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PLN24-0529 - 1325 Park Street - Certificate of Approval - Applicant: Yung Chen. Public hearing to consider a Certificate of Approval to allow modifications to an existing commercial storefront in the Park Street Commercial Historic District. The project includes the remodeling of an existing retail storefront into a full-service restaurant and tavern use with extended hours of operation. The proposed exterior improvements include new storefront windows and the addition of a new emergency exit door to bring the building into compliance with current building code requirements. A separate public notice will be issued for the Design Review and Use Permit when they are scheduled. General Plan: Community Mixed Use. Zoning: C-C-T, Community Commercial - Theater Combining District. Environmental Determination: This project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as a Class 1 categorical exemption (Minor Alterations to an Existing Structure) and a Class 31 categorical exemption (Historical Rehabilitation Consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Guidelines for the Treatment of Historic Properties, and no additional environmental review is necessary.
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Steven Buckley, Historical Advisory Board Secretary
BACKGROUND
The proposed project consists of remodeling an existing retail storefront at 1325 Park Street into full-service restaurant with bar. Proposed exterior improvements (Exhibit 1 - Project Plans) include new storefront windows and the addition of a new emergency exit door to bring the building into compliance with current building code requirements for egress. The existing tile bulkhead will be retained except on the left edge of the fa?ade where the new secondary egress door will be constructed. The subject property is a contributing structure to the Park Street Historic District.
Pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) 13-21.5.b.1, th...
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