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PLN22-0474 - 2212 South Shore Center - Parcel Map - Applicant: Wayne Leach. Public hearing to consider recommending that the City Council approve a Parcel Map of South Shore Center. The proposed parcel map will subdivide an existing 40.88 acre parcel, currently occupied by the South Shore Center, into four (4) individual parcels, which include reciprocal access easements between resultant parcels. Zoning: C-2-PD-CMU, Central Business and Planned Development Zoning District with a Community Mixed Use Combining District. General Plan: Community Mixed Use.
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Allen Tai, Acting Director of Planning, Building and Transportation
BACKGROUND
In 2009 the South Shore Center received Planned Development approval for expansions and renovations which resulted in the current layout of the shopping center. In 2022 the entire South Shore Center area, totaling approximately 53 acres, was rezoned to place the property within the CMU, Community Mixed Use Combining district. The applicant is proposing to subdivide the large property so that smaller pad buildings at the northwestern and southeastern corners of the shopping center are located on separate parcels (Exhibit 1). The applicant is not proposing any physical changes to the property at this time.
DISCUSSION
The project site is one large 40.88 acre lot that has been assigned several different Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs) for property tax purposes (See Exhibit 2). The applicant is proposing to subdivide the existing single lot into four new lots. The proposed map maintains all of the existing easements for reciprocal access between lots, utilities, and public access. The resultant lots are visualized in Exhibit 3 and further described below:
• Lot 1, 4.11 acres, northwestern corner of the South Shore Center. Extant buildings on this resultant lot are 2130 Otis Drive, 2160 Otis Drive (Office Max), 501 South Shore Center and 523-545 South Shore Center.
• Lot 2, 0.32 acres, private street that is a continuation of Whitehall Place onto the South Shore Center property. The proposed map maintains the existing public access easements.
• Lot 3, 33.97 acres, contains the majority of the South Shore Center, along with the pad buildings at 2298 South Shore Center (Pagano’s Hardware and CP Photos and Frames), 2260 Otis Drive (Wells Fargo), 2270 Otis Drive (Chase), and 2300 Otis Drive (Walgreens).
• Lot 4, 2.48 acres, located at the southeastern corner of the South Shore Center at the intersection of Park Street and Shoreline Drive. Contains 2351 Shoreline Drive (Shoreline Car Wash), 2375 Shoreline Drive (Sushi House), and 325 Park Street (Big 5 Sporting Goods).
The property is zoned C-2-PD-CMU, Central Business Planned Development with a Community Mixed Use Combining District. Per Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) Section 30-4.9.d, the C-2 (Central Business District) zoning district does not have a minimum required lot size or required lot dimensions. Therefore the resultant parcels are consistent with the C-2 zoning district. In December 2022 the City Council rezoned the project site to place the CMU, Community Mixed Use Combining District over the property. Per AMC Section 30-4.26.c (Community Mixed Use Combining District), the entire South Shore Center property, which includes the project site and other properties totaling 53 acres, must maintain a minimum of 477,000 square feet of commercial floor area. This minimum requirement is in aggregate across the whole South Shore Center CMU combining district and does not place a minimum commercial square footage on any individual lot. Future applications that propose the demolition or conversion of existing commercial spaces will be reviewed for compliance across the entire South Shore Center CMU combining district and will not be impacted by an approval of the proposed parcel map.
The City Surveyor has deemed the proposed parcel map compliant with the City’s Real Estate Subdivision Regulations and the State of California’s Subdivision Map Act. Per the City’s Real Estate Subdivision Regulations (AMC Section 30-78.5), the Planning Board must make a recommendation to City Council, which will then make a final decision to approve or deny the parcel map.
PUBLIC NOTICE
This agenda item was advertised in the Alameda Sun with an 1/8th page ad, consistent with Government Code Section 65091. No public comments have been received as of the writing of this staff report.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15315 - Minor Land Divisions and none of the exceptions found in CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply.
RECOMMENDATION
Hold a public hearing and adopt the draft resolution (Exhibit 4) recommending the City Council approve the Parcel Map.
By,
David Sablan, Planner II
Reviewed By,
Steven Buckley, Planning Services Manager
Exhibits:
1. Parcel Map of South Shore Center
2. Alameda County Assessor’s Map of South Shore Center
3. Map of Resultant Lots
4. Draft Resolution