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PLN17-0538 - 1825 Park Street - Design Review Time Extension - Applicant: Paresh Patel for Ganesha, LLC - Public hearing to consider a request for a time extension of an approved Design Review application for the construction of a four-story hotel with 96 rooms at the southwest corner of Park Street and Clement Avenue. The property is located within the NP-G, North Park Street Gateway zoning district. CEQA Determination: The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 - In-Fill Development Projects.
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
BACKGROUND
On July 22, 2019, the Planning Board held a public hearing and unanimously adopted Resolution PB-19-17 approving the final architectural design for a 96-room, four story hotel at 1825 Park Street. The Design Review approval was valid for two years after the initial approval date. The project site is an approximately 0.75-acre lot on the southwest corner of Park Street and Clement Avenue. The property was formerly known as the Ron Goode Toyota dealership site and is currently occupied by a business selling motorized scooters. In 2013, the City Council rezoned the area along Park Street north of Lincoln Avenue to establish the North Park Street Gateway District as a way to facilitate redevelopment of obsolete auto row properties into a vibrant commercial gateway into Alameda. The site has a General Plan designation of Community Mixed Use which is intended to support a wide range of community serving commercial uses such as hotels.
DISCUSSION
Work on the project stalled in 2020 with the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic, which severely impacted the hospitality sector. Pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) Section 30-37.6, at the request of the applicant, the City granted a two-year extension of the original Design Review approval, which will expire on July 22, 2023.
On January 3, 2023, staff received a formal req...
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