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File #: 2026-5864   
Type: Regular Agenda Item
Body: Planning Board
On agenda: 3/23/2026
Title: PLN25-0618 - Use Permit - 707 West Hornet Avenue. Applicant: Laura Fies, Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation. Project Description: Modification of Use Permit PLN21-0227, which allows ship-based museum operations at Pier 3 on the USS Hornet aircraft carrier, to amend various requirements related to special events, occupant loads, safety procedures and to allow occasional helicopter landings onsite. General Plan: Mixed Use. Zoning: AP-E4, Alameda Point - Enterprise 4 District. CEQA Determination: The project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 - Existing Facilities with no substantial increase in intensity. On a separate and independent basis, the environmental effects of the project were adequately evaluated in the Alameda Point Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH# 2013030563) and no further environmental review is required.
Attachments: 1. Exhibit 1 - Existing Use Permit, 2. Exhibit 2 - Site Plan, 3. Exhibit 3 - Determination of Maximum Occupant Load, 4. Exhibit 4 - Draft Resolution
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PLN25-0618 - Use Permit - 707 West Hornet Avenue. Applicant: Laura Fies, Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation. Project Description: Modification of Use Permit PLN21-0227, which allows ship-based museum operations at Pier 3 on the USS Hornet aircraft carrier, to amend various requirements related to special events, occupant loads, safety procedures and to allow occasional helicopter landings onsite. General Plan: Mixed Use. Zoning: AP-E4, Alameda Point - Enterprise 4 District. CEQA Determination: The project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 - Existing Facilities with no substantial increase in intensity. On a separate and independent basis, the environmental effects of the project were adequately evaluated in the Alameda Point Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH# 2013030563) and no further environmental review is required.


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CITY OF ALAMEDA
PLANNING BOARD

STAFF REPORT

PLN25-0618 - Use Permit - 707 West Hornet Avenue. Applicant: Laura Fies, Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation. Project Description: Modification of Use Permit PLN21-0227, which allows ship-based museum operations at Pier 3 on the USS Hornet aircraft carrier, to amend various requirements related to special events, occupant loads, safety procedures and to allow occasional helicopter landings onsite. General Plan: Mixed Use. Zoning: AP-E4, Alameda Point - Enterprise 4 District. CEQA Determination: The project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 - Existing Facilities with no substantial increase in intensity. On a separate and independent basis, the environmental effects of the project were adequately evaluated in the Alameda Point Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH# 2013030563) and no further environmental review is required.

To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Steven Buckley, Planning Board Secretary

BACKGROUND

Since 1998, Aircraft Carrier...

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