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PLN15-0092 - 2810 Harbor Bay Parkway - Applicant: FME Architecture & Design for SRM Ernst. An amendment to Final Development Plan No. PLN07-0061 and Design Review to construct an approximately 22,868 square foot two-story building in the location of two previously approved 10,400 square foot two-story office buildings. The project is located on a 2.05 acre site at 2810 Harbor Bay Parkway. The proposed project is Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 15332 In-fill Development Projects.
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BACKGROUND
On February 25, 2008, the Planning Board approved a Final Development Plan, Design Review, and Planned Development Amendment (PLN07-0061) for the construction of ten office buildings on the Esplanade office park site. Phase I of the Esplanade project was completed on June 12, 2012, with the construction of the Stacy & Witbeck building. The applicant proposes an amendment to the 2008 approved development plan in order to allow a new approximately 22,868-square-foot office building in the location of two 10,400-square-foot office buildings.
The new building will contain the offices of McGuire and Hester, a well-known civil engineering and construction services company. The company plans to relocate its headquarters from Oakland to the Esplanade office park. The new building will contain offices for approximately 68 employees.
ANALYSIS
A. Development Plan
The following describes the differences between the current proposal and the previously approved development plan:
Site Plan: The site configuration for the proposed project (Exhibit 2, pages A1.0 and A1.1) is very similar to the previous plan (Exhibit 2, pages A1.1-R and A1.3-R). The primary difference is that two building footprints are now combined into a single building. The building pad is still oriented towards the waterfront with the parking lot separating the building from Adelphian Way. A generous planting area, including trees, will continue to screen the pa...
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