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File #: 2026-5851   
Type: ZA Hearing Item
Body: Zoning Administrator Hearing
On agenda: 3/16/2026
Title: PLN25-0557 - Administrative Use Permit - 1701 Monarch Street - Applicant: Brendan Conaway for Longshot Space. A public hearing to consider an Administrative Use Permit to allow research and development (light industrial) and outdoor storage.
Attachments: 1. Exhibit 1 - Plans, 2. Exhibit 2 - Operations Plan
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PLN25-0557 - Administrative Use Permit - 1701 Monarch Street - Applicant: Brendan Conaway for Longshot Space. A public hearing to consider an Administrative Use Permit to allow research and development (light industrial) and outdoor storage.
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CITY OF ALAMEDA
PLANNING, BUILDING AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR

ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT


PROJECT
DESCRIPTION: PLN25-0557 - Administrative Use Permit - 1701 Monarch Street - Applicant: Brendan Conaway for Longshot Space. A public hearing to consider an Administrative Use Permit to allow research and development (light industrial) and outdoor storage.

GENERAL PLAN: Mixed-Use

ZONING: AP-WTC, Alameda Point - Waterfront Town Center District

ENVIRONMENTAL
DETERMINATION: The project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 - Existing Facilities. 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.

PROJECT PLANNER: Brian McGuire, Planner II

PUBLIC NOTICE: A notice for this hearing was mailed to property owners and residents within 300 feet of the site, published in the local newspaper of general circulation and posted in public areas near the subject property. Staff have not received any public comments on this proposed project.


EXHIBIT(S): 1. Plans
2. Operations Plan

RECOMMENDATION: Approve the project with conditions.

PROJECT SUMMARY:
Longshot Space is a startup company developing and testing a new method of launching payloads into space without the use of traditional rocket technology. Longshot proposes using a portion of Building 29 at 1701 Monarch Street to assemble and test the next generation of their pneumatic launch apparatus. Building 29 was built by the Navy in 1987 as a gun testing facility. The long, reinforced testing range portion of the building makes Building 29 well suited for sa...

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