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Summary: Review of 100-Room Hotel Development at the Harbor Bay Business Park.
Public Hearing to Consider (1) an Appeal by UNITEHERE! Local 280 Challenging the Planning Board's Approval of Final Development Plan and Design Review for Construction of a 100-Room Hotel at 2350 Harbor Bay Parkway, (2) Mayor Spencer's Call for Review of the Planning Board Action, and (3) Adoption of Resolution Documenting the Council Action. (Community Development 481001)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Interim City Manager
Re: Public Hearing to Consider (1) an Appeal by UNITEHERE! Local 280 Challenging the Planning Board's Approval of Final Development Plan and Design Review for Construction of a 100-Room Hotel at 2350 Harbor Bay Parkway, (2) Mayor Spencer's Call for Review of Planning Board Action, and (3) Adoption of Resolution Documenting the Council Action
BACKGROUND
On February 23, 2015, the Planning Board held a public hearing and reviewed the site plan and architectural design of a new 100-room hotel proposed for a vacant parcel located at 2350 Harbor Bay Parkway, in the Harbor Bay Business Park. At the hearing, the Planning Board directed the applicant to make a number of changes to the proposed site plan, landscape and parking plan, and architectural design.
The requested land use entitlements for the development of the site are largely governed by the Development Agreement for the Harbor Bay Business Park. The Development Agreement vests certain development rights for all property owners in the business park. Under the Development Agreement the property owner is allowed to build a hotel and the building may be up to 100 feet in height. Pursuant to the Development Agreement, the City of Alameda's land use discretion is limited to the architectural design of the building ("Design Review") and the location of the building on the site ("Final Development Plan").
On April 13, 2015, the Planning ...
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