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Public Hearing to Consider Introduction of Ordinance Amending the Zoning Map for the Approximately 2,280-Square-Foot Property at 1715 Lincoln Avenue (APN 72-299-11) from C-1, Neighborhood Business District, to R-5, Residential District, in Conformance with the Property's General Plan Land Use Designation of Medium-Density Residential, as Recommended by the Planning Board.
Under the California Environmental Quality Act, use of Alameda General Plan 2040 Final Environmental Impact Report, State Clearinghouse #2021030563. No Further Environmental Review is Required. (Planning, Building & Transportation 20962710)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Applicant has requested a Zoning Map amendment for an approximately 2,280-square-foot property located at 1715 Lincoln Avenue. The current zoning is C-1, Neighborhood Business District. The Alameda 2040 General Plan land use designation for the site is Medium-Density Residential. Applicant is requesting to change the zoning to R-5, Residential District, in conformance with the General Plan designation of Medium-Density Residential. On July 24, 2023, the Planning Board adopted Resolution PB-23-15 (Exhibit 1) recommending that City Council amend the City of Alameda Zoning Map to rezone the approximately 2,280-square-foot property at 1715 Lincoln Avenue from C-1 to R-5.
Staff requests that City Council follow the Planning Board's recommendation and approve the Zoning Map amendment to rezone the property from C-1, Neighborhood Business District to R-5, Residential District (Exhibit 2).
BACKGROUND
The property at 1715 Lincoln Avenue sits at the edge of the Grand Station Neighborhood Business District, and it was part of a larger parcel that was subdivided and developed with several single-family homes around 1940. Between the original construction of the home in 1940 and adoption of the Alameda Zoning Map in 1958, an addition was added to th...
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