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PLN24-0081 - 2433 Mariner Square Loop - Applicant: Martin Mariner Square LLC / Mash Petroleum Inc. - Public Hearing to consider Design Review approval to allow the development of a 8-story residential building with 356 units in a gross floor area of approximately 488,000 sq.ft. with 283 on-site parking spaces in a multi-story garage and 124 off-site parking spaces in an adjacent lot under lease from Caltrans. General Plan: Mixed Use. Zoning: M-2 / MF - Industrial - Multi-Family Overlay. CEQA Determination: Class 32 urban infill exemption - no exceptions or unusual circumstances apply; on a separate and independent basis, design review approval for a permitted use is not subject to CEQA pursuant to McCorkle Eastside Neighborhood Group v. City of St. Helena (2018) 31 Cal.App.5th 80.
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Steven Buckley, Planning Services Manager
Allen Tai, Director of Planning, Building and Transportation
BACKGROUND
In December of 2022 the City adopted the 2023-2031 Housing Element and associated zoning amendments to meet the City's obligations under State law to provide for the development of 5,353 new housing units during the planning period to meet the City's Regional Housing Needs Assessment allocation. Those amendments included, among other things, zoning text amendments to increase allowable densities, zoning map amendments to redesignate commercial and industrial sites to allow housing development, and procedural streamlining measures such as by-right approval of residential development that meets site development parameters and objective design standards.
One of the sites that was redesignated is located at 2433 Mariner Square Loop (also including 2363 and 2381 Mariner Square Drive and 2415 Mariner Square Loop). Comprising four parcels, each occupied by a two-story commercial office building, the triangular 2.39-acre site is located approximately 500 feet inland from the estuary, bounded on ...
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