel Map).  Confirm adequacy of Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

General Plan:

Central Business District

Zoning:

C-55 Central Core Commercial Zone /S-17 Downtown Residential Open Space Combining Zone

Environmental Determination:

The MND was approved on August 29, 2001 by the City Council.

Historic Status:

Site is vacant.  The “Bermuda Building” was demolished on this site in 2001.

Service Delivery District:

I – Downtown/West Oakland/Harbor

City Council District:

3

Status:

Design Review on September 28, 2005.  Application for TPM to be submitted at a later date (requires administrative review and approval).

Action to be Taken:

Approve Major CUP, and Major Variance. Confirm adequacy of addendum to MND.

Finality of Decision:

Appealable to City Council

For further information:

Contact Catherine Payne at 510-238-6168 or by e-mail at lwarner@oaklandnet.com

 

 


2.                                   Location:

1240 1st Avenue

Assessors Parcel Numbers:

020-0128-011-01

Proposal:

To demolish an existing 1-story commercial building and construct a new 7-story 22-unit multi-family residential building.

Applicant:

Gary Meyer, Berger Detmer Ennis Architects

Contact Person/Phone Number:

Gary Meyer, (415) 677-0966

Owner:

1240 1st Avenue LLC

Case File Number:

CDV05-334

Planning Permits Required:

Regular Design Review (Planning Commission) for a new 7-story, 22-unit residential building with a floor area of more than 25,000 sq. ft.  Minor Interim Conditional Use Permit to allow increased residential density under the Urban Residential General Plan Land Use Classification.  Minor Variance to allow a reduced rear yard setback (10' required, 0' proposed), reduced stall width for parking spaces next to walls, and for tandem parking in vehicle lifts.                                                   

General Plan:

Urban Residential

Zoning:

C-40 Community Thoroughfare Commercial Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15332 (In-fill Development Projects) of the State CEQA Guidelines

Historic Status:

Not a Potential Designated Historic Property; Survey rating: F3

Service Delivery District:

3

City Council District:

2

Status:

Pending

Action to be Taken:

Adopt findings to approve the application

Finality of Decision:

Appealable to City Council

For Further Information:

Contact case planner Andrew M. Smith at 510-238-6414 or by e-mail: asmith@oaklandnet.com

 

3.

Location:

Citywide

Proposal:

Consideration of revised residential zoning standards and design review procedures.  Request for Planning Commission direction for preparation of zoning text.  (Actual zoning amendments and related changes will be brought forward at a future date for public hearing)

Applicant:

City of Oakland

Case File Number:

ZT04-197

General Plan/Zoning:

 

Citywide

Environmental Determination:

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

Service Delivery District:

All

City Council District:

All

Status:

An earlier version of this proposal was reviewed by the Design Review Committee of the Planning Commission on May 12, 2004 and February 23, 2005; and endorsed by the full Planning Commission on June 15, 2005.  This modified proposal is back before the Planning Commission to allow consideration of revised recommendations.

Action to be Taken:

Hold a public hearing, hear testimony from City staff and interested parties, and make recommendation to City Council based on staff report.

Finality of Decision:

No decision at hearing.  Actual zoning amendments and related changes will be brought forward at a future date for public hearing.

For Further Information:

Contact case planner Ed Manasse at 510-238-7733 or by email at: emanasse@oaklandnet.com or Christopher Buckley at 510-238-6983 or by email at: cbuckley@oaklandnet.com.

 

4.

Location:

311 Oak Street (APN# 001-0163-012-00)

Proposal:

Major Conditional Use Permit for Off-sale Alcoholic Beverage Commercial Sales Activity in an existing deli and market.

Applicant:

Sierra Market

Contact Person/Phone Number:

Tuan Quach (510) 427-5660

Owner:

Huong Luu

Case File Number:

CM05-375

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit

General Plan:

Mixed Use

Zoning:

C-45

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, CEQA Guidelines (General Rule Exemption) Section 15301

Historic Status:

Non Historic Property (NHP)

Service Delivery District:

4

City Council District:

3

Status:

Approve application with attached conditions.

Action to be Taken:

Pending

Finality of Decision:

Appealable to City Council

For Further Information:

Contact case planner Jacob Graef at (510) 777-8672  or by email at jgraef@oaklandnet.com.

 

APPEALS

The Commission will take testimony on each appeal.  Following testimony, the Commission will vote on the report prepared by staff. Unless otherwise noted, the decisions in the following matters are final and not administratively appeasable. Any party seeking to challenge these decisions in court must do so within ninety (90) days of the date of the announcement of the final decision. If you challenge an appeal in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the appeal hearing, or in written correspondence received by the Zoning Division, Community and Economic Development Agency at, or prior to, the appeal hearing.

 

COMMISSION BUSINESS    

      Approval of Minutes           

      Correspondence                   

      City Council Actions:

OPEN FORUM                         

At this time mem­bers of the pub­lic may speak on any item of in­ter­est wit­hin the Com­mis­sio­n's jurisdiction. Speakers are generally limited to two minutes or less if there are six or less speakers on an item, and one minute or less if there are more than six speakers.

 

ADJOURNMENT  By 10:30 P.M. un­less a lat­er time is agreed upon by a ma­jor­ity of Com­mis­si­on­ers pre­s­ent.

 

 

GARY V. PATTON

Deputy Director of

Planning and Zoning

 

 

NEXT REGULAR MEETING:   November 16, 2005